Passiflora auriculata Kunth

Nova Genera et Species Plantarum [H.B.K.] 2: 131 (Kunth 1817).— Cieca auriculata (Kunth) M.Roem., Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae 2: 143 (Roemer 1846).

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Venezuela • Maypur[e] waterfalls, Río Orinoco; F. W. H. A. von Humboldt & A. J. A. Bonpland s.n.; holo-, P [P00307406]; iso-, B [B-W 12353-01 0].

Passiflora appendiculata G. Mey., Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 223 (Meyer 1818). — Cieca appendiculata (G.Mey.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 145 (Roemer 1846).

Passiflora cyathophora Desv. ex Ham., Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis 48 (Hamilton 1825). — Decaloba cyathophora (Ham.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 157 (Roemer 1846).

Passiflora rohrii DC., Prod. 3: 326 (Candolle 1828). — Decaloba rohrii (DC.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 156 (Roemer 1846).

Passiflora cinerea Poepp. & Endl., Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 2: 57, t. 177 (Poeppig & Endlicher 1835). — Cieca cinerea (Poepp. & Endl.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 148 (Roemer 1846).

Passiflora kegeliana Garcke, Linnaea 22: 60 (Garcke 1849).

Passiflora cayaponioides Rusby, Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 8: 107 (Rusby 1912).

Passiflora cryptopetala Hoehne, Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas, Botanica 5: 76, fig. 112 (Hoehne 1915).

VOUCHER. — French Guiana • Near Montsinéry; 29.IV.1983; M.F. Prévost 1328; P[P00604559].

DISTRIBUTION. — Wide, neotropical.

NOTE

Milward-de-Azevedo et al. (2012) recognized P. cryptopetala Hoehne as a synonym of P. auriculata, whereas Feuillet & MacDougal (2008) considered it a distinct species.