Taxonomic notes on species of Passiflora subgenus Astrophea (Passifloraceae s.s.)

Abstract

The subgenus Astrophea is one of the most critical and neglected subgenera of the genus Passiflora. Seven Brazilian species of P. subg. Astrophea were found to be in need of typification. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Passiflora cauliflora, P. leptopoda, P. ceratocarpa, P. faroana, P. rhamnifolia, P. sclerophylla and P. tessmannii. An epitype was also designated for the name P. tessmannii. In addition, Passiflora alliacea was synonymized with Passiflora pentagona.

A rediscovery for the Colombian flora: Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe (Passifloraceae), a species lost for more than two centuries

“…The subgenus Astrophea (DC.) Masters includes 61 species of shrubs, trees, or lianas confined to tropical areas of South America, with three species extending north into Mesoamerica (Escobar 1990(Escobar , 1994Mezzonato-Pires et al 2019). This subgenus has a chromosome number of n = 12 (Löve 1987), divided into two supersections, five sections, and two series (Feuillet and MacDougal 2003) The dates of divergence and diversification for the subgenus Astrophea have been estimated to be about 13.8 Mya (Muschner et al 2012), 10.77 Mya (Abrahamczyk et al 2014), and up to approximately 20.59 Mya (Sader et al 2019).…”