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9.
<taxonomicName LSID="6268AC49-2B72-50E4-AADA-72D6982CEBBB" authority="Mast., Bot. Gaz. 16: 6 - 7. 1891." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Passifloraceae" genus="Passiflora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passiflora clypeophylla" order="Malpighiales" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clypeophylla">Passiflora clypeophylla Mast., Bot. Gaz. 16: 6-7. 1891.</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 39" captionStartId="F39" captionText="Figure 39. Distribution of Passiflora clypeophylla, Passiflora trinifolia, and Passiflora obtusifolia." pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Figs 39</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Habit of Passiflora clypeophylla (based upon Smith 1625) Scale bar = 1.0 cm." pageId="93" pageNumber="94">, 40</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
Guatemala. Alta Verapaz: Barranca del Rubelcruz, 2500 pp., [estimated coordinates
<geoCoordinate degrees="15" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="15.483334">15°29'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="90" direction="west" minutes="08" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-90.13333">90°08'W</geoCoordinate>
], Apr 1889,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">J. Donnell Smith 1625</emphasis>
(lectotype, designated here: K! [K000323141]; isolectotype: US! [US00036858]).
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<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Climbing vine, minutely antrorsely appressed-puberulent throughout with unicellular, curved trichomes, 0.03-0.10 mm long, 0.03 mm wide. Flowering stems 2.1-3.4 mm in diameter, subterete. Stipules (3.3-)5.9-6.4 mm long, 0.8-1.3 mm wide, narrowly ovate-triangular, acute; petioles 3.3-3.8 cm long, with 2, opposite to subopposite, sessile, discoid nectaries with flat rims, 1.3-1.7 mm wide (on the widest axis), 0.5-0.6 mm high, borne on the proximal half of the petiole (0.37-0.47 of the distance from the base toward the apex of the petiole). Laminas 6.0-8.7 cm long, 6.7-10.8 cm wide, somewhat coriaceous, distinctly peltate (the distance from leaf base to point of petiole insertion 10.4-14.4 mm), subrotund, obscurely 3-lobed 0.02-0.07 the distance from the leaf outline to the leaf base, lateral lobes 4.0-6.2 cm long, ca. 3.0-5.6 cm wide, somewhat elliptic, obtuse to emarginate, central lobe somewhat elliptic, obtuse to emarginate, central vein 4.6-7.3 cm long (measured from point of petiole insertion to the leaf apex), angle between the lateral lobes 110-125°, ratio of lateral lobe to central vein length 0.76-0.87, margins entire, hyaline, primary veins 3, diverging and branching above base, laminar nectaries present, 2, submarginal, associated with the minor veins of the abaxial surface, 0.8-0.9 mm in diameter, circular to widely elliptic, sessile; tendril 0.5-0.9 mm wide, present at flowering node. Flowers borne in leaf axils. Pedicels 16.9-17.3 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, 2 per node; bract(s) absent; spur(s) absent. Flowers 25.0-26.3 mm in diameter with stipe 9.4-14.3 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide; hypanthium 5.8 mm in diameter; sepals 9.6-10.3 mm long, 4.3-5.0 mm wide, ovate-triangular, acute, greenish yellow; coronal filaments in 2 series, the outer 28, 4.7-5.5 mm long, 0.4-0.6 mm wide, linear, spreading, purplish to reddish with greenish yellow or yellow tips when dried, ratio of outer coronal row to sepal length 0.46-0.58, the inner 31, 2.3-2.5 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, linear, capitate, erect, purplish to reddish when dried, ratio of inner coronal row to outer coronal row length 0.42-0.51; operculum 1.6 mm long, plicate, purplish to reddish with greenish yellow tip when dried, the margin with narrow minutely fimbrillate teeth; nectary 0.3 mm high, 1.2 mm wide; limen recurved, 0.3 mm high, 0.2 mm wide, purplish to reddish at base lightening toward tip when dried, limen floor 2.7 mm in diameter, purplish to reddish when dried; androgynophore 3.8 mm long, 0.9 mm wide, purplish to reddish on proximal half and greenish yellow on distal half when dried; free portions of the staminal filaments 3.4-3.8 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm wide, linear, greenish yellow when dried; anthers 1.7-2.0 mm long, 0.9-1.3 mm wide; styles 3.8-4.3 mm long including stigmas, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, greenish yellow when dried; stigmas 1.1-1.3 mm in diameter; ovary 1.8 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, globose, greenish yellow when dried. Fruit unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Figure 40.</emphasis>
Habit of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
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(based upon
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Smith 1625</emphasis>
) Scale bar = 1.0 cm.
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<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">The species has been collected in flower in April.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
Endemic to Guatemala in the department of Alta Verapaz at ca. 762 m altitude. Based upon locality information included on the herbarium specimen and information gathered by J. M. MacDougal (pers. comm.) on a recent trip to the type locality,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
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is (or was) likely found on slopes of premontane tropical moist forest.
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<subSubSection pageId="93" pageNumber="94" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
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is known only from the type collection from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinctive in supersection
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cieca</emphasis>
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because of its large, conspicuously peltate leaves that are deltoid in general outline. The flowers are not known to be borne in inflorescences and the pedicels are greater than 16.8 mm long. The floral stipe of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also one of the longest in the supersection and is greater than 9.4 mm long. In addition, the plant has very shallow leaf lobes (0.03-0.07 of the distance from the leaf outline to the leaf base).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles both
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora trinifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Passifloraceae" genus="Passiflora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passiflora sexocellata" order="Malpighiales" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sexocellata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which are somewhat similar vegetatively and also occur in Guatemala.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguished from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora trinifolia</emphasis>
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by its considerably narrower stipules, the obtuse to rounded leaf lobes that are very shallow and the leaves that are coriaceous as opposed to chartaceous in texture. The primary difference between
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Passifloraceae" genus="Passiflora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passiflora sexocellata" order="Malpighiales" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sexocellata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the ratio of the lateral to central lobe length.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has lateral and central leaf lobes that are nearly equal in length, whereas
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has lateral lobes that are commonly 1.3 to 2.8 times longer than the central lobes.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also commonly has a shorter central leaf lobe and more laminar nectaries than
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Passifloraceae" genus="Passiflora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passiflora clypeophylla" order="Malpighiales" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clypeophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora trinifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the lateral leaf lobes in
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Passifloraceae" genus="Passiflora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Passiflora sexocellata" order="Malpighiales" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sexocellata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are commonly acute as opposed to obtuse to rounded. The one known flower of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has fewer filaments in the outer coronal row (28 filaments) than either
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora trinifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(35-39 filaments) or
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(40-50). The staminal filaments in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are nearly equal to the androgynophore length, but the filaments in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are commonly half the length of the androgynophore.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
The seedling leaves of several species in supersection
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Cieca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora sexocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora megacoriacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora juliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora viridiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are peltate and very similar in shape to the mature leaves of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and evolution by neoteny in this taxon seems plausible.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
There are only two known specimens of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the world, one at the Kew Herbarium and the other at the United States National Herbarium. In his description of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Passiflora clypeophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Masters did not cite a herbarium, only a collection. The specimen at K is much better than the one at US, so I have designated it the lectotype.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="93" pageNumber="94" type="specimens examined">
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Only known from the type collection.</paragraph>
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