Passiflora acuminata

Passiflora acuminata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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. Passiflora
Supersectio: P. supersect. Laurifolia
Series: P. ser. Laurifoliae
Species: Passiflora ambigua

Name

Passiflora acuminata DC., 1828.

Notes

Sometimes regarded as conspecific with Passiflora laurifolia L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Passiflora gleasonii Killip in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 112 (1924)
  • Passiflora metae M.Bonilla, C.Aguirre & Caetano in Phytotaxa 267: 130 (2016)
  • Passiflora tolimana Harms in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 9 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast Regional:Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela Regional:Western South America Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. ː 3: 328.

Additional references

• (2022). https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.201.83316. epublication.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Passiflora acuminata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Passiflora acuminata. Published online. Accessed: March 03 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Passiflora acuminata. 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 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Passiflora acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 March 2025. Reference page.