Laurifoliae

Morales, Miguel Macgayver Bonilla, Aguirre-Morales, Adriana Carolina & Caetano, Creucí María, 2016, Passiflora metae, a new species of Passiflora series Laurifoliae (Passifloraceae) of the Andean piedmont in the Colombian Orinoquia, Phytotaxa 267 (2), pp. 129-136 : 130

Key to the species of the series Laurifoliae from Colombia

1. Corona with outermost series of filaments clearly shorter than the following one........................................................................... 2.

- Corona with outermost series of filaments equaling or longer than the following one .................................................................... 4.

2. Petiolar glands absent, peduncles slender ....................................................................................................................... P. popenovii

- Petiolar glands 2, peduncles stout ..................................................................................................................................................... 3.

3. Petiolar glands at the apex of petiole, peduncle 2–3(–8) cm, flowers 5–7 cm diam........................................................ P. laurifolia

- Petiolar gland below the middle of petiole, peduncle 4–10 cm, flowers 9–14 cm diam................................................... P. ambigua

4. Ovary pubescent ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5.

- Ovary glabrous .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8.

5. Outermost filaments of corona slender.............................................................................................................................. P. gleasonii

- Outermost filaments of corona thick-carnose.................................................................................................................................... 6.

6. Stem 5-angled................................................................................................................................................................... P. tolimana

- Stem terete ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7.

7. Stipules linear with margin glandular-serrate, petiolar gland at middle.............................................................................. P. riparia

- Stipules linear-subulate without glands, petiolar gland at apex ....................................................................................... P. killipiana

8. Stipules linear-falcate, bracts ensiform .................................................................................................................................. P. metae

- Stipules linear or linear-subulate, bracts oblong-ovate or ovate ....................................................................................................... 9.

9. Leaves 9–17 cm long, bracts oblong-ovate (up to 3.5 cm long), outermost corona filaments succulent (1 mm thick)......... P. nitida

- Leaves 7–12 cm long, bracts ovate (up to 2 cm long), outermost corona filaments very slender (<0.5 mm thick) ............................ .................................................................................................................................................................................... P. guazumifolia