Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, linear, somewhat dilated toward tips, semi-erect,
greenish yellow at base, yellow at tips, ratio of outer coronal row to sepal length
0.42-0.53, the inner 38-47, 1.9-2.5 mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, linear, capitate,
erect, greenish yellow with purple (5P 5/8) spots and streaks toward base, tips
whitish, ratio of inner coronal row to outer coronal row length 0.37-0.51;
operculum 1.8-1.9 mm long, plicate, whitish, tinged with purple, the margin with
narrow minutely fimbrillate teeth; nectary 0.1-0.5 mm high, 0.9-1.0 mm wide;
limen erect, 0.1 mm high, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, limen floor 4.0-4.3 mm in diameter,
whitish; androgynophore 3.8-4.0 mm long, 1.2-1.4 mm wide, whitish with purple
spots and streaks; free portions of the staminal filaments 3.5-4.2 mm long, 0.7-
0.9 mm wide, linear, greenish yellow; anthers 2.9-3.3 mm long, 1.8-2.0 mm wide,
greenish yellow; styles 4.4-5.3 mm long including stigmas, 0.4-0.5 mm wide,
greenish yellow; stigmas 1.3-1.7 mm in diameter; ovary 1.9-2.3 mm long, 1.8-2.0
mm wide, widely ellipsoid, greenish yellow. Berry 10.5-12.9 mm long, 10.3-10.5
mm wide, ellipsoid or globose, very dark purple. Seeds obovate in outline, 3.6-
4.0 mm long, 2.1-2.4 mm wide, 1.6-1.8 mm thick, acute at both ends, reticulate-
foveate with each face marked with ca. 12-15 foveae. Fig. 8.18-8.19.
Distribution and Ecology
Guatemala, in the department of Baja Verapaz. Seasonally dry limestone hills
with open forest of pine, some oak, and agave; 1600 m. Flowering and fruiting in
February, April, and July.