Passiflora securiclata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

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

Passiflora securiclata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: astrophea
SUPERSECTION: pseudoastrophea
SECTION: botryastrophea
SERIES: botryastrophea


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

South-eastern Venezuela, English Guiana and northern Brazil.


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 15 °C


SYNONYMS:

P. retrorsa Killip, Tacsonia spinescens Klotsch.


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin securiclatus, shaped like an axe. Maybe for the deflected form stigmas or some other morphology(?).


PHOTOGALLERY:


Passiflora securiclata | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia