The Mesoamerican Passiflora ilamo (Section Decaloba, Passifloraceae) Newly Recognized at Species Level

John M. MacDougal; Ana Lucrecia MacVean

doi:10.3417/2022734

John M. MacDougal Harris-Stowe State University and Missouri Botanical Garden http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6300-9916
Ana Lucrecia MacVean York College of Pennsylvania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7256-8453

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2022734

Keywords: Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Josia, Mexico, Passiflora, Passifloraceae, subgenus Decaloba

Abstract

Passiflora ornithoura Mast. var. chiapasensis J. M. MacDougal from northern Mesoamerica is recognized as a distinct species in section Decaloba DC. and elevated to specific rank as P. ilamo J. M. MacDougal & MacVean. An updated description of the species is given, illustrated by photographs from the field and accompanied by a geographic range map and citation of specimens.