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