John A. Ocampo‡, Adriana Isabel Velásquez§, José Orlando Velásquez§Corresponding author: John A. Ocampo ( jaocampop@unal.edu.co ) Academic editor: Juliana de Paula-Souza © John A. Ocampo, Adriana Isabel Velásquez, José Orlando Velásquez. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Ocampo JA, Velásquez AI, Velásquez JO (2020) A rediscovery for the Colombian flora: Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe (Passifloraceae), a species lost for more than two centuries. Check List 16(6): 1591-1602. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1591 |  |
Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe, a Colombian endemic species that belongs to the subgenus Astrophea (DC.) Masters, was rediscovered in a disturbed forest in Mariquita (Tolima), where it has not been reported since 1784. We redescribe the species, providing data on morphology, ecology, and geographic distribution. It can be recognized from P. pittieri, its relative species, mainly by 6 or 10 lateral nerves to each side of the leaf, the yellow-white color of the four series of corona filaments, and the presence of rings in the nectary chamber. Passiflora mariquitensis is Critically Endangered due to its restricted occurrence, and conservation actions are urgent.