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

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

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

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: dysosmia


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Southern Mexico and Nicaragua. 


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

 P. hibiscifolia Lam., P. liebmannii Mast.


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
From the leaves similar to those of the Hibiscus, (Malvaceae).


PHOTOGALLERY:


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