Passiflora kermesina | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora kermesina | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: kermesinae

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Brasile Orientale, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C

IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 15 °C

SYNONYMS:

P. dentata Vell., P. raddiana DC.

ETYMOLOGY:

By the color of the flowers in shades of red-crimson. 

NOTES:

Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18

PHOTOGALLERY:


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