Passiflora suberosa ssp. suberosa Porter-Utley 2014

Sparsely to densely pubescent with unicellular or multicellular curved trichomes only on leaf, petiole and stem (very rarely on stipule) 0.14–0.62 mm long, 0.02–0.03 mm wide, also minutely antrorsely appressed-puberulent on leaf, petiole, stem, and stipule (sepal glabrous) with unicellular, curved trichomes, 0.06–0.10 mm long, 0.02–0.03 mm wide. Laminas not peltate or slightly peltate (the distance from leaf base to point of petiole insertion 2.3–2.5 mm). Flowers borne in leaf axils or sometimes in indeterminate axillary or terminal inflorescences; inflorescences 2.0–4.0 cm long, associated reduced laminas 2.0–4.0 mm long, 1.5–3.0 mm wide. Pedicels 6.9–17.6 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide, 2 per node; bract(s) absent or with one or two narrowly ovate-triangular bracts present at (0.23-)0.42–0.66 of the distance from the base toward the apex of the pedicel, 0.4–1.5(-2.3) mm long, 0.1–0.2 mm wide, acute. Flowers 21.3–49.1 mm in diameter with stipe 3.3–11.5 mm long; hypanthium 5.5–8.8 mm in diameter; sepals 7.6–20.5 mm long, 2.9–6.4 mm wide, abaxially and adaxially white; coronal filaments in 2 series, the outer 3.7–8.1 mm long, linear, slightly spreading (ca. 110°), reddish purple (5RP 3/8–4/8) at base, greenish yellow (5GY 8/4–8/6) at middle and yellow (5Y 8/10) toward tips, ratio of outer coronal row to sepal length 0.34–0.74, the inner 10–30(-42), erect, reddish purple with greenish yellow tips; operculum 1.4–3.0 mm long, reddish purple, margin white; nectary 0.2–1.1 mm high, 0.7–1.8(-2.7) mm wide; limen recurved, greenish yellow with reddish purple tip, limen floor greenish yellow; androgynophore 5.0–12.6 mm long, 0.5–1.8 mm wide, greenish yellow; free portions of the staminal filaments 3.4–6.8 mm long, anthers with nearly white pollen; styles 3.2–7.7 mm long including stigmas. Berry 11.3–13.8 mm long, ovoid to ellipsoid. Seeds ca. 21–34.

Slender, climbing, perennial vine to 2.5 m long or more, sparsely to densely pubescent with unicellular curved trichomes on petiole, leaf, and stem, 0.13–0.33 mm long, 0.02–0.03 mm wide, also minutely antrorsely appressed-puberulent on petiole, leaf, stem, stipule and sepal with unicellular, curved trichomes, 0.06–0.08 mm long, 0.02–0.03 mm wide. Flowering stems 0.5–1.3 mm in diameter, terete or somewhat compressed. Stipules 0.8–2.7(-3.6) mm long, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, narrowly ovate-triangular, acute; petioles 0.4–0.9(-1.7) cm long, with two, opposite to subopposite, sessile, discoid or widely obconical nectaries, 0.3–1.0 mm wide (on the widest axis), 0.1–0.5 mm high, commonly borne in the distal half of the petiole (0.44–0.86 of the distance from the base toward the apex of the petiole). Laminas 1.9–7.7 cm long, 1.8–7.9(-9.2) cm wide, membranous, shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, ovate in general outline, lateral lobes 1.0–5.5 cm long, 0.2–1.7 cm wide, ovate, elliptic, or very narrowly oblong (rarely obovate), acute (rarely obtuse), central lobe ovate, elliptic or very narrowly oblong (rarely obovate), acute (rarely obtuse), central vein 1.9–7.7 cm long, angle between the lateral lobes 92–129(-180)°, ratio of lateral lobe to central vein length 0.47–0.91, margins entire, hyaline, primary veins 3, diverging and branching at base, laminar nectaries absent (rarely present); tendril 0.2–0.5 mm wide, present at flowering node. Flowers borne in leaf axils. Pedicels 12.0–18.3 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, 2 per node; bract(s) absent; spur(s) absent. Flowers 23.9–33.3 mm in diameter with stipe (1.9-)3.3–5.3 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide; hypanthium 4.6–7.1 mm in diameter; sepals 9.0–14.3 mm long, 2.0–4.3 mm wide, ovate-triangular, acute to rounded, sepals greenish yellow or whitish; coronal filaments in 2 series, the outer 21–30, 5.7–8.9 mm long, 0.1–0.5 mm wide, linear, not fused or fused 0.6–1.0 mm at base, filaments whitish with yellow tips or yellow, ratio of outer coronal row to sepal length 0.47–0.75(-0.89), the inner 19–30, 2.8–5.4(-6.4) mm long, 0.1–0.2 mm wide, linear, capitate, filaments whitish with yellow tips or yellow, ratio of inner coronal row to outer coronal row length 0.34–0.60(-0.94); operculum (1.5-)2.0–2.6 mm long, plicate, very pale yellow to yellowish dried, sometimes with reddish purple spots and streaks; nectary 0.2–0.5 mm high, 0.7–1.1 mm wide; limen recurved, (sometimes erect), 0.2–0.3(-0.6) mm high, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, yellowish or yellowish with a reddish purple base dried, limen floor 2.2–3.6 mm in diameter, yellowish or yellowish with reddish purple spots and streaks dried; androgynophore 8.0–10.8(-14.1) mm long, 0.6–1.0 mm wide, purplish; free portions of the staminal filaments 2.9–6.5 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, linear, yellowish dried; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm long, (0.3-)0.5–1.2 mm wide, oriented perpendicular or nearly so to their filaments; styles 3.4–5.0 mm long including stigmas, 0.2–0.4 mm wide, greenish yellow; stigmas 0.5–0.9 mm in diameter; ovary 2.8–5.3 mm long, 1.3–2.1(-2.9) mm wide, ellipsoid to fusiform, greenish. Berry 12.8–17.1(-21.1) mm long, 6.8–8.0(-10.0) mm in diameter, fusiform, very dark purple. Seeds ca. 20, 2.7–3.1 mm long, 1.5–1.8 mm wide, 1.2–1.4 mm thick, obovate in outline, acute at both ends, reticulate-foveate with each face marked with ca. 24 foveae.

Throughout the West Indies. Introduced in the Hawaiian Islands. Growing in shrubs, trees or trailing on the ground in secondary successional areas, along the edges of semideciduous to deciduous, dry to moist tropical forests, both inland and near the seashore, 0–1600 m.

Endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Growing in shrubs, trees or trailing on the ground in secondary successional areas and in dry tropical forests with Castela, Scalesia, Psidium, and Bursera, 0–800 m.