Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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reddish purple tinge; stigmas 0.7-1.6 mm in diameter; ovary 1.3-3.7 mm long,
1.4-2.7 mm wide, widely ellipsoid to globose, greenish yellow. Berry 14.4-26.0
mm long, 12.5-19.00 mm wide, widely ellipsoid to ovoid, greenish yellow with
white spots, becoming soft at the base at maturity. Seeds ca. 10, widely elliptic
in outline, 5.0-6.1 mm long, 2.1-2.7 mm wide, 1.3-1.9 mm thick, acute at both
ends, reticulate-foveate with each face marked with 12-24 foveae. Germination
type epigeal. Chromosome number: 2n=12 (Snow & MacDougal, 1993). Fig.
8.37-8.38.
Distribution and Ecology
Belize, in the districts of Cayo and Corozal; Guatemala in the state of Petén;
México, in the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. Tropical
semideciduous forests (selva mediana subcaducifolia and selva mediana
subperennifolia); growing in shrubs or trailing along the ground on soil of little
depth, lying directly on top of limestone; 20-500 m. Flowering and fruiting
September to June.
Vernacular Names
Ala-murciélago (México), granadilla (México), mac-xiquin-zootz (México), and
pepen-ak’ (México).
Additional Specimens Examined
Belize. –CAYO: near Camp 6, Gentle 2377 (GH); along Macal River, Hodges
& Klassi 20 (MO); Crist O Rey, 350 m, Monro 1101 (BM); Xunantunich (Maya