Passiflora cyanea | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora cyanea | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: granadillastrum


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Trinidad and northern Venezuela.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 8 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. monticola J. R. Johnston


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Greek κύᾰνος (cýanos), Latin cyáneus, turquoise, due to the color of the crown of the filaments.


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora cyanea | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia