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Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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distance from leaf base to point <strong>of</strong> petiole insertion 10.4-14.4 mm), subrotund,<br />

obscurely 3-lobed 0.02-0.07 the distance from the leaf outline to the leaf base,<br />

lateral lobes somewhat elliptic, obtuse to emarginate, 4.0-6.2 cm long, ca. 3.0-5.6<br />

cm wide, central lobe somewhat elliptic, obtuse to emarginate, central vein 4.6-<br />

7.3 cm long (measured from point <strong>of</strong> petiole insertion to the leaf apex), angle<br />

between the lateral lobes 110-125°, ratio <strong>of</strong> lateral lobe to central vein length<br />

0.76-0.87, margins entire, hyaline, primary veins 3, diverging and branching<br />

above base, laminar nectaries present, 2, submarginal, associated with the minor<br />

veins <strong>of</strong> the abaxial surface, 0.8-0.9 mm in diameter, circular to widely elliptic,<br />

sessile; tendril 0.5-0.9 mm wide, present at flowering node. <strong>Flowers</strong> borne in leaf<br />

axils. Pedicels 16.9-17.3 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, 2 per node; bract(s) absent;<br />

spur(s) absent. <strong>Flowers</strong> 25.0-26.3 mm in diameter with stipe 9.4-14.3 mm long,<br />

0.5-0.8 mm wide; hypanthium 5.8 mm in diameter; sepals 9.6-10.3 mm long, 4.3-<br />

5.0 mm wide, ovate-triangular, acute, greenish yellow; petals absent; coronal<br />

filaments in 2 series, the outer 28, 4.7-5.5 mm long, 0.4-0.6 mm wide, linear,<br />

spreading, purplish to reddish with greenish yellow or yellow tips when dried,<br />

ratio <strong>of</strong> outer coronal row to sepal length 0.46-0.58, the inner 31, 2.3-2.5 mm<br />

long, 0.3 mm wide, linear, capitate, erect, purplish to reddish when dried, ratio <strong>of</strong><br />

inner coronal row to outer coronal row length 0.42-0.51; operculum 1.6 mm long,<br />

plicate, purplish to reddish with greenish yellow tip when dried, the margin with<br />

narrow minutely fimbrillate teeth; nectary 0.3 mm high, 1.2 mm wide; limen<br />

recurved, 0.3 mm high, 0.2 mm wide, purplish to reddish at base lightening<br />

toward tip when dried, limen floor 2.7 mm in diameter, purplish to reddish when

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