Passiflora subg. Astrophea

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Passiflora subg. Astrophea
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Passiflora macrophylla
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Subgenus: Passiflora subg. Astrophea
(DC.) Mast. (1871)
Type species
Passiflora glauca
Dryand.
Species

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Synonyms

Passiflora subg. Astrophea is a group of Passiflora species that are liana, shrub and trees found in South America. [1]

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Species

SupersectionSectionSeriesImageScientific nameDistribution
AstropheaAstrophea Passiflora araguensis Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, and Miranda)
Passiflora arborea Spreng.jpg Passiflora arborea Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Cajamarca)
Passiflora callistemma Colombia(Bolívar)
Passiflora caucaense Colombia (Cauca department)
Passiflora emarginata Colombia (Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Tolima, Valle del Cauca )
Passiflora engleriana Colombia(Antioquia and Cundinamarca)
Passiflora frutescens Peru (Huánuco)
Passiflora lindeniana Colombia (Norte de Santander ), Venezuela (Aragua, Falcón, and Mérida)
Passiflora macrophylla Colombia (Antioquia and Chocó), Ecuador(Bolívar, Cañar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Napo, Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas), Panama (Darién)
Passiflora ocanensis Colombia (Norte de Santander )
Passiflora ovata Colombia (Magdalena),French Guiana(Cayenne), Guyana, Venezuela(Bolívar)
Passiflora pubera Colombia (Antioquia, Huila, Magdalena, Santander, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca)
Passiflora putumayensis Colombia (Caquetá ), Ecuador(Napo and Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru(Amazonas and Pasco)
Passiflora schultzei Colombia(Cundinamarca)
Passiflora sphaerocarpa Colombia (Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle de Cauca)
Passiflora tica Colombia(Antioquia and Chocó ), Costa Rica(Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, San José), Panama(Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Colón, Darién, Panamá, San Blas )
Capreolata Passiflora cauliflora Colombia (Amazonas and Vichada), Ecuador (Napo), Peru(Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali), Venezuela(Amazonas)
Passiflora ceratocarpa Brazil(Maranhão and Pará)
Passiflora cerradensis.jpg Passiflora cerradensis Brazil ( Mato Grosso)
Passiflora faroana Brazil(Amazonas, Maranhão, and Pará)
Passiflora haughtii Colombia (Santander )
Passiflora hexagonocarpa Brazil(Rondônia and Amazonas)
Passiflora jussieui French Guiana
Passiflora maguirei Guyana (Mazaruni-Potaro), Venezuela (Amazonas)
Passiflora mariquitensis Colombia(Tolima)
Passiflora mutisii Colombia
Passiflora nuriensis Venezuela (Bolívar)
PassionFlowerCostaRica.JPG Passiflora pittieri Belize (Toledo), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Colombia(Antioquia, Chocó, Tolima), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas), Guatemala(Izabal), Nicaragua(Atlántico Sur and Río San Juan), Panama (Chiriquí, Colón, Darién, Panamá, San Blas, Veraguas)
Passiflora quelchii Guyana(Rupununi) and Suriname(Sipaliwini)
Passiflora tina Ecuador(Esmeraldas and Pichincha)
Leptopoda Passiflora leptopoda Brazil(Amazonas and Roraima), Guyana(Runpununi), Suriname(Sipaliwini)
Passiflora plumosa French Guiana (Sommet Tabulaire)
PseudoastropheaPseudoastrophea Passiflora alliacea Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Passiflora candida Brazil(Amazonas and Pará), French Guiana(Cayenne), Guyana(Essequibo)
Passiflora cardonae Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas)
Passiflora chlorina Brazil (Mina Gerais )
Passiflora cirrhipes Peru ( San Martín)
Passiflora costata Brazil(Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Guyana(Essequibo and Mazaruni-Potaro), Peru (Amazonas and Loreto); Suriname (Brokopondo, Coronie, Sipaliwini districts), Venezuela(Amazonas and Bolívar)
Passiflora deficiens Guyana (Mazaruni-Potaro)
Passiflora elliptica Brazil(Bahia and Rio de Janeiro)
Passiflora grandis Colombia(Norte de Santander)
Passiflora haematostigma Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)
Passiflora kawensis French Guiana(Cayenne)
Passiflora mansoi Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Rio Grande do Sul )
Passiflora pentagona Brazil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro)
Passiflora phaeocaula Colombia(Guainía), Brazil (Amazonas)
Passiflora rhamnifolia Brazil(Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro)
Passiflora sclerophylla Guyana, Venezuela(Amazonas and Bolívar)
Passiflora skiantha Ecuador(Orellana) and Peru(Loreto)
Passiflora tessmannii Ecuador(Sucumbíos ), Peru(Loreto and San Martín )
Passiflora trochlearis Ecuador(Pichincha)
Passiflora venosa Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz)
Passiflora vescoi French Guiana(Cacao)
BotryastropheaBotryastrophea Passiflora aurantiflorescentis Venezuela
Passiflora holtii Brazil(Amazonas and Goiás), Colombia(Guainía and Vaupés), Peru(Lorento), Venezuela(Amazonas)
Passiflora pyrrhantha Colombia(Guaviare ), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru(Amazonas, Loreto and San Martín ), Venezuela(Amazonas, Mérida and Táchira)
Passiflora rusbyi Bolivia(Pando), Brazil(Acre and Amazonas), Ecuador (Napo)
Passiflora securiclata Brazil(Acre and Roraima), Colombia(Caquetá, Meta, and Vichada ), Guyana (Essequibo), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Zulia)
Passiflora spicata Brazil(Amazonas)
Passiflora spinosa Bolivia (Beni and Pando), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Paraíba, Roraima ); Colombia(Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Santander); Ecuador(Zamora-Chinchipe,Napo, Orellana, Morona-Santiago, ), Peru(Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali),Venezuela (Amazonas )
Botryastrophea Pink Passion Flower (Passiflora amoena) (39555315542).jpg Passiflora amoena French Guiana and Guyana
Passiflora ascidia Venezuela(Bolívar) and Guyana(Potaro-Siparuni)
Passiflora balbis Guyana(Essequibo), Brazil(Roraima and Amazonas), Guyana(Potaro-Siparuni and Essequibo), Venezuela(Bolívar and Amazonas)
Passiflora fuchsiflora Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil(Amapá), Venezuela(Bolívar)
Passiflora longiracemosa Brazil(Pará), Guyana(Takutu and Essequibo)
Passiflora saulensis French Guiana (Saül commune)

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References

  1. Ulmer, Torsten (2004). Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-648-5. OCLC   53356535.