Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
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Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 323 (1828)
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Nomenclature
Banks ex DC.
DC.
1828
323
ICN
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
species
Passiflora tetrandra
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Descriptions
Dioec. soft-wooded glab. liane, up to c. 10 m. tall; branches terete, flexible; branchlets very slender. Tendrils very slender, ± curled, up to ± 10 cm. long, rarely bearing a fl. Lvs alt., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm., entire, coriac., dark green and glossy above, paler below; margins ± undulate. Fls solitary, or in 2-4-fld cymes, ebracteate. Sepals and petals yellowish green, ovate-oblong, about equal, reflexed; coronal filaments yellowish. ♂ with long, diverging staminal filaments; ♀ with 3-locular, stipitate ovary, us. with staminodes; styles 2-3. Fr. subglobose, orange, 25-30 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, aril reddish, cop.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
n = 12
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Vigorous, dioecious, high-climbing vine, glabrous except for slightly hairy young stems. Lvs simple; petioles (0.8)-1-2 cm long, eglandular; stipules minute or 0; lamina (4)-5-12-(14) × (1.8)-2-4-(5.5) cm, lanceolate to narrow-ovate or elliptic, coriaceous, dark glossy green above, entire, acute to acuminate. Fls (1)-3-4 in cymes, fragrant. Pedicels 5-15 mm long. Bracts ± subulate, caducous. Hypanthium 0. Perianth 4-merous; segments 5-6 mm long, ± oblong, yellowish green; corona threads 2.5-3.5 mm long. ♂ fls with 4 stamens; filaments 5-6 mm long forming a short androphore bearing an abortive ovary. ♀ fls with short staminodes. Ovary glabrous; styles (2)-3, c. 2 mm long. Fr. (2)-2.5-3 cm diam., subglobose or broad-ellipsoid, orange; pulp reddish, sparse. Seeds 3-7 mm long, flattened, wrinkled.
Taxonomic concepts
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Tetrapathaea australis Raoul.
Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
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14c917e7-36e9-4576-80e8-6df4147e7efa
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1 January 2000
30 April 2008