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Accession Data:

Passiflora coriacea Juss.

  • subg. Decaloba

  • Common Name: Bat-Leaf Passion Flower
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to Bolivia

  • Description: Very distinctive and attractive bi-lobed foliage with paired extrafloral nectaries midway along the petiole.
  • USDA Zone: 8a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200361
  • Source: Dave Kidwell
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1312 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Passifloraceae
  • SubFamily: Passifloroideae
  • Tribe: Passifloreae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cuba / Guyana / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, October 05, 2017.
  2. Passiflora coriacea at Encyclopedia of Life. Last accessed on Thursday, October 05, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:43:23 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Passiflora coriacea

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Current Accessions in the Passifloraceae

Subfamily Malesherbioideae

  • Malesherbia tocopillana

Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae

  • Adenia globosa
  • Adenia repanda
  • Passiflora biflora
  • Passiflora boenderi
  • Passiflora coriacea
  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple'
  • Passiflora lutea
  • Passiflora misera
  • Passiflora pardifolia
  • Passiflora suberosa
  • Passiflora trifasciata
  • Passiflora vitifolia

Subfamily Turneroideae

  • Turnera ulmifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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