Passiflora

Passiflora

See also: passiflora

Translingual

Passiflora morifolia

Etymology

From Latin passio + Flora, chosen by Linnaeus to replace earlier Flos Passionis.

Proper noun

Passiflora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – the passionflowers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Passifloraceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Passiflora subg. Astrophea, Passiflora subg. Decaloba, Passiflora subg. Deidamioides, Passiflora subg. Dysosmia, Passiflora subg. Passiflora, Passiflora subg. Polyanthea, Passiflora subg. Tetrapathea - subgenus
  • Passiflora incarnata - type species; Passiflora lutea - selected species; for more species see Passiflora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Passiflora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Passiflora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Passiflora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons