Diagnostic description ²

Passiflora berteroana Dc., Prodr. 3: 325.1828.

Fig. 132. A-D

Herbaceous vine, attainig 1.5-4 m in length and climbs by means of axillary tendrils. Stems slender, angular, striate, glabrous. Leaves alternate or grouped on short axillary branches, trifoliolate, the leaflets usually deeply trilobate, 1.2-3.0 × 2.0-4.0 cm, the lobes spathulate, the apices truncate and mucronate, the base cuneate, the margin undulate, revolute; upper surface glabrous; lower surface glabrous, with prominent venation; petioles 2-3(6) mm long, canaliculate, without glands; stipules subulate, 2.5-4 mm long; tendrils simple, filamentous. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs; the bracts subulate, alternate, not forming an involucre; peduncle 8-11 mm long, articulated near the apex. Sepals subulate, green or whitish, 6-7 mm long; petals pale green or whitish, subulate, ca. 3 mm long; corona of two series of filiform filaments, the outer ones longer, yellowish, the inner ones much shorter than the outer ones, green; gynophore ca. 3 mm long, tubular; stamens 5; ovary ellipsoid, the styles recurved, the stigmas capitate. Fruit a fleshy berry, globose (fide Liogier, 1994), ca. 7 mm in diameter.

Phenology: Collected in flower in September and December.

Status: Native, extremely rare.

Distribution ³

Distribution: Known from two collections from Guánica, in dry forests and thickets of the south coast. Also in Hispaniola.

Public Forest: Guánica.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) MBG, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/Tropicos/242/MO-279972.jpg
2. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435459
3. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435908

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