Passiflora amethystina pico do itapeva | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to São Paulo. Form that was found in the Pico do Itapeva Park (Campos do Jordão).

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