Passiflora viridescens
Passiflora viridescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Passifloraceae |
Genus: | Passiflora |
Species: | P. viridescens |
Binomial name | |
Passiflora viridescens L.K. Escobar | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Passiflora viridescens is a plant species native to Perú and Ecuador.[3][4][5]
Passiflora viridescens is a woody liana climbing over other vegetation to a height of over 8 m. Leaves are broadly lanceolate to ovate, up to 14 cm long, forming three points at the tip in a W-shaped pattern. Flowers are up to 10 cm in diameter, light green with purple styles. Fruits are elliptical to egg-shaped, up to 6 cm long, green with minute hairs.[3][6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Holm-Nielson, LB, PM Jørgensen, & JE Lawesson. 1988. Flora of Ecuador 31:1-130.
- 1 2 3 Jørgensen, PM, & JM MacDougal. 1997. Three new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) and notes on Passiflora viridescens. Novon 7:379-386
- ↑ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- ↑ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
- ↑ Escobar, Linda Katherine Albert de. 1989. Two new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from South America. Phytologia 66:80-82.
- ↑ photo of holotype of Passiflora viridescens at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ↑ Schwerdtfeger, Michael, 1997. Haussknechtia 6: 46.
- ↑ photo of isotype of Passiflora ulmeri at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ↑ Field Museum Amostras de Herbário da Neotrópica
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