Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

Description of Passiflora eglandulosa
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Passiflora eglandulosa
7. Passiflora eglandulosa J. M. MacDougal. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75:
1658-1662. figs. 1, 2B, and 3. 1988. TYPE: GUATEMALA, San Marcos, wet
mountain forest at Aldea Fraternidad, W-facing slope of Sierra Madre between
San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta and Palo Gordo (ca. 14º56’N, 91º52’W), 1,800-
2,400 m, 10-18 Dec.1963, L.O. Williams, A. Molina and T.P. Williams 25997
(holotype: F; isotypes: ENCB, C, G!, NY!, S!, US!, W).
Slender, climbing, perennial vine 2-4 m long or more, sparsely to lightly
pubescent with unicellular curved trichomes on petiole, stem, and stipule,
(0.1)0.4-0.6(-0.8) mm long, 0.02 mm wide, also minutely antrorsely appressed-
puberulent throughout (except ovary) with unicellular, curved trichomes, 0.05-
0.10 mm long, 0.02-0.03 mm wide. Flowering stems terete or subterete, 0.6-2.1
mm in diameter, with little secondary growth. Stipules ovate, slightly oblique,
acute to slightly attenuate, 5-9 veins departing from the base, (3.5-)5.3-12.6(-
20.0) mm long, 2.50-6.4(-9.0) mm wide; petioles 0.7-4.6 cm long, eglandular.
Laminas 2.5-12.0 cm long, 2.2-14.5(-17.0) cm wide, chartaceous, not variegated,
ratio of leaf width to central vein length 0.28-1.88, 3-lobed 0.26-0.45 of the
distance to the cordate leaf base, lateral lobes ovate-triangular, acute to slightly
attenuate, 1.6-8.7 cm long, 0.8-4.4 cm wide, central lobes ovate-triangular, acute
to slightly attenuate, 2.5-11.1 cm long, 1.0-5.7 cm wide, angle between the lateral