List of Passiflora species

This is a list of species in the botanical genus Passiflora. There are in excess of 550 species mostly occurring in the Neotropics, but with a few species in the Nearctic and some others in Asia and Australasia. The list is incomplete.

Winged-stem passion flower (Passiflora alata)
Two flowered passion flower (Passiflora biflora)
Lemon-yellow passion flower, Passiflora citrina
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)
Wild water lemon Passiflora foetida
Passiflora glandulosa
Water lemon (Passiflora laurifolia)
Sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
Passiflora pittieri

Species

Passiflora × decaisneana

Horticultural hybrids

  • Passiflora ×allardii Lynch (P. caerulea × quadrangularis)
  • Passiflora ×belotii Pépin (P. alata × caerulea)
  • Passiflora ×colvillii Sweet (P. incarnata × caerulea)
  • Passiflora ×decaisneana G.Nicholson (P. alata × quadrangularis)
  • Passiflora ×exoniensis Mast. (P. antioquiensis × tripartita var. mollissima)
  • Passiflora ×kewensis Nicholson (P. caerulea × kermesina)
  • Passiflora ×lawsoniana Mast. (P. alata × racemosa)
  • Passiflora ×loudonii Loudon (P. racemosa × kermesina)
  • Passiflora ×smythiana Mast. (P. manicata × tripartita var. mollissima)
  • Passiflora ×violacea Loisel. (P. racemosa × caerulea)

Footnotes

† - principal culinary species fide Ulmer and MacDougall[1]
‡ - other species with edible fruits fide Ulmer and MacDougall[1]
¶ - Old World species fide Krosnick[2]

References

  1. Torsten Ulmer and John Mochrie MacDougal, Passiflora: passionflowers of the world (2004)
  2. Shawn Elizabeth Krosnick, Ph.D. thesis, Phylogenetic relationships and patterns of morphological evolution in the Old World species of Passiflora (subgenus Decaloba: supersection Disemma and subgenus Tetrapathaea)
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