Passiflora unipetala P. Jørg., Muchhala & J. M. MacDougal (Passifloraceae) is described from two cloud forest remnants in Pichincha, Ecuador, and is assigned to the Andean endemic Passiflora L. supersect. Tacsonia (Juss.) Feuillet & J. M. MacDougal. This new species with yellowish green flowers is distinguished from all other passionflowers by having only one petal. It is pollinated by bats, which is rare in Passiflora.
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30 November 2012
Passiflora unipetala, a New Bat-pollinated Species of Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia (Passifloraceae)
Peter Møller Jørgensen,
Nathan Muchhala,
John M. MacDougal
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bat pollination
Ecuador
IUCN Red List
Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia
Passifloraceae