Passiflora nelsonii | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Southern Mexico and northern Guatemala.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C

IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C

ETYMOLOGY:

Perhaps dedicated to David Nelson (? - 1789), gardener and botanist.
He was part of James Cook’s expedition with the Bounty. He was a gardener at Kew Garden.