Passiflora mucronata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora mucronata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 8 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

 P. atheoantha Barb. Rodr., P. albida Ker, P. pallida Vell. non L.


ETYMOLOGY:

Denomination attributed for the tip morphology of the foliar apices (Lat.: mucronatus, a punta). 


NOTES:

 Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora mucronata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia