Resumen de Passiflora unipetala, a New Bat-pollinated Species of Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia (Passifloraceae)

Peter Møller Jørgensen, Nathan Muchhala, John M. MacDougal

• Passiflora unipetala P. Jørg., Muchhala & J. M. MacDougal (Passifloraceae) is described from two cloud forest remnants in Pichincha, Ecuador, and is assigned to the Andean endemic Passiflora L. supersect. Tacsonia (Juss.) Feuillet & J. M. MacDougal. This new species with yellowish green flowers is distinguished from all other passionflowers by having only one petal. It is pollinated by bats, which is rare in Passiflora.