Passifloraceae
Passiflora

Passiflora morifolia Mast.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 555 (1872)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Guerrero, Chiapas) to S. Tropical America. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 0–500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Nariño.
Habit
Climbing.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Passifloraceae, R. and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Herbaceous perennial climber.
Morphology Stem
Stems yellowish, inconspicuously 4-angled, grooved, glabrate below, sparingly hispidulous upwards; internodes up to 7 cm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina 4–11 × 5–15 cm., 3-lobed, the lobes acute, the median ovate or ovate-lanceolate, usually narrowed at the base, the lateral ones divergent, margin undulate-dentate or denticulate or subentire, deeply cordate at the base, membranous, 3-nerved, dark green and hispidulous above, paler and pilosulous beneath; petiole up to 6 cm. long, flattened, hispidulous or pilosulous, with 2 thickly stipitate glands 1·5 × 0·8–1 mm. within 1 cm. of the apex; stipules c. 6 × 3 mm., ovate, acuminate, minutely hispidulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles 1–2 cm. long, solitary or geminate, ± densely hispidulous, not ending in a tendril.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts 2·5–3 mm. long, setaceous, at c. 1 cm. below the base of the flower, ± approximate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 2–3 cm. in diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 10–15 × 3–4 mm., linear-oblong, obtuse, green, densely hispidulous to glabrescent outside, white mottled with red inside, with a 3·5 mm. long horn-like arista below the apex. Calyx-tube patelliform or campanulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 6–8 × 2–4 mm., linear-lanceolate, obtuse, white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corona
Corona-filaments in a single row, the filaments 5–6 mm. long, filiform, white, banded with blue or violet.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Operculum
Operculum membranous, plicate, slightly incurved and crenulate at the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
Nectar ring annular, placed midway between the Operculum and the base of the gynophore.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Limen
Limen membranous, adnate to the floor of the calyx-tube, the margin free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary subglobose, densely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 2 cm. in diameter, globose, hispidulous, glaucous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 4 mm. long, very slightly compressed, obcordate-obovoid, abruptly tapering at the base, coarsely reticulate.
[FZ]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 500 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0