Passiflora penduliflora

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The Jamaican night-blooming passionflower, Passiflora penduliflora, is pollinated by the bat, Monophyllus redmani. The flowers, with reduced coronas, are pendent on long pedicels. Its putative sister species, Passiflora perfoliata, is hummingbird-pollinated. Studies by Elma Kay at MBG and St. Louis University are elucidating this ecological shift.