Passiflora spp., Passiflora vitifolia
March 7, 2009
Found this Passion flower variety in Soberania National Park, Panama. Need to go back and get a photo of the leaf.
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Found this Passion flower variety in Soberania National Park, Panama. Need to go back and get a photo of the leaf.
Hi there,
This are some very good pictures of this Passiflora.
So let me give you the identification.
the scientific name is Passiflora vitifolia
First, its Taxonomy:
family Passifloraceae
genus Passiflora
supergenus: Distephana
species: vitifolia
the Passiflora vitifolia is very closely related to a few other species within the Distephana supergenus.
What this species will seperates from other Distephana are the three lobbed leafs, which are very similar to a grape-vine. (Vitis)
The Latin name as Vitifolia, means “with leafs like Vitis” grape genus.
Very nice picture
kind regards,
yero r. kuethe
yrk.botany@gmail.com