SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:
Eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to São Paulo. Form of P. amethystina that lives in Corumba de Gojas.
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: 2n=18