Passiflora antioquiensis

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Passiflora antioquiensis
Passiflora antioquiensis flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. antioquiensis
Binomial name
Passiflora antioquiensis
H.Karst.
Synonyms
  • P. van–volxemii (
    Planch.
  • Tacsonia van-volxemii Hook.

Passiflora antioquiensis, the red banana passionfruit, is a species in the family

type specimen was collected. It was originally described by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten in 1859.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2] With Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima it was hybridised in the Veitch Nurseries in Exeter, England in the 1870s to yield Passiflora × exoniensis, which has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Ulmer, T., and J.M. MacDougal. 2004. Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 335.
  2. ^ "Passiflora antioquiensis H. Karst. banana passion fruit". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Passiflora x exoniensis". Roseland.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Passiflora antioquiensis H. Karst. banana passion fruit". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Passiflora × exoniensis Exeter passion flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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