Passiflora dorisiae, a New Species in Subgenus Passiflora (Passifloraceae)

Authors

  • Boris Esquerre-Ibañez Área de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Ciudad Universitaria, Juan XXIII 391, Lambayeque, Perú. Asociación Lambayecana de Botánicos (ASLAB), Chiclayo, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v22i3.11435

Keywords:

Passiflora, Passifloraceae, Peru, Section Granadillastrum, Supersection Stipulata.

Abstract

Passiflora dorisiae is described and illustrated as a new species of the genus Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from western cloud forests of Northwest Peru. Passiflora dorisiae is very similar to P. lawessonii from Ecuador but differs in the internal structure of the flower by possessing an erect operculum with upper half split into filiform segments and small filaments inserts; bracts glandular-serrate; leaves 3-lobed to 1/3-1/4 of its size, the base glandular-serrate; biglandular petiole occasionally with one additional distal gland and by its geographical range.

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Published

12/31/2015

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How to Cite

Esquerre-Ibañez, Boris. 2015. “Passiflora Dorisiae, a New Species in Subgenus Passiflora (Passifloraceae)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 22 (3): 303-8. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v22i3.11435.