Passiflora elegans | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora elegans | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

From southern Brazil to northern Argentina.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 5 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 8 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin elegans, elegant, refined referring to the beauty of flowers.


NOTES:

Chromosomes: 2n=18


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora elegans | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia