Passiflora aurantia var. aurantia
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Description
Climber to 6 m, glabrous or glabrescent, rarely finely pubescent (distinctly pubescent in var. pubescens).
Leaves spirally arranged, herbaceous, rarely coriaceous, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline, 3(-5, especially in some New Caledonian specimens)-lobed in the upper part, sometimes 3(-5)-dissected, rarely entire, top acute or mostly obtuse or rounded, sometimes retuse, often up to 1 mm mucronate, base subacute to shortly cordate, (1½-)2½-l0 by (2-)4-13 cm, 3(-5)-plinerved with 2-6 pairs of smaller nerves higher up, main nerves straight, ending in the lobe tips;
Stipules linear, c. ½ mm.
Inflorescences sessile, l(-2?)-flowered;
Flowers glabrous, 4½-8(-10) cm ø;
Sepals lanceolate, (sub)acute, keeled, (2-)2½-4½ by ½-2 cm.
Petals oblong to lanceolate, acute to obtuse, (0-)5-15 by 3-5 mm.
Ovary stalked, 1-2½ mm, (ob)ovate-ellipsoid, glabrous or glabrescent, 2½-6 by 1½-3(-3½) mm;
Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, 2½-5 by 2½-4½ cm;
Seeds c. 100-200, obovate, 2½-3 by 2-2¼ by 1-1½ mm, 4-6 pits per 0;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), East New Guinea present, Lord Howe I present, Louisiades present, New Caledonia present, New Hebrides present, Niue I present, Norfolk I present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present); Tonga (Tonga present), SW. Pacific present, Thursday I present
Australia, SW. Pacific, and Malesia: East New Guinea, Thursday I., Louisiades, Queensland, Lord Howe I., Norfolk I., New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga, Niue I..
Notes
Some specimens from New Caledonia with (± deviating) 5-palmate(-lobed) and rather coriaceous leaves, and with rather small flowers, are included in the type variety.
Citation
ROEM. 1846: pp. 188-189. – In: Syn. Mon.
HARMS 1893 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 89
DC. 1828 – In: Prod.: 332
ROEM. 1846 – In: Syn. Mon.: 188
G. DON 1834 – In: Gen. Syst.: 56
TURRILL 1915 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 23
Benth. 1900 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 689
F. M. 1911 – In: Queensl. Agric. J.: 66
K. SCH. & HOLLR. 1889: Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land.: 82
MAST. 1871 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 634
MOORE 1893: Handb. Fl. N. S. W.: 254
DRAKE DEL CASTILLO 1890: Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif.: 175
BEAL 1970: p. 13. – In: Austr. Pl.: photogr.
PARHAM 1964: Pl. Fiji Is.: 112
LEMAIRE 1867 – In: Ill. Hortic.: Misc. 57
PARHAM 1964: Pl. Fiji Is.: 111
FORST. f. 1948 – In: Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille: 37
KER-GAWL 1893 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 581
HARMS 1893: Bot. Jahrb.: 581
Benth. 1890: Cat. Pl. Queensl.: 20
GIBBS 1909 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 148
G. DON 1834 – In: Gen. Syst.: 56
SPRENG. 1827 – In: Syst. Veg.: 250
WARB. 1891 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 384
LEMAIRE 1867: Ill. Hortic.: Misc. 57
SPACH 1838: Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan.: 276
F. M. BAILEY 1900 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 689
HARMS 1893 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 89
F. M. BAILEY 1883: Syn. Queensl. Fl.: 199
SPRENG. 1826 – In: Syst. Veg.: 43
FORST. f. 1962 – In: Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris: 270
BRITTEN 1901: p. 42. – In: Ill. Austr. Pl. etc.: t. 129
RECHINGER 1910 – In: Denkschr. Wien. Akad. Wiss.: 314
CAV. 1790 – In: Diss.: 457
K. SCH. 1888 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 211
SPRENG. 1826 – In: Syst. Veg.: 42
HARMS 1893 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 89
WILLD. 1800 – In: Sp. Pl.: 620
F. M. 1913: Compr. Cat. Queensl: 220: f. 191
FORST. f. 1959 – In: Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris: 148
HARMS 1893 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 89
FORST. f. 1948: Fl. Nouv. Caléd.: 224
Benth. 1893 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 581
Benth. 1925 – In: Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2: 483, 500
Benth. 1882: F.v.M. First Syst. Census: 76
F.v.M. 1875 – In: Fragm. Phyt. Austr.: 69
DOMIN 1928: pp. 986-987. – In: Bibl. Bot.
SPACH 1838: Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan.: 277
MAST. 1871 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 634
G. DON 1834 – In: Gen. Syst.: 56
MAST. 1871 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 634
HARMS 1893 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 89
F.v.M. 1875 – In: Fragm. Phyt. Austr.: 68
DRAKE DEL CASTILLO 1890: Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif.: 175
HOOK 1845 – In: Curtis, Bot. Mag.: t. 4140
GUILLAUM. 1931 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 262
Benth. 1913: Compr. Cat. Queensl.: 220
SPACH 1838: Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan.: 277
FORST. f. 1893 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 581
FORST. f. 1925 – In: Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2: 500
ANDREWS 1803 – In: Bot. Rep.: t. 295
Benth. 1889: Second Syst. Census: 128
G. DON 1834 – In: Gen. Syst.: 56
LAWRENCE 1802: Passionfl.: t. 11
ROEM. 1846 – In: Syn. Mon.: 188
HECKEL 1912: p. 272. – In: Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille: t. 30
K. SCH. & Laut. 1901: Fl. Schutzgeb.: 456
LEMAIRE 1867 – In: Ill. Hortic.: Misc. 57
PARHAM 1964: Pl. Fiji Is.: 111
MAST. 1871 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 634
LLOYD & AIKEN 1934 – In: Bull. Lloyd Libr.: 75
WALP. 1843 – In: Rep.: 221