Check List 16(2): 441-449, doi: 10.15560/16.2.441

Rediscovery and new records of Passiflora auriculata Kunth and P. cisnana Harms (Passifloraceae) in Brazil

Eduardo Oliveira Silva^‡, Michaele Alvim Milward‑de-Azevedo^§, Alessandro Wagner Coelho Ferreira^|, Marcos Eduardo Guerra Sobral^¶

‡ Federal University of Maranhão, Codó, Brazil§ Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil¶ Federal University of São João Del-Rei, São João del-Rei, Brazil

Corresponding author: Eduardo Oliveira Silva ( eoliveira12@yahoo.com.br )

Academic editor: Rosa del C. Ortiz

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Citation: Oliveira Silva E, Milward‑de-Azevedo MA, Ferreira A, Guerra Sobral ME (2020) Rediscovery and new records of Passiflora L. (Passifloraceae) in Brazil. Check List 16(2): 441-449. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.441

Abstract

We present here the rediscovery of Passiflora auriculata Kunth and P. cisnana Harms in Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, and new reports of occurrence of those species in Alagoas state, northeastern Brazil, and Tocantins state, northern Brazil. We provide taxonomic information, distribution maps, and conservation status of both species, thereby contributing to increasing knowledge on Passifloraceae in those states.

Keywords

Conservation status, distribution, new occurrences, taxonomy