Passiflora aurantioides is a species of passion flower native to the region spanning from the Maluku Islands, Indonesia to Papuasia.[1]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
The petiolate, 11–12 cm long and 7 cm wide leaves are alternate.[2]
Generative characteristics
The flowers are bisexual. The pedicel is 8–10 mm long.[2] The arillate, obovate, black seeds are 2–3 mm thick.[3]
Taxonomy
Publication
It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann as Hollrungia aurantioides K.Schum. of a new monotypic genus Hollrungia K.Schum. in 1887. Later it was transferred to the genus Passiflora L. as Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick by Shawn Elizabeth Krosnick in 2009.[1][4]
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by Max Hollrung in Papua New Guinea. It was destroyed. A neotype, and isoneotype was chosen.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ a b Schumann, K. M. (1893). Die Flora des deutschen ost-asiatischen Schutzgebietes. Botanische Jahrbücher Für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig, 212. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/197969&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
- ^ a b Krosnick, S. E., Ford, A. J., & Freudenstein, J. V. (2009). "Taxonomic revision of Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea including the monotypic genera Hollrungia and Tetrapathea (Passifloraceae), and a new species of Passiflora." Systematic Botany, 34(2), 375-385.
- ^ "Passiflora L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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