Passiflora vespertilio L

Rome, Maxime, MacDOUGAL, John M., Svoboda, Harlan T. & COPPENS D’EECKENBRUGGE, Geo, 2024, A revised and annotated checklist of the genus Passiflora L. in French Guiana, Adansonia (3) 46 (20), pp. 197-221 : 205-206

Passiflora vespertilio L .

Species Plantarum: 957 ( Linnaeus 1753). — Granadilla vespertilio (L.) Moench , Supplementum ad Methodum Plantas: a staminum situ describendi 14 ( Moench 1802). — Decaloba vespertilio (L.) M.Roem. , Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 155 ( Roemer 1846). —

Type specimen: Country unknown • Without location; without date; Anonymous s.n.; lecto-, LINN 1070.12 , designated here.

Decaloba geminiflora M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 164 ( Roemer 1846).

Passiflora europhylla Mast., The Gardeners’ Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 28: 350 ( Masters 1900).

Passiflora geminiflora DC. , Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 323 ( Candolle 1828).

Passiflora hemicycla G.Mey., Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 225 ( Meyer 1818). — Decaloba hemicycla (G.Mey.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 160 ( Roemer 1846).

Passiflora surinamensis Miq., Linnaea 18: 363 ( Miquel 1844). — Decaloba surinamensis (Miq.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 158 ( Roemer 1846).

VOUCHER. — French Guiana • Mont Rorota , Cayenne Island; 1.IV.1994; B. Bordenave 912; P[P05265776].

DISTRIBUTION. — Guianas, Amazon and Orinoco basin ( Milward-de-Azevedo et al. 2012).

NOTE

Holm-Nielsen et al. (1988) indicated an unspecified material in LINN as the type, but failed to distinguish between sheets1070.12 and 1070.13(which are not part of a single gathering,so Art.9.17 of the ICN does not apply). 1070.13, collected by Dahlberg in Suriname ( Moraes 2012: 53), has very well-preserved flower and fruit with mature seeds. However, it was annotated by Linnaeus filius as ‘verpertilio no76’.It lacks the Species Plantarum number (“11”) and was apparently not seen by Linnaeus by 1753. A duplicate collection at UPS-THUNB was annotated by Thunberg as “ Passiflora vespertilio ’, ‘e Surinamo. Dahlberg” ( Moraes 2012). Specimen 1070.12, though sterile and of unknown provenance, has the characteristic leaf shape and laminar gland arrangement of P. vespertilio following current usage and is labeled with the Sp. Pl. number “11” in Linnaeus’ hand.