Passiflora bryonioides

Passiflora bryonioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Passiflora
Species:	P. bryonioides
Binomial name
Passiflora bryonioides Kunth.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Decaloba bryonioides(Kunth) M. Roem. Passiflora bryonifoliaKunth ex Spreng. Passiflora inamoenaA. Gray Passiflora karstenianaA. Dietr. Passiflora serrataL.

Passiflora bryonioides, the cupped passionflower, is a plant in the genus Passiflora , family Passifloraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Guanajuato) and the south-western United States (Arizona). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The plant is a perennial vine up to 2 m tall that climbs via tendrils and has palmately-lobed leaves. Flowers are white with purple stripes along the petals. Fruits are pale green and ovoid. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. The Plant List
2. Tropicos
3. Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund, in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, et al., Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 2: 140–141. 1817
4. "SEINet Portal Network - Passiflora bryonioides".
5. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994b. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
6. MacDougal, John M. 2001. Passifloraceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
7. MacDougal, J. M. 1994. Revision of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba section Pseudodysosmia (Passifloraceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 41: 1–146.