
Taxonomic Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Tetrapathea Including the Monotypic Genera Hollrungia and Tetrapathea (Passifloraceae), and a New Species of Passiflora
Recent phylogenetic analysis of the Old World species of Passiflora has indicated that two monotypic genera in the Passifloraceae, Hollrungia and Tetrapathea, are strongly supported as belonging to the genus Passiflora. Additionally, a new species from Australia
was found to belong to the same clade as Hollrungia and Tetrapathea. Consequently, a taxonomic revision is presented here of Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea including these three taxa. Tetrapathea tetrandra, the type of Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea
and historically recognized as both T. tetrandra and P. tetrandra, is formally accepted here as P. tetrandra. The single species of Hollrungia, H. aurantioides, is transferred to Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea as
P. aurantioides
.
The new and so far unnamed species in Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea from Australia is also described as
P. kuranda
sp. nov.
Keywords: AUSTRALIA; HOLLRUNGIA; NEW ZEALAND; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PASSIFLORA KURANDA; TETRAPATHEA
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: April 1, 2009
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