Abstract
Passiflora rupestris Bernacci, Mezzonato & Salimena (2014: 517) (Passifloraceae sensu stricto) belongs to the genus Passiflora L. (1753: 955) subgenus Decaloba (DC.) Reichenbach (1828: 132) supersection Decaloba (DC.) J.M. MacDougal & Feuillet (2003 [2004]: 37) section Decaloba DC. (1822: 435). It was described based on a single collection from Serra Negra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (L. Menini Neto et al. 284 - CESJ 48511). The authors stated in the protologue that the species was closely related to P. condorita P. Jørg. (2004: 18), native to Ecuador, P. magdalenae Triana & Planch. (1873: 166) from Colombia, and a couple of Brazilian species: P. pardifolia Vanderplank (2006: 243) and P. pohlii Mast. (1872: 586). All of those have similarities with respect to leaf shape and the blade lobe apex, but differ in a wider set of features, such as the blades not having ocelli.
References
Bernacci, L.C., Nunes, T.S., Mezzonato, A.C., Milward-de-Azevedo, M.A., Imig, D.C. & Cervi, A.C. (in memoriam) (2020) Passiflora. In: Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available from: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB130747 (accessed 5 march 2021)
De Candolle, A.P. (1822) Passiflora ligularis. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève 1: 434–436.
Feuillet, C. & MacDougal, J.M. (2003 [2004]) A new infrageneric classification of Passiflora L. (Passifloraceae). Passiflora: The journal & Newsletter of Passiflora Society International 13: 34–38.
Killip, E.P. (1938) The American species of Passifloraceae. Publication Field Museum of Natural History - Botanical Series 19 (1–2): 1–613. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2396469#page/7/mode/1up]
Linnaeus, C. (1753) Passiflora. In: Species Plantarum 2. pp. 955–960.
Jørgensen, P.M. (2004) Three new species of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 23: 11–19.
Masters, M.T. (1872) Passifloraceae. In: Martius, C.F.P. von, Eichler, A.W. & Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis v.13, n. 1. Munchen, Wien, Leipzig, pp. 529–628.
Milward-de-Azevedo, M.A., Baumgratz, J.F.A. & Gonçalves-Esteves, V. (2012) A taxonomy revision of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 53: 1–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.53.1.1
Reichenbach, H.G.L. (1828) Passifloreae. In: Conspectus regni vegetabilis. Carl Cnobloch, Leipzig, pp. 132. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.127418
Triana, J.J. & Planchon, J.E. (1873) Passiflora candollei. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 5 (17): 161–162.
Triana, J.J. & Planchon, J.E. (1873) Passiflora magdalenae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 5 (17): 166–167.
Vanderplank, J. (2006) Passiflora pardifolia (Passifloraceae). Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 23 (3): 243–247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.2006.00536.x