Passiflora lepidota Masters (1872: 581)

Svoboda, Harlan T., Macdougal, John M. & Ballard, Harvey E., 2016, Typifications and nomenclatural notes in Passiflora section Dysosmia (Passifloraceae), Phytotaxa 288 (2), pp. 101-119 : 109

11. Passiflora lepidota Masters (1872: 581)

Type: — Sello s.n. (holotype B, destroyed).

Neotype (here designated):— BRAZIL. [Paraná]: “ Itararé opp., Morungava praedium, in campo,” 740 m, 30 January 1915, P. Dusén 16569 ( MO905635 !; isoneotype S08-10927 !).

Notes: —The protologue of P. lepidota (Masters 1872) lists a single unnumbered specimen collected by “Sello” as the holotype and indicates that it was located at the collections at B (“in herb. Reg. Berol. absque numero”). This specimen was undoubtedly destroyed in the fire of 1943 (Hiepko 1987) and no duplicates have been traced elsewhere. Killip (1938) observed six additional specimens of this species, five of which were at the herbarium of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet ( S). In selecting a neotype for this name, we chose one of them, P. Dusén 16569, with well-preserved vegetative and fertile parts.