Passifloraceae

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Passifloraceae
Passiflora caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Juss. ex Roussel[1][2]
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Malesherbiaceae D.Don, nom. cons.
  • Modeccaceae Horan.
  • Paropsiaceae Dumort.
  • Turneraceae Kunth ex DC., nom. cons.[1]

The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.[1]

They include

running pop
.

Passiflora vines and Dryas iulia (among other heliconian butterflies) have demonstrated evidence of coevolution, in which the plants attempted to stop their destruction from larval feeding by the butterflies, while the butterflies tried to gain better survival for their eggs.[3]

The former

Malesherbiaceae and Turneraceae
.

Genera

Subfamily Malesherbioideae

Subfamily Pibirioideae

Subfamily Passifloroideae

Tribe Paropsieae
Tribe Passifloreae

Subfamily Turneroideae

Excluded genera

Phylogeny[7]

Violaceae

Outgroup

Malesherbioideae

Pibirioideae

Turneroideae

Passifloroideae

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel, nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  2. . Retrieved 2013-07-06.
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  4. ^ "Smeathmannia R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. ^ "GRIN Genera of Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  6. ^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  7. ISSN 0024-4074
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