Passiflora mucronata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

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