Passiflora morifolia

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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. Decaloba
Supersectio: P. supersect. Bryonioides
Species: Passiflora morifolia

Name

Passiflora morifolia Mast., 1872.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Passiflora dumetosa Barb.Rodr. in Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 94 (1907)
  • Passiflora erosa Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 363. 1907.
  • Passiflora heydei Killip, . Wash. Acad. Sci. 12: 258. 1922.
  • Passiflora warmingii Mast., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(1): 554. 1872.
  • Passiflora warmingii subsp. chacoensis R.E. Fr., Ark. Bot. 8(8): 4 (t. 1). 1909.
  • Passiflora weberiana Mast., frev. Hort. 57: 114, 113. 1885.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional:Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional:Western South America Guatemala Continental: Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Canary Is., China South-Central, Palestine, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Masters, M.T. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1872. Fl. Bras. 13(1): 555.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• 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 morifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Passiflora morifolia. Published online. Accessed: March 11 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Passiflora morifolia. 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 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Passiflora morifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2025.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Maulbeerblättrige Passionsblume
English: Blue sweet calabash
español: Pasionaria morada