Passiflora aurantioides explained

Passiflora aurantioides is a species of passion flower native to the region from the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, to Papuasia and Queensland, Australia.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The petiolate, 11–12 cm long and 7 cm wide leaves are alternate.^[3] The flowers are bisexual. The pedicel is 8–10 mm long. The arillate, obovate, black seeds are 2–3 mm thick.^[4]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann as Hollrungia aurantioides K.Schum. of a new monotypic genus Hollrungia K.Schum. in 1887. Later it was transferred to the genus Passiflora L. as Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick by Shawn Elizabeth Krosnick in 2009.^[5] The type specimen was collected by Max Hollrung in Papua New Guinea. It was destroyed. A neotype, and isoneotype was chosen.

Notes and References

1. 77102268-1 . Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick . 8 January 2024.
2. Web site: Passiflora aurantioides . F.A.Zich . B.P.M.Hyland . T.Whiffen . R.A.Kerrigan . Bernard Hyland . 2020 . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) . . 19 July 2024.
3. Schumann, K. M. (1893). Die Flora des deutschen ost-asiatischen Schutzgebietes. Botanische Jahrbücher Für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig, 212. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/197969&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
4. Krosnick, S. E., Ford, A. J., & Freudenstein, J. V. (2009). "Taxonomic revision of Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea including the monotypic genera Hollrungia and Tetrapathea (Passifloraceae), and a new species of Passiflora." Systematic Botany, 34(2), 375-385.
5. 328300-2 . Passiflora L. . 8 January 2024.