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Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-16
Page range: 159–166
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Passiflora nana, a new species in Passiflora section Decaloba (Passifloraceae) from northern Peru

Harris-Stowe State University, 3026 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103 U.S.A. Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110 U.S.A.
Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Ciudad Universitaria, Juan XXIII 391, Lambayeque, Perú
subgenus Decaloba passionflower endemic San Ignacio Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Passiflora L. endemic to cloud forest in northern Peru, P. nana, is described and illustrated from living and herbarium material. The new species is similar to the Colombian  P. erythrophylla in flower and Ecuadorian P. hirtiflora in vestiture. The indument is pilose to hispidulous throughout with long straight white trichomes, and the plant is short, less than 2.5 m long, with a very small flower ca. 1.5 cm diam. It is placed in subgenus Decaloba supersection Decaloba section Decaloba.