Passiflora telesiphe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. telesiphe
Binomial name
Passiflora telesiphe
S.Knapp & Mallet

Passiflora telesiphe is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.[1]

This is a vine with slender branches. The three-lobed leaves are up to 8 by 11 centimeters. The upper surface of the leaf is dark green, sometimes mottled with white, and the underside is purple. The flowers are solitary or paired with purple-tinged white petals. The filaments are white or purplish and are up to 2.6 centimeters long. The fruit has not been observed.[2] This species is a member of the subgenus Decaloba.[2]

This plant was first formally described in 1998, when it was discovered in Ecuador five years earlier during an observation of local butterflies by naturalists. A male telesiphe longwing (Heliconius telesiphe) was noted hovering about a plant, and the eggs and pupa of the species were found on it. The new plant was then named after the butterfly.[2]

So far this plant is known only from Zamora-Chinchipe Province. It is found in low Andean forest habitat at elevations of 1700m.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Jørgensen, P.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Passiflora telesiphe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45762A11010611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45762A11010611.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Knapp, S., and J. Mallet. 1998. A New Species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador with notes on the natural history of its herbivore, Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiiti). Novon 162-166.


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