Contains 13 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
PASSIFLORA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 955. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Passiflora incarnata Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Passiflora biflora | TWOLOBE PASSIONFLOWER | Not Native Y | ||
| Passiflora ciliata | FRINGED PASSIONFLOWER | Not Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Passiflora edulis | PASSIONFRUIT; PURPLE GRANADILLA | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Passiflora incarnata | PURPLE PASSIONFLOWER | Native | ||
| Passiflora lutea | YELLOW PASSIONFLOWER | Native | ||
| Passiflora miniata | SCARLET PASSIONFLOWER | Not Native | ||
| Passiflora multiflora | WHITEFLOWER PASSIONFLOWER; WHITE-FLOWERED PASSIONVINE | Native Rare-State | ||
| Passiflora pallens | PINELAND PASSIONFLOWER; PINELAND PASSIONVINE | Native Rare-State | ||
| Passiflora sexflora | GOATSFOOT | Native Rare-State UPL (NWPL) | ||
| Passiflora suberosa | CORKYSTEM PASSIONFLOWER | Native UPL (NWPL) | ||
| Passiflora vesicaria | Not Native | |||
| Passiflora vitifolia | PERFUMED PASSIONFLOWER | Not Native | ||
| Passiflora x belotii | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Petiole without glands; leaf blades mostly entire
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1. Petiole with glands, or glands inconspicuous; leaf blades entire or toothed
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2. Stems, tendrils, leaves, and fruit tomentulose to pubescent
2. Stems, tendrils, leaves, and fruit glabrate
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3. Leaf blade usually bilobed or occasionally obscurely 3-lobed, with conspicuous rows of nectaries; flowers often paired; corolla white
3. Leaf blade usually 3-lobed, lacking nectaries; flower usually solitary; corolla greenish yellow
4. Petiole, leaf blade, and calyx with numerous gland-tipped trichomes
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4. Petiole usually with a pair of glands and without gland-tipped trichomes, the leaf blade and calyx without gland-tipped trichomes
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5. Petals and sepals pink to white; outer corona filaments 8-15 mm long, the basal portion pink, mauve, blue to purple towards, middle portion white, distal portion pink, blue-mauve, to very pale mauve (nearly white); mature fruit red
5. Petals and sepals white (sometimes lightly pink tinged distally); outer corona filaments 10-18 mm long, filiform, the basal portion mauve to lilac, distal portion white; mature fruit yellow to orange
6. Leaf blade margin entire to undulate
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6. Leaf blade margin toothed
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7. Stipules foliaceous, clasping; petiolar gland stalked, capitate to cylindric
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7. Stipules linear to subulate; petiolar gland sessile, globular or inconspicuous
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8. Petiolar gland capitate; leaf blade sinuses mostly deeply acute
8. Petiolar gland cylindric; leaf blade sinus mostly shallowly rounded
9. Stems and leaves densely tomentulose-puberulent; leaf blade reticulate venation pronounced and prominent on the lower surface; ovary sessile
9. Stems and leaves glabrate to puberulent; leaf blade reticulate venation mostly obscure to apparent and flat on the lower surface; ovary borne on a gynophore
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10. Leaf blade nectaries absent, the blade base cuneate to acute; sepals (2.3)4.0-7.0(8.3) mm long; hypanthium 2.8-4.1 mm wide; androgynophore (1.7)2.2-3.5 mm long; outer coronal filaments 1.2-4.0 mm long; inner coronal filaments less than 1.4 mm long; staminal filaments 1.4-3.0 mm long, pollen yellow; fruits globose or ellipsoid; peninsular Florida
10. Leaf blade nectaries present or absent, the blade base commonly cordate or cuneate to acute; sepals 4.0-14.6(20.5) mm long; hypanthium (3.0-)4.0–8.8 mm wide; androgynophore (2.1)2.7-6.1(12.6) mm long; outer coronal filaments 2.5-8.1 mm long; inner coronal filaments more than 1.4 mm long; staminal filaments 1.6-6.0(6.8) mm long, pollen whitish or yellow; fruits ovoid, ellipsoid or transversely ellipsoid; considered absent from Florida
11. Leaf blade unlobed
11. Leaf blade usually lobed
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12. Petiolar glands inconspicuous; petals and outer corona red
12. Petiolar glands conspicuous; petals and outer corona white to purple
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13. Petiolar gland ca. mid-petiole; leaf blade usually 5-lobed
13. Petiolar gland in the distal third; leaf blade usually 3-lobed
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14. Leaf blade lustrous on the upper surface; bracts subtending flower 15-25 mm long; androgynophore with a 5-lobed swelling at the opening of the floral tube; fruit green-yellow to purple, the pulp yellow to orange
14. Leaf blade dull on the upper surface; bracts subtending flower 3-8 mm long; androgynophore lacking an evident swelling at the opening of the floral tube; fruit green to greenish yellow, the pulp whitish to pale yellow
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthactinia | Anthactinia Bory ex M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131, 190. 1846. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Astrophea | Astrophea (de Candolle) Reichenbach, Consp. Regn. Veg. 132. 1828. | BASIONYM: Passiflora Linnaeus, sect. Astrophea de Candolle, | TYPE: Non designatus. |
| Blephistelma | Blephistelma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur 4: 103. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Blephistelma aurantia (G. Forster) Rafinesque (Passiflora aurantia G. Forster) = Disemma Labillardiere 1825. | |
| Ceratosepalum | Ceratosepalum Oersted, Amer. Centr. 18, t. 17. 1863. | TYPE: Ceratosepalum micranthum Oersted 1863. | |
| Cieca | Cieca Medikus, Malvenfam. 97. 1787, non Adanson 1763. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Decaloba | Decaloba (de Candolle) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131, 152. 1846. | BASIONYM: Passiflora Linnaeus, sect. Decaloba de Candolle, Mém. Soc. Phys. Gèneve 1: 435. 1822. | TYPE: Non designatus. |
| Disemma | Disemma Labillardiere, Sert. Austro.-Caledon. 78. 1825. | TYPE: Disemma aurantia (G. Forster) Labillardiere (Passiflora aurantia G. Forster) | |
| Distephana | Distephana (de Candolle) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 132, 198. 1846. | BASIONYM: Tacsonia Jussieu, sect. Distephana de Candolle,, Prodr. 3: 335. 1828. | TYPE: Distephana glandulosa (Cavanilles) Jussieu ex M. Roemer (Passiflora glandulosa Cavanilles) |
| Dysosmia | Dysosmia (de Candolle) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131, 149. 1846. | BASIONYM: Passiflora Linnaeus, sect. Dysosmia de Candolle, Mém. Soc. Phys. Gèneve 1: 436. 1822. | TYPE: Non designatus. |
| Erndelia | Erndelia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Erndelia reflexiflora (Cavanilles) Rafinesque (Passiflora reflexiflora Cavanilles) | |
| Granadilla | Granadilla Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: = Passiflora Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Macrophora | Macrophora Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Macrophora sanguinea (Smith) Rafinesque (Passiflora sanguinea Smith) | |
| Meioperis | Meioperis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Murucuia | Murucuia Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Odostelma | Odostelma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Pentaria | Pentaria (de Candolle) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131, 187. 1846. | BASIONYM: Murucuia Miller, sect. Pentaria de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 333. 1828. | TYPE: Pentaria orbiculata (Cavanilles) M. Roemer (Passiflora orbiculata Cavanilles) = Peremis Rafinesque 1838. |
| Peremis | Peremis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Peremis orbiculata (Cavanilles) Rafinesque (Passiflora orbiculata Cavanilles) | |
| Pericodia | Pericodia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Pericodia perfoliata (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Passiflora perfoliata Linnaeus) | |
| Poggendorffia | Poggendorffia H. Karsten, Linnaea 28: 438. 1856. | TYPE: Poggendorffia rosea H. Karsten | |
| Psilanthus | Psilanthus (de Candolle) Jussieu ex M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 132, 198. 1846, nom. rej. vs. Psilanthus Hooker f. 1873. | BASIONYM: Tacsonia Jussieu, sect. Psilanthus de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 335. 1828. | TYPE: Psilanthus viridiflorus (Cavanilles) M. Roemer (Passiflora viridiflora Cavanilles) = Synactila Rafinesque 1838. |
| Rathea | Rathea H. Karsten, Fl. Columb. 1: 77, t. 38. 1860, non H. Karsten 1858. | TYPE: Rathea floribunda H. Karsten | |
| Synactila | Synactila Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Synactila viridiflora (Cavanilles) Rafinesque (Passiflora viridiflora Cavanilles) | |
| Tacsonia | Tacsonia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 398. 1789. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Tetrapathaea | Tetrapathaea (de Candolle) Reichenbach, Consp. Regn. Veg. 132. 1828. | BASIONYM: Passiflora Linnaeus, sect. Tetrapathaea de Candolle, | TYPE: Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex de Candolle) Raoul (Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex de Candolle) |
| Tripsilina | Tripsilina Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Tripsilina foetida (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Passiflora foetida Linnaeus) | |
| Xerogona | Xerogona Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Xerogona biflora Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Passiflora capsularis Linnaeus) |