Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: dysosmia


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Texas, Mexico, Central and South America.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
This variety has the leaves similar to those of the plants ascribed to Gen. Gossypium (Malvaceae), plant of the cotton.


NOTES:

 Chromosomes: n=10, 2n=20 (Storey 1950). 2n=18 (Heitz 1927). 


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Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia