Passiflora smithii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora smithii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum (presunta)


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Eastern Cordillera of Colombia.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 8 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

Probably dedicated to the English botanist James Edwrd Smith (1725 - 1828).
He founded and was the first president of the Linnean Society in London.


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora smithii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia