Passiflora kumandayi (Passifloraceae), a new species from the Colombian Andes in a new section within subgenus Decaloba Author Buitrago, María Alejandra Herbario Universidad de Caldas, Edificio Bicentenario, Manizales, A. A. 275, Caldas, Colombia; Author Macdougal, John M. Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Harris-Stowe State University, 3026 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, U. S. A. Author Coca, Luis Fernando Herbario Universidad de Caldas, Edificio Bicentenario, Manizales, A. A. 275, Caldas, Colombia; text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-03-13 344 1 13 23 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.2 1179-3163 13719776 Passiflora section Apodae A. Hernández ex M.A. Buitrago A. & Coca , sect. nov. Type : — Passiflora apoda Harms Semi-woody vines, with conspicuous paired petiolar glands, branched multiflorous inflorescences, flowers whitish, sepals corniculate at base, coronal filaments biseriate, operculum plicate, ovary sessile or on a very short gynophore except in one species, and fruits with persistent brown perianth. Distribution: —This group of species grows in the west of Colombia and Central Cordilleras and the Andes of Ecuador , between 1650 and 3600 m , in humid to wet montane cloud forests, especially in sunny places. Etymology:— The name of this section refers to the type species Passiflora apoda and makes notion to the absent or extremely short gynophores found in most species of this section. We acknowledge Alexandra Hernández’s field work which has greatly contributed to recognize this section and followed her suggestion to name it Apodae .