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Passiflora

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Passiflora

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Also known as bitter-gourd-shaped passion fruit, passion flower genus, passion flowers, passionflower, passionflowers

Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, and the type genus of the family Passifloraceae.

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Passiflora is a genus of plants in the family Passifloraceae, within the order Malpighiales and class Magnoliopsida. The scientific name is attributed to Linnaeus, 1753, and the genus is accepted in taxonomic records. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and the kingdom Plantae. The type species for this taxon is Passiflora incarnata.

Common names for the genus include passionflower, mučenka, and Passionsblumen. The genus is the source of passionfruit. One species within the group is known as the purple passionflower. The chromosome count for the genus is 72.

Passiflora has been introduced to various locations, including Albania, Aldabra, the Andaman Islands, Angola, Ascension, the Azores, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, and Cameroon. Records exist from institutions in Mexico, such as CICY, ECOSUR, INECOL, and IEA-UAT.

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Species

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Passiflora

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyPassifloraceae
Native toAlabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago
Observations35,778
Observations recorded355,366

General: ’, and the Latin term Passiflora.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,815
With media
1,925
Family
Passifloraceae
Collections
CICY, ECOSUR, INECOL, IEA-UAT
Recorded in
Mexico
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Research

1,349 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Chemistry
  • Taxonomy
  • Distribution
  • Ecology
  • Adverse effects
  • Uses
  • Ornamental
  • Fruit
  • Ayahuasca analog
  • Traditional medicine and dietary supplement
  • In culture
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, and the type genus of the family Passifloraceae.

Passiflora species are widely cultivated for their striking flowers, flavorful fruits, traditional medicinal uses, and roles in dietary supplements and ayahuasca analogs, with several ornamental hybrids earning Royal Horticultural Society awards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Passiflora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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