List of Passiflora species

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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.

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Winged-stem passion flower (Passiflora alata) Passiflora alata1MTFL.jpg
Winged-stem passion flower ( Passiflora alata )
Passiflora aurantia Passiflora aurantia3.jpg
Passiflora aurantia
Two flowered passion flower (Passiflora biflora) Passiflora biflora3.jpg
Two flowered passion flower ( Passiflora biflora )
Lemon-yellow passion flower, Passiflora citrina Passiflora citrina - D8-04-7243.jpg
Lemon-yellow passion flower, Passiflora citrina
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) Passiflora edulis.jpg
Passionfruit ( Passiflora edulis )
Wild water lemon Passiflora foetida P foetida flower.jpg
Wild water lemon Passiflora foetida
Passiflora glandulosa Passiflora glandulosa - Suriname.jpg
Passiflora glandulosa
Water lemon (Passiflora laurifolia) Starr 980807-1612 Passiflora laurifolia.jpg
Water lemon ( Passiflora laurifolia )
Sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) Passiflora Edulis - fruit.JPG
Sweet granadilla ( Passiflora ligularis )
Passiflora racemosa Passiflora racemosa hy.jpg
Passiflora racemosa
Passiflora rubra Passiflora rubra.jpg
Passiflora rubra
Passiflora pittieri PassionFlowerCostaRica.JPG
Passiflora pittieri
Passiflora suberosa Starr 070404-6649 Passiflora suberosa.jpg
Passiflora suberosa

Species

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Passiflora x decaisneana Flor de maracuja.JPG
Passiflora × decaisneana

Horticultural hybrids

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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)