Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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diameter, whitish green, speckled with purple; androgynophore 1.5-4.7 mm long,
0.9-1.3 mm wide; free portions of the staminal filaments 2.1-3.3 mm long, 0.4-0.8
mm wide, linear, greenish yellow anthers 1.7-3.2 mm long, 0.7-1.7 mm wide,
greenish yellow with a dark purple edge; styles 2.7-4.9 mm long including
stigmas, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, greenish yellow; stigmas 0.6-1.3 mm in diameter;
ovary 1.3-3.6 mm long, 1.1-3.0 mm wide, widely ellipsoid to ovoid, greenish
yellow. Berry 10.0-14.4 mm long, 12.8-13.8 mm wide, globose, very dark purple.
Seeds (2-)6-11, widely elliptic to widely obovate in outline, 4.8-5.5 mm long, 3.6-
4.1 mm wide, 2.1-2.7 mm thick, obtuse at both ends, reticulate-foveate with each
face marked with 15-22 foveae. Fig. 8.24 and 8.27-8.28.
Distribution and Ecology
México, in the states of Jalisco, México, and Guerrero. Pine and oak forests
(bosque de pino y encino) or montane mesophytic forests (bosque mesófilo de
montaña); growing in trees and on the steep banks of canals (barrancas) or
streams, and moist hillsides; 1100-2000 m. Flowering and fruiting June to
December.
Additional Specimens Examined
México. –JALISCO: cañada que sube al Filo de la Vaca, por la toma de
agua, El Zarzamoro, 1980 m, Cuevas & Guzman 4198 (CHAPA); San Sebastian,
trail to El Ranchito, 1500 m, Mexia 1448 (CAS, F, US). –MÉXICO:
Temascaltepec, Rincón, 1960 m, Hinton 3030 (BM,US); Temascaltepec, Rincón,
2000 m, Hinton 4655 (BM); Hwy. 134 between Temascaltepec and Tejupilco,