Passiflora alata Curtis, 1788

Araújo, Diogo & Alves, Marccus, 2010, Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic Forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil), Phytotaxa 8, pp. 1-24 : 20

72. Passiflora alata Curtis ( Fig. 3C )

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, (from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul). Atlantic forest, seasonal forest and restinga ( Nunes & Queiroz 2006).

Selected Voucher:—Zambana, Alves-Araújo et al. 687 (UFP).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Tendril disposition. A. Cissus erosa, opposite to the leaves. B. Gouania virgata, C. Passiflora alata, axillary. D. Psiguria umbrosa, in acute angle with the petiole E-F. Serjania subinpunctata, E. In the inflorescence base, F. detail G. Smilax syphilitca, on the apex of the sheath.