Passiflora foetida var. hispida | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora foetida var. hispida, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora foetida var. hispida. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora foetida var. hispida | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: dysosmia


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Widely diffused in South America, from northern Peru to the Amazon basin of Brazil.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. foetida var. glabrifolia Miq. ex Triana & Planch., P. hispida L. DC. ex Triana & Planch., P. marigouja Perrotett ex Triana & Planch., P. foetida  var. variegata G. F. W. May,,


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
Covered with stiff and coarse hair (Lat. hispidus)


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Passiflora foetida var. hispida | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia