Passiflora viridescens
| Passiflora viridescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. viridescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Passiflora viridescens | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
Passiflora viridescens is a plant species native to Peru and Ecuador.[2][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.[2][6][7][8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Holm-Nielson, LB, PM Jørgensen, & JE Lawesson. 1988. Flora of Ecuador 31:1-130.
- ^ a b c Jørgensen, PM, & JM MacDougal. 1997. Three new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) and notes on Passiflora viridescens. Novon 7:379-386
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ 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