identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03C387D5BC225155FF7FF93BFD82FECC.text	03C387D5BC225155FF7FF93BFD82FECC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Passiflora skrabaliana Kuethe & Wettges & Jiménez & Fuentes 2025	<div><p>Passiflora skrabaliana Kuethe &amp; Wettges sp. nov. (Figures 1–2)</p><p>Type: — ECUADOR. Loja province: Reserva Privada “El Madrigal del Podocarpus ”, sureste de Loja, 4°2’53.4”S, 079°10’11.7”W, 2372 m, 20 January 2024 (fl.), M. Jiménez, M. Jiménez Villalta, N. Espinosa-Ortega 2032 (holotype: HUTPL!, isotypes: QCA!).</p><p>Diagnosis: This new species is similar to Passiflora exoperculata and Passiflora lobbii, from which it differs by being glabrous throughout (vs. pubescent), the position of the petiolar nectaries being just above the middle of the petiole (vs. just below or in lower third), and the greenish-white (vs. greenish-yellow) colour of the flower.</p><p>Description: — Plant a trailing vine with long trailing branches of 3–5 m, glabrous throughout. Stem reddishgreen, green when young, terete to slightly striate. Internodal distance 1–3.5 cm. Stipules reddish to brownish, very obscure and often soon deciduous, linear, 2–3 mm long. Petiole 1.3–2.2 cm long, terete to caniculate till midway, with a single pair of opposite petiolar nectaries borne 2/3rd or 4/5th the length of the petiole; glands sessile, slightly</p><p>3</p><p>cup-shaped, purple-brownish in color, not producing. Leaf blade transversely ovate to lanceolate, terminating in acute apices, distinctly 2-lobed to obscurely 3-lobate, (8–)9.5–11(–13) cm wide, 2.3–3.6 cm long when measured along the central vein, length of the lateral veins 4.6–5.5 cm, lobes narrowly triangular to lanceolate, base of the blade very shallowly cordate, apices acute, mucronulate with the veins ending in small mucron, the central lobe (if present) very shallowly deltoid, truncate when absent, texture thick coriaceous to chartaceous, dark green adaxially, dullish green abaxially. Inflorescence in pairs, borne on short peduncles of no more than 15 mm, articulated at 8 mm from base. Bracts obscure, linear to narrow lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm long, dark brown. Flowers greenish white to green, 22–23 mm wide, inconspicuous with a very weak scent; hypanthium disc-shaped, slightly pentagonal in outline, 3–4 mm wide, about 1 mm high; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 9–10 × 3–4 mm, apices acute, green, ecorniculate; petals subequal to sepals, lanceolate, 7–8 × 3–3.5 mm, apex acute, white, membranous; corona biserial, whitish-green with a purple-brownish base; outer series filiform to liguliform, outfacing, 5–6 mm long, whitish-green in upper 2/3rd, purplish-brown in lower 1/3rd; inner series dark purplish-green, filiform, 1–1.5 mm long, erect; operculum clavate to plicate, pale purplish-brown with a white tinge, folded, margins serrate, about 1 mm long; limen absent; androgynophore small, about 1 mm high, green; stamen approximately 3 mm long, green, pollen yellow; ovary oval, green, glabrous, 1–1.1 mm high; style ca. 2–3 mm long, green, stigma lighter green, globose, &lt;1 mm. Fruit a small blackish berry, subglobose, 10–11 × 7–8 mm when mature; mesocarp about 1 mm thick, whitish-green; pulp a pale orange, with 3–5 black seed per fruit; seed ovoidal, ca. 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, resticulate.</p><p>Phenology: —This tiny species has been observed with flowers in November, December, January and February, presenting fruits from December to March.</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Passiflora skrabaliana is endemic to the submontane dry forests of the south-central Andes of Ecuador. It is found almost exclusively within the province of Loja, where it grows vigorously in the hills surrounding the provincial capital of Loja itself. Numerous populations were seen in the mountains immediate north, south-west and south of the city, where it was seen growing along the main road going to Saraguro (north); Zumba (south) and Catamayo (south-west). Smaller populations of P. skrabaliana were seen in the Portovelo and Fierro Urcu regions, as well as outside the village of Malacatos and along the scenic RT-35. This small species is found in submontane to montane Andean dry forest at elevations between 1,800 and 2,750 meters, where it grows with long trailing branches next to roadsides and farmed areas.</p><p>Etymology: —This species is dedicated to Jürgen Skrabal, German botanist who contributed profoundly to the studies of the P. lobbii group and was among the first authors to coin the authenticity of this species.</p><p>Preliminary conservation status: —With an Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of about 4,600 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy (AOO) of about 120 km 2, P. skrabaliana scales EN (Endangered) in accordance with IUCN criteria B1 &amp; B2. However, during field work conducted in 2022, the authors found large populations of the species growing vigorously and abundantly in [often] disturbed dry-forest habitats; along road sides and dirt tracks; and in,- or near agricultural areas meaning that P. skrabaliana is a resilient and adaptable species with rapid reproductive cycles. This convinces the authors that a conservation status of LC or NT based on IUCN criteria C, D &amp; E (IUCN 2022) is more applicable here.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):— Passiflora skrabaliana: ECUADOR. Loja: Km 11 - 14 Yangana - Valadolid road. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.166664/lat -4.366667)">Humid</a> montane forest dominated by <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.166664/lat -4.366667)">Clusia</a> and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.166664/lat -4.366667)">Hedyosmum</a>, 04°22’S 079°10’W, 2220 m, 31 July 1986, P. M. JØrgensen 61359 (QCA) ; Km 91 on <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.4166667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.166664/lat -3.4166667)">Pan American Highway</a>, N of Loja, 03°25’S 079°10’W, 5 May 1973, L. B. Holm-Nielsen, S. Jeppesen, B. LØjtnant &amp; Benjamin Øllgaard 5033 (QCA) ; Nudo de Sabanilla, western slopes on road <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.183334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.4666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.183334/lat -4.4666667)">Yangana-Valladolid</a>, 04°28’S 079°11’W, 2400 m, 8 February 1985, Gunnar Wilhelm Harling &amp; Lennart Andersson 21823 (QCA) ; Summit and upper slopes of cerro <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.25/lat -4.0)">Villonaco Macchia</a>, 04°00’S 079°15’W, 2400 m, 12 April 1974, Gunnar Wilhelm Harling &amp; Lennart Andersson 13460 (QCA) ; Loja, 03°54’S 079°16’W, 21 July 12 1990, P. M. JØrgensen &amp; Carmen Ulloa 91989 (MO); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.4166665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.166664/lat -4.4166665)">Road Yangana - Valladolid</a>, 04°25’S 079°10’W, 2400 m, 18 April 1989, Jens E. Madsen 86002 (QCA) ; Along main road 1-5 km N of entrance to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.25/lat -3.55)">Refugio Carboncillo</a>, 03°33’S 079°15’W, 26 June 1998, Simon Laegaard 18944 (US) ; Loja-Saraguro. Km 25. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.28111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.8608332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.28111/lat -3.8608332)">Forest</a> remnants, 03°51’39”S 079°16’52”W, 1750 m, 22 April 1994, P. M. JØrgensen, Carmen Ulloa &amp; Homero Vargas 507 (QCA) ; Cerro Villonaco. New road Loja-La <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.275&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.0008335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.275/lat -4.0008335)">Toma</a>, 04°00’03”S 079°16’30”W, 2450 m, 17 April 1994, P. M. JØrgensen, Carmen Ulloa, Abendaño &amp; Homero Vargas 289 (LOJA) ; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.15584&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.405" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.15584/lat -4.405)">Road Yangana-Valladolid</a>, 04°24’18”S 079°09’21”W, 2150 m, 12 February 2009, P. M. JØrgensen &amp; Segundo Chimbolema 2448 (QCNE) ; road <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.26667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.9833333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.26667/lat -3.9833333)">Loja - Catamayo</a>, montane cloud forest remnant, 03°59’S 079°16’W, 2540 m, 12 May 2007, Jürgen Homeier, Florian A. Werner, L. Chambers &amp; K. Ledesma 2578 (LOJA) ; Cerro de Villonaco. Loja-La Toma, turnoff towards <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.26444&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.9477777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.26444/lat -3.9477777)">Chuquiribamba</a>, 03°56’52”S 079°15’52”W, 18 April 1994, P. M. JØrgensen, Carmen Ulloa, Homero Vargas &amp; Abendaño 388 (QCA) ; South of Yangana on road to Valladolid from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.183334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.183334/lat -4.4)">Vilcabamba. Above Yangana</a>, 04°24’S 079°11’W, 19 July 1986, John M. MacDougal &amp; John Couch 1972 (CQA) ; Old road from Loja to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.016667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.416664/lat -4.016667)">Catamayo</a>, km 11, 04°01’S 079°25’W, 17 April 1997, Gwilym P. Lewis 3157 (QCNE) ; La Cofradia, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.23333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.23333/lat -3.85)">Loja–Saraguro rd.</a> km 30, 03°51’S 079°14’W, 11 May 1995, H. Borgtoft Pedersen, Pablo Lozano, Omar Cabrera &amp; Bolívar Merino 1024221 (QCA) ; Road Loja-Uritusinga-Las <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.229164&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.058056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.229164/lat -4.058056)">Palmas</a>, km 14, 04°03’29”S 079°13’45”W, 11 February 2009, P. M. JØrgensen &amp; Segundo Chimbolema 2445 (MO) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387D5BC225155FF7FF93BFD82FECC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Kuethe, J. R.;Wettges, Martin;Jiménez, Marco M.;Fuentes, Alfredo	Kuethe, J. R., Wettges, Martin, Jiménez, Marco M., Fuentes, Alfredo (2025): A new section within Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) borne from the “ Passiflora lobbii group ”, with three new species from the montane forests of southern Ecuador and Bolivia. Phytotaxa 691 (2): 173-187, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4
03C387D5BC295154FF7FFADBFC1DF9F8.text	03C387D5BC295154FF7FFADBFC1DF9F8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Passiflora justinianoi Kuethe & Wettges & Jiménez & Fuentes 2025	<div><p>Passiflora justinianoi Kuethe sp. nov. (Figures 3–4B)</p><p>Type: — BOLIVIA. Cochabamba department: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-65.91178&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.150473" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -65.91178/lat -17.150473)">Tablas Monte region</a>, road between Paracti and Corani Pampa, 17°09’01.7”S 65°54’42.4”W, 2497 m, 7 December 2023 (fl.), Hermes Justiniano, J.R. Kuethe, Mattias Lanas, Ramón Vargas, Miguel Molinari 136 (holotype: USZ!; isotypes: LPB, USZ!, BOLV!) .</p><p>Diagnosis: This new species is similar to Passiflora solomonii and Passiflora lobbii, from which it differs by being glabrescent to sparsely pubescent throughout (vs. glabrous [former] or firmly pubescent [latter]), the ovate reddish stipules (vs. setaceous and brownish), the absence (vs. presence as in P. lobbii) of the petiolar nectaries, and the small, greenish-white flowers with a straight corona (vs. greenish-brown or greenish yellow in which the corona is slightly wavy).</p><p>Description: — Plant a trailing vine with long trailing branches of 3–5 m, glabrescent to sparsely pubescent throughout. Stem green, lighter green when young, terete. Internodal distance 1–4 cm. Stipules distinctly reddish in color, with a slight brownish tip, ovate, 2.5–3 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide. Petiole 1.6–2.4 cm long, terete, eglandular, often slightly crooked in the basal 1/3 rd, green. Leaf blade transversely ovate to lanceolate, terminating in long acute apices, distinctly 2-lobed to obscurely 3-lobate, (9–)12–15(–17) cm wide, 1.5–2.2 cm long when measured along the central vein, length of the lateral veins 6.1–7.7 cm, lobes long lanceolate, narrow, base of the blade very shallowly cordate, apices acute; the central lobe (if present) very broadly deltoid with mucronate apex, sometimes slightly emarginate; slightly truncate when absent, foliar texture coriaceous to membranous, green adaxially, lighter green abaxially. Inflorescence in pairs, borne on long peduncles of no more than 15–22 mm, articulated at about 1/3 rd below the base of the flower. Bracts obscure, setaceous, 0.8–1 mm long, reddish. Flowers greenish white, 19–22 mm wide, inconspicuous individually, though inflorescences numerous; hypanthium disc-shaped, slightly pentagonal in outline, 6–7 mm wide, about 1 mm high; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 8–9 × 2.5–3.3 mm, apices acute to sharply obtuse, greenish white, ecorniculate; petals short and feeble, linear, 3–3.7 × 1.8–2.1 mm, apex obtuse to slightly praemorse, white, membranous; corona uniserial, filaments whitish-green becoming a deeper green at base, filiform, radiate, 5–6 mm long, straight; operculum clavate to plicate, reddish to purplish-red with a whitish ridge, folded, margins serrate, about 1–1.2 mm long; limen absent; androgynophore small, about 3 mm high, green; stamen approximately 2–3 mm long, green, pollen light yellow; ovary oval, green, glabrous, 1–1.5 mm high; style ca. 2–3 mm long, green, stigma green, globose, &lt;1 mm. Fruit a small greenish to greenish-yellow berry, ellipsoid to ovoid with five distinct raised ridges, 12–15 × 6–7 mm when mature; mesocarp about 1 mm thick, whitish-green; pulp a pale yellow to white, with 15–25 black seed per fruit; seed ovoidal, ca. 1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm, resticulate.</p><p>Phenology: —This tiny species has been observed with flowers in November and December, carrying fruits from December to January.</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Passiflora justinianoi can be found in the montane cloud forests of the Tucumano- Boliviano ecoregion in central Bolivia. It is found almost exclusively within the department of Cochabamba, where it grows as a feeble trailing vine along the western fringes of the Carrasco Natural Park. Numerous populations were seen along the road between Paractí and Cochabamba, and along the tracks and trails into the montane Inca villages Tablas Monte, Corani-Pampa and Ichuloma, where it was seen growing primarily within the understory of the steep mountain forest. A smaller population of P. justinianoi was seen in the Santa Cruz department within the Amboró National Park inland from Samaipata. This small species is found in montane Andean cloud forest at elevations between 2,200 and 2,850 meters, where it grows with long trailing branches next to roadsides and near farmed areas.</p><p>Etymology: —This species is dedicated to Hermes Justiniano, Bolivian botanist and founder of the Fundación para la Conservación del Bosque Seco Chiquitano (FCBC), who contributed profoundly to the studies of the Bolivian Passiflora through his comprehensive fieldguide and other publications.</p><p>Preliminary conservation status: —With an Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of about 1,500 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy (AOO) of about 45 km 2, P. justinianoi scales EN (Endangered) in accordance with the GeoCat software. However, during field work conducted in 2023, the authors found the species growing in great numbers along roadsides and near farm fields, indicating the species is fairly resilient against habitat disturbances. The second population found in the Amboró National Park, additionally, widened its natural range well beyond several habitats and environmental dynamics, making the species much more adaptable than its poor herbarium presence makes it seem. For these reasons, the authors conceive the conservation status of VU to NT as being more appropriate based on its current field abundance seen within both disturbed and pristine habitats, with IUCN (2022) categories C and D1 and D2 appearing to be inapplicable.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):— P. justinianoi: Bolivia. Cochabamba: Chapare region, Municipio Colomi. Sobre el camino hacia Tablas Monte, cercanías de la localidad Apaza, 17°08’06”S 065°55’26”W, 2437 m, 03 January 2016, Hermes Justiniano, N. de la Barra, Gyna Foianini 16 (USZ); Tablas-Monte cerca del pueblito, 17°05’22”S 065°59’41”W, 2274 m, 31 December 2020, Hermes Justiniano 48 (USZ); Rio Aliso-Mayu – Rio Derrumbe-Mayu, 17°08’S 065°54’W, 2500 m, 24 June 1995, Nur Ritter, John Wood 2332 (LPB); entre Siberia y Fortaleza, 17°45’S 064°44’W, 2200 m, 1 February 1992, Roberto Vásquez 1958 (BOLV); By the road to Incachaca from the checkpoint on the Cochabamba-Chapare road, 17°13’46”S 065°49’04”W, 02 April 1995, John Wood 9621 (LPB). Santa Cruz: Comarapa, bajando a Locotal, 17°47’14”S 064°43’20”W, 2140 m, 09 March 2021, Alfredo F. Fuentes, Moisés Mendoza &amp; Rossy-Mar Montaño 21879 (LPB, MO).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387D5BC295154FF7FFADBFC1DF9F8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Kuethe, J. R.;Wettges, Martin;Jiménez, Marco M.;Fuentes, Alfredo	Kuethe, J. R., Wettges, Martin, Jiménez, Marco M., Fuentes, Alfredo (2025): A new section within Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) borne from the “ Passiflora lobbii group ”, with three new species from the montane forests of southern Ecuador and Bolivia. Phytotaxa 691 (2): 173-187, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4
03C387D5BC2A5151FF7FF99BFB30F828.text	03C387D5BC2A5151FF7FF99BFB30F828.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Passiflora lobbii subsp. charazanica Kuethe & Wettges & Jiménez & Fuentes 2025	<div><p>Passiflora lobbii subsp. charazanica Kuethe &amp; Fuentes subsp. nov. (Figures 4C)</p><p>Type: — BOLIVIA. La Paz department: Saavedra region, road between Charazani and Tuiluni, 15°1’’35.”” S 68 °5’’28.”” W, 2743 m, 24 November 2023 (fl.), Hermes Justiniano, J.R. Kuethe, Mattias Lanas, Ramón Vargas, Miguel Molinari 93 (holotype: LPB!; isotypes: LPB!, USZ, BOLV!) .</p><p>Diagnosis: This new varietal taxon is similar to Passiflora solomonii and Passiflora tesserula, from which it differs by its thick coriaceous (vs. membraneous) leaves, the absence (vs. presence) of foliar vestiture, the petiolar nectaries being located at, or just above, the middle (vs. absent [former] or located just below the blade), and the dark purple internal colour (vs. green to greenish-yellow) of the flowers with a straight (vs. slightly wavy) corona.</p><p>Description: — Plant a trailing vine with long trailing branches of 2–4 m, glabrous throughout, except for the youngest stems. Stem green, lighter green and very finely pubescent when young, obscurely striate. Internodal distance 1–3.5 cm. Stipules soon deciduous, greenish-yellow in color, drying out at the tip, setaceous, 1.2–1.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide. Petiole 1.2–1.6 cm long, caniculate, glandular, with a single pair of opposite glands located at, or just above, the middle of the stalk, glands small, stout and stubby, 0.8–1 mm wide, brownish. Leaf blade transversely ovate to lanceolate, terminating in long acute apices, distinctly 2-lobed and very rarely 3-lobate, (6.3–)7–11(–13) cm wide, 1.6–2.5 cm long when measured along the central vein, length of the lateral veins 3.1–4.6 cm, lobes long lanceolate to ovoid, narrowing towards the inception of the petiole, base of the blade deeply cordate, apices acute; the central lobe (if present) very broadly founded to truncate, no more than 1–4 high, central vein terminating into a distinct mucro 1–2 mm long, location of central lobe deeply emarginate; usually truncate when absent, foliar texture very thick coriaceous to chartaceous, green adaxially, lighter green abaxially. Inflorescence in pairs or single, peduncles 9–14 mm, articulated at about¼4 th below the base of the flower. Bracts obscure, setaceous, 1.2–1.5 mm long, greenish. Flowers whitish-yellow with a dark purple center, 21–24 mm wide, slightly inconspicuous; hypanthium disc-shaped, circular in outline, 7–8 mm wide, about 1 mm high; sepals ovoid to obovate, 9–11 × 4.5–5.5 mm, apices obtuse, greenish white with a pinkish margin, ecorniculate; petals slightly shorter than sepals, ovoid, 7.5–8.7 × 2.6–3.0 mm, apex obtuse and slightly praemorse, white, membranous; corona biserial, outer series radiate, filiform to ligulate, 6–8 mm long, basally green becoming yellow to whitish yellow in upper half, straight; inner series finely filiform, clavate towards the apex, 1.5–2.0 mm long, whitish becoming a brownish green at base, erect; operculum plicate, pinkishwhite becoming whitish towards upper half, folded, margins slightly serrate, about 2.2–2.5 mm long; limen floor a very dark purple disk; androgynophore small, about 4 mm high, very dark purple in basal half, becoming dark green with blackish specks above; stamen approximately 3 mm long, green, pollen yellow; ovary globose, green, glabrous, 1–1.5 mm high; style ca. 3 mm long, green, stigma green, globose, ca. 1 mm. Fruit a small black berry, globose to subglobose, 12–15 × 14–16 mm when mature; mesocarp about 1 mm thick, whitish grey; with 5–10 black seed per fruit; seed ovoidal to ovoid, ca. 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, resticulate.</p><p>Phenology: —This species has been observed with flowers in November and December, carrying fruits from November, December into January.</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Passiflora lobbii subsp. charazanica is found in the montane seasonally dry forests of the far western Andes of Bolivia. It is found almost exclusively around the border regions with Peru, where populations of this subspecies were seen nearby the Inca towns of Charazani and Pelechuco, both within the Bautista Saavedra province of the department of La Paz. Substantial populations were seen growing in montane seasonally dry forests within interandean river valleys just above the mountain rivers, providing moderate moisture through vapor and cloud humidification. The largest population was seen just south of the town of Charazani, with few smaller populations found nearby Pelechuco and north of Chulina. This feeble subspecies is found at elevations between 2,600 and 2,950 meters, where it trails over ground down steep grassy slopes, or as a weak climbing vine over low secondary vegetation, with long trailing branches next to roadsides and river valleys.</p><p>Etymology: —This subspecies is named after the Andean town and border region of Charazani, the location where this subspecies was found.</p><p>Prelininary conservation status: —With an Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of about 220 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy (AOO) of about 28 km 2, P. lobbii subsp. charazanica scales EN (Endangered) in accordance with IUCN criteria B1 &amp; B2a,b. Targeted field work to the locations where this species grows shows a relatively low abundance within its natural habitat, with plants appearing sporadically and in clusters throughout its native region. This suggests a possible absence of a seed dispersing mammal or bird. In addition, mining and climate aridification are serious threats to the long-term stability of the region, causing significant polution in the rivers and drying out of the land.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):— Passiflora lobbii subsp. charazanica: Bolivia. La Paz: Saavedra region, Monte Puncu, Machayani, entre Camata y Cuibaja, 15°18’35”S 068°46’00”W, 2680 m, 16 May 2006, Alfredo F. Fuentes, A.S. Poma C., K. Wilk 10644 (LPB, MO); ANMI Apolobamba, Carpa, primeros restos de casas al lado de carretera bajando de Charazani, 15°11’24”S 068°53’08”W, 2530 m, 17 April 2005, Alfredo F. Fuentes 6865 (LPB, MO, NY, USZ); ANMI Apolobamba, Charazani, aguas termales mas abajo, 15°10’50”S 068°54’03”W, 2535 m, 17 April 2005, Alfredo F. Fuentes et al. 6836 (LPB, MO); Pelechuco-Apolo, Laitiki, Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, 14°46’54”S 069°01’00”W, 2680 m, 08 June 2008, Alfredo F. Fuentes, H. Huaylla 12850 (BOLV, LPB, MO, USZ); Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Laitiki a Piara, camino carretero abandonado hacia Pelechuco, 14°45’50”S 068°58’52”W, 13 June 2008, H. Huaylla, Alfredo F. Fuentes 2925 (LPB, MO); Rio Charazani, Charazani-Camata, 15°12’S 068°50’W, 20 November 1982, Roberto Vásquez, Carl A. Luer, Jane Luer 1957 (BOLV); Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Chulina, al frente de estancia Wikjelani, pasando el río Sillaca, 15°07’51”S 068°52’51”W, 2836 m, 17 April 2010, Alfredo F. Fuentes, R. Rodas 16101 (BOLV, LPB, MO, NY, USZ); Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba, Chullina Titiriwaya, 15°08’11”S 068°52’47”W, 2706 m, 26 May 2010, L. Cayola, I. Jiménez, P. Calvi, L. Samo 3822 (BOLV, COL, HSB, LPB, MO, RFA, USZ).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387D5BC2A5151FF7FF99BFB30F828	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Kuethe, J. R.;Wettges, Martin;Jiménez, Marco M.;Fuentes, Alfredo	Kuethe, J. R., Wettges, Martin, Jiménez, Marco M., Fuentes, Alfredo (2025): A new section within Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) borne from the “ Passiflora lobbii group ”, with three new species from the montane forests of southern Ecuador and Bolivia. Phytotaxa 691 (2): 173-187, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.4
