Passiflora galbana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora galbana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

 (?) Passiflora silvestris Vell.


ETYMOLOGY:

Perhaps from the Latin galbus, yellowish, yellowish white.


NOTES:

Chromosomes: n=9, 2n=18


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Passiflora galbana | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia