Passiflora foetida

Passiflora foetida

Passiflora foetida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Subfamilia: Passifloroideae
Tribus: Passifloreae
Genus: Passiflora
Subgenus: P. subg. Dysosmia
Species: Passiflora foetida
Varietates: P. f. var. acapulcensis – P. f. var. foetida – P. f. var. hirsuta – P. f. var. nigelliflora – P. f. var. tepicana

Name

Passiflora foetida L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dysosmia foetida (L.) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 149 (1846)
  • Granadilla foetida (L.) Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 289 (1788)
  • Tripsilina foetida (L.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 103 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional:Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional:Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador , Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Chile North, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional:Northern South America French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Regional:Southern Central USA Texas Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 959. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) 2017. Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: Dicotyledoneae-Celastrales, Cucurbitales, Fagales, Malpighiaceae, Oxalidales. San Isidro: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, 434 pp. ISBN 978-987-45957-7-5. JSTOR . Online version. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Passiflora foetida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Passiflora foetida. Published online. Accessed: March 07 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Passiflora foetida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Passiflora foetida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 March 2025.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Passiflora foetida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 22 February 2009.

Vernacular names

español: mburucuyá fétido, maracuyá silvestre o parcha silvestre
தமிழ்: சிறுபூனைக்காலி
ไทย: กะทกรก