PMC

Maximum likelihood tree based on the complete chloroplast genome sequences of P. caerulea and 28 other Passiflora spp. with Adenia mannii (family Passifloraceae) was used as the out group. The species and GenBank accession numbers of the 30 chloroplast genomes for the ML tree construction has also been mentioned in . Passiflora ligularis (NC_038122), Passiflora serratodigitata (NC_038127), Passiflora serratifolia (NC_038129), Passiflora laurifolia (NC_038121), Passiflora nitida (NC_038123), Passiflora caerulea (MT884000), Passiflora edulis (NC_034285), Passiflora vitifolia (NC_038128), Passiflora actinia (NC_038118), Passiflora oerstedii (NC_038124), Passiflora menispermifolia (NC_043826), Passiflora retipetala (NC_038188), Passiflora foetida (NC_043825), Passiflora biflora (NC_038120), Passiflora affinis (NC_043823), Passiflora misera (NC_043821), Passiflora lutea (NC_043815), Passiflora filipes (NC_043822), Passiflora suberosa (NC_043814), Passiflora tenuiloba (NC_043816), Passiflora rufa (NC_043817), Passiflora jatunsachensis (NC_043813), Passiflora auriculata (NC_038119), Passiflora obovata (NC_043824), Passiflora microstipula (NC_043827), Passiflora tetrandra (NC_043820), Passiflora contracta (NC_043818), Passiflora pittieri (NC_038125), Passiflora arbelaezii (NC_043819), Adenia mannii (NC_043791).

Flowers of several species of Passiflora supersection Cieca a Passiflora viridiflora (MacDougal 351GR) b Passiflora juliana (MacDougal 492GR) c Passiflora trinifolia (MacDougal 637GR) d Passiflora eglandulosa (MacDougal 316) e Passiflora suberosa subsp. litoralis (MacDougal 568) f Passiflora suberosa ssp. litoralis (MacDougal 1486) g Passiflora obtusifolia Mexico (MacDougal 495GR) h Passiflora mcvaughiana (MacDougal 369GR) Scale bar = 8.0 mm. Image a composite of two photographs taken by J.M. MacDougal.

Illustrations of leaves and flowers in longitudinal section. A, B Passiflora amoena (S.V. Costa Neto et al. 2818, HAMAB) C, D Passiflora fuchsiiflora (S. Sakagawa et al. 248, INPA) E, F Passiflora jussieui (D.C. Daly et al. 7423, UPCB) G, H Passiflora ovata (S. Sakagawa et al. 668, INPA) I, J Passiflora plumosa (C.A. Cid et al. 561, MG) K, L Passiflora quelchii (R.C. Forzza et al. 8321, RB) M, N Passiflora tessmannii (C.A. Sothers & E.C. Pereira 612, INPA).

Photomicrographs and electron photomicrographs of pollen grains of the species of Passiflora. A, B Passiflora amoena C, D Passiflora fuchsiiflora E, F Passiflora jussieui G, H Passiflora ovata I, J Passiflora quelchii K, L Passiflora tessmannii A, C, E, G, K general aspect of polar view B, F, H, I, L general aspect of equatorial view, D and J ornamentation detail. Scale bars: 10 µm (C, E, F, G, H, I, K, L); 5 µm (A, B, J); 1 µm (D).