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Issue: Vol. 208 No. 2: 19 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.208.2.6
Page range: 170-174
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

Passiflora echinasteris: a new species of subgenus Passiflora, series Serratifoliae (Passifloraceae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquidário do Estado. Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, Água Funda, São Paulo-SP, Brazil. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Montese, Belém-PA, Brazil. *Programa de Capacitação Institucional (PCI-CNPq).
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Montese, Belém-PA, Brazil. *Programa de Capacitação Institucional (PCI-CNPq).
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Montese, Belém-PA, Brazil. *Programa de Capacitação Institucional (PCI-CNPq).
Brazilian Amazon Belo Monte Passion flower Xingu River Eudicots

Abstract

Passiflora echinasteris from a secondary vegetation area on the Great Curve of the Xingu River, in the Brazilian Amazon, is newly described. It belongs to the series Serratifoliae with three other Brazilian species. The new species is illustrated and its affinities with related species are discussed, and a key to the Brazilian species of the series is provided.