Passiflora eichleriana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora eichleriana, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora eichleriana. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora eichleriana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

From eastern Brazil to Paraguay. 


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 8 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. violacea f. albiflora Chod. & Hassl.


ETYMOLOGY:

Dedicated to the German botanist Augustwilhelm Eichler (1839 - 1883) who developed a new system of classification of plants taking into account their evolutionary paths. 


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora eichleriana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia