Passiflora amethystina Macaè de Cima | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora amethystina Macaè de Cima, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora amethystina Macaè de Cima. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora amethystina Macaè de Cima | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to São Paulo. Form of the locality Macaè de Cima.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 5 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. bangii Mast., P. cornuta Mast., P. laminensis Barb. Rodr., P. lilacina Roemer, P. onichyna Lindley, P. violacea Vell


ETYMOLOGY:

From the color violet-amethyst of the flowers. 


NOTES:

Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18


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Passiflora amethystina Macaè de Cima | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia