Passiflora kermesina
| Bitter-gourd-shaped passionfruit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. kermesina |
| Binomial name | |
| Passiflora kermesina Link & Otto | |
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Passiflora kermesina ('kermesina'=crimson) (syn. Passiflora raddiana DC.) is a native plant of Brazil, which is found in the wild in Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation. [1]
It is cultivated as a vining ornamental plant.
See also
References
- ↑ Cited in The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany 1837-1840 by G.B. Knowles and Frederic Westcott.
External links
- The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany 1837-1840: Passiflora kermesina
- (Portuguese) Checklist das Plantas do Nordeste (Checklist of Plants of Northeast Brazil): Passiflora kermesina
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