Passiflora amethystina Sancta Tereza | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora amethystina Sancta Tereza , information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora amethystina Sancta Tereza . Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora amethystina Sancta Tereza  | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Eastern Brazil from Minas Gerais to São Paulo. Widespread form in the locality of Sancta Tereza, State of Espìrito Sancto.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 5 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. bangii Mast., P. cornuta Mast., P. laminensis Barb. Rodr., P. lilacina Roemer, P. onichyna Lindley, P. violacea Vell


ETYMOLOGY:

From the color violet-amethyst of the flowers. 


NOTES:

Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18


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Passiflora amethystina Sancta Tereza  | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia