Genus Passiflora L.


Summary
Genus number:
8936
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Passifloraceae
Subfamily:
Passifloroideae
Tribe:
Passifloreae
Common name(s):

passionflower
Accession count:

686 (12  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Passiflora L.
Images (13 total. Click on image for more.)
Disseminule drawings\; A: Seed; B: embryo in situ; C: transection of seed

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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:611-612. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  3. Hansen, A. K. et al. 2007. Paternal, maternal, and biparental inheritance of the chloroplast genome in Passiflora (Passifloraceae): implications for phylogenetic studies. Amer. J. Bot. 94:42-46.
  4. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  5. Jarvis, C. E. 1991. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:552-583. Note: subcommittee on Linnaean generic names proposal for conservation
  6. Krosnick, S. E. et al. 2013. New insights into the evolution of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae): Phylogenetic relationships and morphological synapomorphies. Syst. Bot. 38:692-713. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  7. MacDougal, J. M. 1994. Revision of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba section Pseudodysosmia (Passifloraceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 41:1-146.
  8. Muschner, V. C. et al. 2003. A first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Passiflora (Passifloraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 90:1229-1238.
  9. Nicolson, D. H. 1999. Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48:373-374. Note: action on Linnaean generic names deferred
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8936. Accessed 15 April 2026.