Passiflora discophora

Passiflora discophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. discophora
Binomial name
Passiflora discophora
P. Jørg. & Lawesson

Passiflora discophora (also known as the Passion Flower) is a species of plant In the Passifloraceae family, endemic to western Ecuador. Passiflora discophora is endemic to western Ecuador. It is restricted to closed wet coastal forest, and considered Critically Endangered due to the rapid ongoing deforestation of Ecuador's coast.

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