Passiflora pentagona | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora pentagona, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora pentagona. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora pentagona | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: astrophea
SUPERSECTION: pseudoastrophea
SECTION: pseudoastrophea


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

 From the trunk to pentagon section, with five faces. From the Greek πέντε, pénte, five and from γωνία gonía, angle: with five angles or edges.


NOTES:

  Chromosomes: n=12, 2n=24


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Passiflora pentagona | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia