Passiflora reitzii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora reitzii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: dysosmia


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Brazil.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

Dedicated to the Jesuit Brazilian botanist Father Antonio Carlos Raulino Reitz (1919 - 1990).
He served as director of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro.


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora reitzii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia