Passiflora coccinea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Subgenus: P. subg. Passiflora
Supersectio: P. supersect. Coccineae
Species: Passiflora coccinea
Name

Passiflora coccinea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 828, pl. 324. 1775.
Synonyms

Passiflora coccinea var. minor Mast., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13, pt. 1: 605. 1872.
Passiflora coccinea var. velutina (DC.) Mast., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13, pt. 1: 605. 1872.
Passiflora fulgens Wallis ex E.Morr., Belg. Hortic. xv. (1865) 103; xvi. 193. 1866.
Passiflora toxicaria Barb.Rodr., Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro iv. 94. 1907.
Passiflora velutina DC., Prodr. (DC.) 3: 327. 1828.
Tacsonia fulgens Hort. ex Mast., Journ. Hort. Soc. n.s., iv. 127. 1877.
Tacsonia pubescens DC., Prodr. (DC.) 3: 335. 1828.

Note:

Not to be confused with Passiflora coccinea hort. (= Passiflora miniata Vanderplank).

Homonym
Passiflora coccinea Sol. in Herb. Banks; ex DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 3: 333. 1828, nom. inval.; ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 3: 312. 1867, nom inval; ex W.J. de Wilde, Blumea 20(1): 245. 1972, nom. inval.

References

Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 17 Feb 2009 [1].

Vernacular names
English: Scarlet passion flower
svenska: Röd maracuja

Passiflora coccinea (common names scarlet passion flower, red passion flower) is a fast-growing vine. The vine is native to northern South America. It produces edible fruit.

Most plants cultivated as Passiflora coccinea turn out to be Passiflora miniata Vanderpl.
References

Species reference in Tropicos.org