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Passiflora cristalina, a striking new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Mato Grosso, Brazil

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A new red-flowered species of Passiflora, P. cristalina Vanderpl. & Zappi, is described from the tropical rainforest of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The species is illustrated and its affinities with related species are discussed, and a key to the species of supersect. Distephana to which it belongs is provided.

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Uma nova espécie de Passiflora com flores vistosas e vermelhas, P. cristalina Vanderpl. & Zappi, foi descoberta na floresta amazônica ao norte do Mato Grosso. A espécie é ilustrada e suas afinidades com espécies relacionadas da supersect. Distephana são discutidas e uma chave de identificação é apresentada.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Renato de Mello-Silva and Denise Sasaki, from Universidade de São Paulo, for coordinating the fieldwork, the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq) for the collection permit (EXC 13/07), Renato Farias and Gracieli Henicka and José Piva, from Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, for coordinating the work of various partners within the project, Célia Soares, Curator of HERBAM (Herbário da Amazônia Oriental), and Eliane Fachim and Eliane Pena, from the local government environmental agency (SEMA –MT), who kindly provided logistic support during fieldwork.

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  1. National Collection of Passiflora, Lampley Road, Kingston Seymour, Clevedon, BS21 6XS, UK

    John Vanderplank

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Daniela Zappi

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Vanderplank, J., Zappi, D. Passiflora cristalina, a striking new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Mato Grosso, Brazil. Kew Bull 66, 149–153 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9255-2

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