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Accession Data:

Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan

  • subg. Passiflora sect. Granadillastrum

  • Common Name: Maracuja De Cobra
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia.
  • Habitat: Forest edges and scrubland

  • Culture: Annual stems from a perennial root stock.
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600003
  • Source: Chiltern 2016 - 958H
  • Accession Date: 01-08-2016
  • Bench: 1312 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NE
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 01-20-2022

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
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Bolivia / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Paraguay

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
  2. Passiflora amethystina at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:56:38 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Passiflora amethystina

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Current Accessions in the Passifloraceae

Subfamily Malesherbioideae

  • Malesherbia tocopillana

Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae

  • Adenia globosa
  • Adenia repanda
  • Passiflora amethystina
  • Passiflora biflora
  • Passiflora coriacea
  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple'
  • Passiflora lutea
  • Passiflora misera
  • Passiflora pallens
  • Passiflora pardifolia
  • Passiflora sanguinolenta
  • 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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