Passiflora exura | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora exura | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

French Guiana.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 15 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin ex- intensely and from the Greek οὐρά ourá tail: equipped with an elongated appendix referring to the spurs of the sepals that are very long.


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora exura | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia