SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:
Eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to São Paulo.
Form of P. amethystina living in Cor De Pedro.
SYNONYMS: P. bangii Mast., P. cornuta Mast., P. laminensis Barb. Rodr., P. lilacina Roemer, P. onichyna Lindley, P. violacea Vell.
ETYMOLOGY: From the amethyst color of the flowers.
NOTES: Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18