Passiflora
Passiflora is also known as the passion flowers or passion vines. It is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants. They are mainly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous. See passionfruit for information about the fruit of the passiflora plant.
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| Passiflora incarnata | |
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| P. quadrangularis unripe fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Passiflora |
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| Passiflora incarnata | |
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About 550, see list | |
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The family Passifloraceae is characterized by a pantropical distribution. Passiflora is absent from Africa, which, instead, hosts many other members of its family (e.g. the more plesiomorphic Adenia).
There are nine species of Passiflora native to the USA, from Ohio to the north, west to California and south to the Florida Keys. Most other species are found in South America, China, and Southern Asia, New Guinea, four or more species in Australia and an endemic species in New Zealand.
Passiflora Media
Knospe der Passionsblume
Passion flower bloom in water
Passiflora incarnata, one of the most common passion flowers
Passiflora entwine this 1880 Baxter process illustration by Joseph Martin Kronheim
Ripe fruits of Passiflora edulis
Blue passion flower (P. caerulea) showing most elements of the Christian symbolism
Passiflora 'Soi Fah', a.k.a. Krishnakamala in India
Passiflora 'Incense', a hybrid of the Brazilian species P. cincinnata and the American species P. incarnata.
Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky', a tetraploid selection of P. caerulea.
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