My Fascination with Passiflora
The Passiflora genus has always captivated me. Perhaps it’s the intricate beauty of the flowers, or maybe it’s the sheer diversity of the species. Whatever the reason, I find myself drawn to these fascinating plants.
As a passionate botanist, I’ve spent countless hours studying the Passiflora genus. The more I learn, the more intrigued I become. These plants, commonly known as passionflowers or passion vines, are truly remarkable. With over 550 species, the genus boasts an incredible variety of forms, colors, and fragrances.
A World of Diversity
From the vibrant red of Passiflora coccinea to the delicate white of Passiflora incarnata, the flowers of this genus are a sight to behold. Each species has its own unique charm, and I find myself constantly amazed by the sheer diversity of their floral displays.
But the beauty of Passiflora goes beyond just the flowers. The plants themselves are incredibly diverse, ranging from woody vines to herbaceous climbers. Some species, like Passiflora edulis, produce delicious edible fruits, while others, like Passiflora caerulea, are prized for their ornamental value.
A Closer Look at Passiflora
One of the things that makes Passiflora so fascinating is the unique structure of its flowers. The intricate arrangement of the petals, sepals, and corona is unlike anything else in the plant kingdom. This complex structure is not only beautiful but also serves an important purpose, attracting pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Another interesting aspect of Passiflora is its ability to produce a variety of chemical compounds. Some of these compounds have medicinal properties and have been used traditionally to treat a range of ailments, from anxiety to insomnia. Modern research is exploring the potential of these compounds for treating a variety of conditions, including cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Exploring the Species
The sheer number of Passiflora species can be overwhelming, but it also presents an exciting opportunity for exploration and discovery. Here are:
- Passiflora acreana Mezzonato & Marc.Silveira
- Passiflora actinia Hook.
- Passiflora acuminata DC.
- Passiflora adenopoda DC.
- Passiflora adulterina L.f.
- Passiflora affinis Engelm.
- Passiflora aimae Annonay & Feuillet
- Passiflora alata Curtis
- Passiflora allantophylla Mast. ex Donn.Sm.
- Passiflora alnifolia Kunth
- Passiflora altebilobata Hemsl.
- Passiflora amalocarpa Barb.Rodr.
- Passiflora amazonica L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora ambigua Hemsl.
- Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan
- Passiflora amicorum Wurdack
- Passiflora amoena L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora ampullacea (Mast.) Harms
- Passiflora anadenia Urb.
- Passiflora anastomosans (Lamb. ex DC.) Killip
- Passiflora andersonii DC.
- Passiflora andicola Esquerre
- Passiflora andina Killip
- Passiflora andreana Mast.
- Passiflora anfracta Mast. & André
- Passiflora angusta Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora antioquiensis H.Karst.
- Passiflora apetala Killip
- Passiflora apoda Harms
- Passiflora araguensis L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora araujoi Sacco
- Passiflora arbelaezii L.Uribe
- Passiflora arida (Mast. & Rose) Killip
- Passiflora aristulata Mast.
- Passiflora arizonica (Killip) D.H.Goldman
- Passiflora arta Feuillet
- Passiflora ascidia Feuillet
- Passiflora aurantia G.Forst.
- Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick
- Passiflora auriculata Kunth
- Passiflora azeroana L.Uribe
- Passiflora bacabensis Mezzonato, E.O.Silva & E.A.Oliveira
- Passiflora bahamensis Britton
- Passiflora bahiensis Klotzsch
- Passiflora balbis Feuillet
- Passiflora barclayi (Seem.) Mast.
- Passiflora bernaccii Mezzonato
- Passiflora berteroana Balb. ex DC.
- Passiflora bicornis Mill.
- Passiflora bicrura Urb.
- Passiflora bicuspidata (H.Karst.) Mast.
- Passiflora biflora Lam.
- Passiflora bilobata Juss.
- Passiflora boenderi J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora bogotensis Benth.
- Passiflora boticarioana Cervi
- Passiflora brachyantha L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora bracteosa Planch. & Linden
- Passiflora brauliensis Kuethe, Rodr.-Barboza & L.Álvarez
- Passiflora brevifila Killip
- Passiflora bryonioides Kunth
- Passiflora bucaramangensis Killip
- Passiflora buchtienii Killip
- Passiflora cacao Bernacci & M.M.Souza
- Passiflora caerulea L.
- Passiflora calcicola Proctor
- Passiflora calicicalyx T.Boza & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora callacallensis Skrabal & Weigend
- Passiflora callistemma L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora calypilosa Kuethe & H.Bernal
- Passiflora campanulata Mast.
- Passiflora candida (Poepp. & Endl.) Mast.
- Passiflora candollei Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora caparaoensis Magro-Moraes, M.A.M.Azevedo & Gelli de Faria
- Passiflora capparidifolia Killip
- Passiflora capsularis L.
- Passiflora carajasensis A.K.Koch & Ilk.-Borg.
- Passiflora cardonae Killip
- Passiflora carnosisepala P.Jørg.
- Passiflora carrascoensis P.Jørg. & R.Vásquez
- Passiflora castellanosii Sacco
- Passiflora catharinensis Sacco
- Passiflora cauliflora Harms
- Passiflora cerasina Annonay & Feuillet
- Passiflora ceratocarpa Silveira
- Passiflora cerradensis Sacco
- Passiflora cervii M.A.M.Azevedo
- Passiflora chaparensis R.Vásquez
- Passiflora chelidonea Mast.
- Passiflora chimuensis A.Estrada, G.Rivera & J.Solano
- Passiflora chlorina L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora chocoensis G.Gerlach & Ulmer
- Passiflora chrysophylla Chodat
- Passiflora chrysosepala Schwerdtf.
- Passiflora ciliata Aiton
- Passiflora cincinnata Mast.
- Passiflora cinnabarina Lindl.
- Passiflora cirrhiflora Juss.
- Passiflora cirrhipes Killip
- Passiflora cisnana Harms
- Passiflora cissampeloides J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora citrina J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora clathrata Mast.
- Passiflora clypeophylla Mast. ex Donn.Sm.
- Passiflora coactilis (Mast.) Killip
- Passiflora cobanensis Killip
- Passiflora coccinea Aubl.
- Passiflora cochinchinensis Spreng.
- Passiflora coelestis Parteka & A.Silvério
- Passiflora colimensis Mast. & Rose
- Passiflora colinvauxii Wiggins
- Passiflora colombiana L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora coloranigra Kuethe & Meerman
- Passiflora compar Feuillet
- Passiflora complanata J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora condorita P.Jørg.
- Passiflora contracta Vitta
- Passiflora conzattiana Killip
- Passiflora cordistipula Cervi
- Passiflora coriacea Juss.
- Passiflora costaricensis Killip
- Passiflora costata Mast.
- Passiflora crassifolia Killip
- Passiflora cremastantha Harms
- Passiflora creuci-caetanoae M.Bonilla
- Passiflora crispolanata L.Uribe
- Passiflora cristalina Vanderpl. & Zappi
- Passiflora cuatrecasasii Killip
- Passiflora cubensis Urb.
- Passiflora cumbalensis (H.Karst.) Harms
- Passiflora cuneata Willd.
- Passiflora cupiformis Mast.
- Passiflora cupraea L.
- Passiflora curva Feuillet
- Passiflora cuspidifolia Harms
- Passiflora cuzcoensis Killip
- Passiflora cyanea Mast.
- Passiflora dalechampioides Killip
- Passiflora danielii Killip
- Passiflora dasyadenia Urb.
- Passiflora davidii Feuillet
- Passiflora dawei Killip
- Passiflora deidamioides Harms
- Passiflora deltoifolia Holm-Niels. & Lawesson
- Passiflora dictamo DC.
- Passiflora dioscoreifolia Killip
- Passiflora discophora P.Jørg. & Lawesson
- Passiflora dispar Killip
- Passiflora dolichocarpa Killip
- Passiflora dorisiae Esquerre
- Passiflora eberhardtii Gagnep.
- Passiflora echinasteris A.K.Koch, A.Cardoso & Ilk.-Borg.
- Passiflora edmundoi Sacco
- Passiflora edulis Sims
- Passiflora eggersii Harms
- Passiflora eglandulosa J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora eichleriana Mast.
- Passiflora ekmanii Killip & Urb.
- Passiflora elegans Mast.
- Passiflora elliptica Gardner
- Passiflora emarginata Bonpl.
- Passiflora engleriana Harms
- Passiflora ernestii Harms
- Passiflora erythrophylla Mast.
- Passiflora escobariana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora eueidipabulum S.Knapp & Mallet
- Passiflora exoperculata Mast.
- Passiflora exsudans Zucc.
- Passiflora exura Feuillet
- Passiflora faleiroi Imig
- Passiflora fanchoniae Feuillet
- Passiflora farneyi Pessoa & Cervi
- Passiflora faroana Harms
- Passiflora ferruginea Mast.
- Passiflora filamentosa Cav.
- Passiflora filipes Benth.
- Passiflora fimbriatistipula Harms
- Passiflora fissurosa M.A.D.Souza
- Passiflora flexipes Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora foetida L.
- Passiflora formosa Ulmer
- Passiflora franciscoi C.Aguirre & M.Bonilla
- Passiflora frutescens Ruiz & Pav. ex Killip
- Passiflora fruticosa Killip
- Passiflora fuchsiiflora Hemsl.
- Passiflora garckei Mast.
- Passiflora gardneri Mast.
- Passiflora giberti N.E.Br.
- Passiflora gilbertiana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora gironensis C.Aguirre, M.Bonilla & A.Rojas
- Passiflora glaberrima (Juss.) Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora glandulosa Cav.
- Passiflora goniosperma Killip
- Passiflora gracilens (A.Gray) Harms
- Passiflora gracilis J.Jacq. ex Link
- Passiflora gracillima Killip
- Passiflora grandis Killip
- Passiflora gritensis H.Karst.
- Passiflora guatemalensis S.Watson
- Passiflora guayaquilensis Cornejo & Kuethe
- Passiflora guazumifolia Jacq.
- Passiflora guentheri Harms
- Passiflora gustaviana J.Ocampo & M.Molinari
- Passiflora haematostigma Mast.
- Passiflora hahnii (E.Fourn.) Mast.
- Passiflora harlingii Holm-Niels.
- Passiflora hastifolia Killip
- Passiflora hatschbachii Cervi
- Passiflora haughtii Killip
- Passiflora helleri Peyr.
- Passiflora henryi Hemsl.
- Passiflora herbertiana Ker Gawl.
- Passiflora herthae Harms
- Passiflora heterohelix Killip
- Passiflora hexagonocarpa Barb.Rodr.
- Passiflora hibiscifolia Lam.
- Passiflora hirtiflora P.Jørg. & Holm-Niels.
- Passiflora hollrungii K.Schum.
- Passiflora holosericea L.
- Passiflora holtii Killip
- Passiflora huamachucoensis L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora hyacinthiflora Planch. & Linden
- Passiflora hypoglauca Harms
- Passiflora igrapiunensis T.S.Nunes & L.P.Queiroz
- Passiflora ilamo J.M.MacDougal & MacVean
- Passiflora imbeana Sacco
- Passiflora inca P.Jørg.
- Passiflora incarnata L.
- Passiflora indecora Kunth
- Passiflora insignis (Mast.) Hook.f.
- Passiflora insolita Vanderpl. & Ochoa
- Passiflora insueta Feuillet & MacDougal
- Passiflora intricata J.M.MacDougal & J.Ochoa
- Passiflora involucrata (Mast.) A.H.Gentry
- Passiflora ischnoclada Harms
- Passiflora ita Mezzonato, R.S.Ribeiro & Gonella
- Passiflora itatiaiensis Vanderpl.
- Passiflora itzensis (J.M.MacDougal) Port.-Utl.
- Passiflora jaenensis Esquerre
- Passiflora jamesonii (Mast.) L.H.Bailey
- Passiflora jardinensis L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora jatunsachensis Schwerdtf.
- Passiflora jianfengensis S.M.Hwang & Q.Huang
- Passiflora jiboiaensis M.A.M.Azevedo
- Passiflora joergenseniana T.Boza
- Passiflora jorgeana Mezzonato
- Passiflora jorullensis Kunth
- Passiflora jugorum W.W.Sm.
- Passiflora juliana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora junqueirae Imig & Cervi
- Passiflora jussieui Feuillet
- Passiflora kalbreyeri Mast.
- Passiflora kapiriensis Rome & Coppens
- Passiflora karwinskii Mast.
- Passiflora kawensis Feuillet
- Passiflora kermesina Link & Otto
- Passiflora ketura Tillett & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora kikiana Cervi & Linsingen
- Passiflora killipiana Cuatrec.
- Passiflora kuethiana Esquerre
- Passiflora kumandayi M.A.Buitr.A. & Coca
- Passiflora kuranda Krosnick & A.J.Ford
- Passiflora kwangtungensis Merr.
- Passiflora lanata (Juss.) Poir.
- Passiflora lancearia Mast.
- Passiflora lanceolata (Mast.) Harms
- Passiflora lancetillensis J.M.MacDougal & Meerman
- Passiflora lancifolia Desv.
- Passiflora lanuginosa (Killip) H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora lauana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora laurifolia L.
- Passiflora lawessonii P.Jørg.
- Passiflora × lawsoniana Mast.
- Passiflora lehmannii Mast.
- Passiflora lepidota Mast.
- Passiflora leptoclada Harms
- Passiflora leptomischa Harms
- Passiflora leptopoda Harms
- Passiflora leschenaultii DC.
- Passiflora ligularis Juss.
- Passiflora linda Panero
- Passiflora lindeniana Planch.
- Passiflora linearistipula L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora lobata (Killip) Hutch. ex J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora lobbii Mast.
- Passiflora loefgrenii Vitta
- Passiflora longicuspis Vanderpl. & S.E.Vanderpl.
- Passiflora longifilamentosa A.K.Koch, A.Cardoso & Ilk.-Borg.
- Passiflora longilobis Hoehne
- Passiflora longipes Juss.
- Passiflora longiracemosa Ducke
- Passiflora lorenziana Mezzonato & Bernacci
- Passiflora loretensis Killip
- Passiflora loxensis Killip & Cuatrec.
- Passiflora luetzelburgii Harms
- Passiflora lutea L.
- Passiflora luzmarina P.Jørg.
- Passiflora lyra Planch. & Linden ex Killip
- Passiflora macdougaliana S.Knapp & Mallet
- Passiflora macfadyenii C.D.Adams
- Passiflora macrophylla Spruce ex Mast.
- Passiflora macropoda Killip
- Passiflora madidiana P.Jørg., Cayola & Araujo-Murak.
- Passiflora maestrensis Duharte
- Passiflora magdalenae Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora magnifica L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora magnoliifolia F.Dietr.
- Passiflora maguirei Killip
- Passiflora malacophylla Mast.
- Passiflora maliformis L.
- Passiflora malletii J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora manantlanensis J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora mandonii (Mast.) Killip
- Passiflora manicata (Juss.) Pers.
- Passiflora mansoi (Mart.) Mast.
- Passiflora mapiriensis Harms
- Passiflora margaritae Sacco
- Passiflora marginata Mast.
- Passiflora markiana K.Hansen
- Passiflora mathewsii (Mast.) Killip
- Passiflora mayarum J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora mcvaughiana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora mediterranea Vell.
- Passiflora megacoriacea Port.-Utl.
- Passiflora membranacea Benth.
- Passiflora mendoncae Harms
- Passiflora menghaiensis X.D.Ma, L.C.Yan & J.Y.Shen
- Passiflora menispermacea Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora menispermifolia Kunth
- Passiflora mexicana Juss.
- Passiflora micropetala Mast.
- Passiflora microstipula L.E.Gilbert & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora miersii Mast.
- Passiflora miniata Vanderpl.
- Passiflora misera Kunth
- Passiflora mistratensis Kuethe & Vanderpl.
- Passiflora mixta L.f.
- Passiflora mollis Kunth
- Passiflora moluccana Reinw. ex Blume
- Passiflora monadelpha P.Jørg. & Holm-Niels.
- Passiflora mooreana Hook.
- Passiflora morifolia Mast.
- Passiflora mucronata Lam.
- Passiflora mucugeana T.S.Nunes & L.P.Queiroz
- Passiflora multiflora L.
- Passiflora multiformis Jacq.
- Passiflora munchiquensis Al.Hern.
- Passiflora murucuja L.
- Passiflora mutisii Killip
- Passiflora nana J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora napalensis Wall.
- Passiflora nebulosae J.Restrepo & J.Ocampo
- Passiflora nelsonii Mast. & Rose
- Passiflora nephrodes Rusby
- Passiflora nigradenia Rusby
- Passiflora nipensis Britton
- Passiflora nitida Kunth
- Passiflora nubicola J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora nuriensis Steyerm.
- Passiflora oaxacana (Killip) H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora oaxacensis J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora oblongata Sw.
- Passiflora obovata Killip
- Passiflora obtusifolia Sessé & Moc.
- Passiflora oerstedii Mast.
- Passiflora orbiculata Cav.
- Passiflora orinocensis (Killip) H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora ornithoura Mast.
- Passiflora ovalis Vell.
- Passiflora ovata DC.
- Passiflora pachyantha Killip
- Passiflora pacifica L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora palenquensis Holm-Niels. & Lawesson
- Passiflora pallens Poepp. ex Mast.
- Passiflora pallida L.
- Passiflora palmatisecta Mast.
- Passiflora palmeri Rose
- Passiflora pamplonensis Planch. & Linden
- Passiflora papilio H.L.Li
- Passiflora pardifolia Vanderpl.
- Passiflora parritae (Mast.) L.H.Bailey
- Passiflora parvifolia (DC.) Harms
- Passiflora parvipetala P.Jørg.
- Passiflora pascoensis L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora pavonis Mast.
- Passiflora pectinata Griseb.
- Passiflora pedata L.
- Passiflora pedicellaris J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora peduncularis Cav.
- Passiflora pendens J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora penduliflora Bertero ex DC.
- Passiflora pennellii Killip
- Passiflora pentagona Mast.
- Passiflora pentaschista (Killip) H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora perakensis Hallier f.
- Passiflora perfoliata L.
- Passiflora pertriloba Merr.
- Passiflora phaeocaula Killip
- Passiflora phellos Feuillet
- Passiflora phoenicea Lindl.
- Passiflora picturata Ker Gawl.
- Passiflora pilosa Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
- Passiflora pilosicorona Sacco
- Passiflora pilosissima Killip
- Passiflora pinnatistipula Cav.
- Passiflora pittieri Mast.
- Passiflora platyloba Killip
- Passiflora plumosa Feuillet & Cremers
- Passiflora podadenia Killip
- Passiflora podlechii Skrabal & Weigend
- Passiflora poeppigii Mast.
- Passiflora pohlii Mast.
- Passiflora popayanensis Killip
- Passiflora popenovii Killip
- Passiflora porophylla Vell.
- Passiflora porphyretica Mast.
- Passiflora poslae Vanderpl. & Boender
- Passiflora pottiae Cervi & Imig
- Passiflora praemorsa T.Boza
- Passiflora princeps G.Lodd.
- Passiflora prolata Mast.
- Passiflora pterocarpa J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora punctata L.
- Passiflora punicea Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
- Passiflora purdiei Killip
- Passiflora purii Mezzonato, L.M.C.Lima & Gelli de Faria
- Passiflora pusilla J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora putumayensis Killip
- Passiflora pyrrhantha Harms
- Passiflora quadrangularis L.
- Passiflora quadraticordata Lozada-Pérez
- Passiflora quadrifaria Vanderpl.
- Passiflora quadriflora Killip
- Passiflora quadriglandulosa Rodschied
- Passiflora quelchii N.E.Br.
- Passiflora quercetorum Killip
- Passiflora quetzal J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora quimbayensis J.Ocampo & Forero
- Passiflora quindiensis Killip
- Passiflora quinonesiae M.Bonilla, C.Aguirre & Caetano
- Passiflora quinquangularis S.Calderón ex J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora raimondii Killip
- Passiflora recurva Mast.
- Passiflora reflexiflora Cav.
- Passiflora reitzii Sacco
- Passiflora resticulata Mast. & André
- Passiflora retipetala Mast.
- Passiflora rhamnifolia Mast.
- Passiflora riparia Mart. ex Mast.
- Passiflora rosacea Kuethe & Justiniano
- Passiflora × rosea (H.Karst.) Killip
- Passiflora roseorum Killip
- Passiflora rotundifolia L.
- Passiflora rovirosae Killip
- Passiflora rubra L.
- Passiflora rubrotincta Killip
- Passiflora rufa Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora rufostipulata Feuillet
- Passiflora rugosa (Mast.) Planch. & Triana
- Passiflora runa L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora rusbyi Mast.
- Passiflora saccoi Cervi
- Passiflora sagasteguii Skrabal & Weigend
- Passiflora salpoensis S.Leiva & Tantalean
- Passiflora sanchezii Skrabal & Weigend
- Passiflora sanctae-barbarae Holm-Niels. & P.M.Jørg.
- Passiflora sanctae-mariae J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora sandrae J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora sanguinolenta Mast. & Linden
- Passiflora santos-llatasii Esquerre
- Passiflora saulensis Feuillet
- Passiflora saxicola Gontsch.
- Passiflora schlimiana Linden ex Bosse
- Passiflora sclerophylla Harms
- Passiflora securiclata Mast.
- Passiflora seemannii Griseb.
- Passiflora semiciliosa Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora serratifolia L.
- Passiflora serratodigitata L.
- Passiflora serrulata Jacq.
- Passiflora setacea DC.
- Passiflora setulosa Killip
- Passiflora sexflora Juss.
- Passiflora sexocellata Schltdl.
- Passiflora shaferi Britton
- Passiflora siamica Craib
- Passiflora sicyoides Schltdl. & Cham.
- Passiflora sidifolia M.Roem.
- Passiflora sierrae L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora silvestris Vell.
- Passiflora skiantha Huber
- Passiflora smilacifolia J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora smithii Killip
- Passiflora sodiroi Harms
- Passiflora soliana A.Estrada & G.Rivera
- Passiflora solomonii L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora speciosa Gardner
- Passiflora spectabilis Killip
- Passiflora sphaerocarpa Triana & Planch.
- Passiflora spicata Mast.
- Passiflora spinosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Mast.
- Passiflora splendida M.Bonilla, C.Aguirre & Caetano
- Passiflora sprucei Mast.
- Passiflora standleyi Killip
- Passiflora stellata Moritz ex Killip
- Passiflora stenoloba Urb.
- Passiflora stenosepala Killip
- Passiflora stipulata Aubl.
- Passiflora suberosa L.
- Passiflora subfertilis J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora subintegra (Killip) H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora sublanceolata (Killip) J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora subpeltata Ortega
- Passiflora subpurpurea P.Jørg. & Holm-Niels.
- Passiflora subrotunda Mast.
- Passiflora subulata Mast.
- Passiflora sumatrana Blume
- Passiflora tacanensis Port.-Utl.
- Passiflora tacsonioides Griseb.
- Passiflora talamancensis Killip
- Passiflora tarapotina Harms
- Passiflora tarminiana Coppens & V.E.Barney
- Passiflora tatei Killip & Rusby
- Passiflora tecta Feuillet
- Passiflora telesiphe S.Knapp & Mallet
- Passiflora tenella Killip
- Passiflora tenerifensis L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora tenuifila Killip
- Passiflora tenuiloba Engelm.
- Passiflora tesserula Skrabal & Weigend
- Passiflora tessmannii Harms
- Passiflora tetrandra Banks ex DC.
- Passiflora tholozanii Sacco
- Passiflora tica Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez
- Passiflora tiliifolia L.
- Passiflora timboensis T.S.Nunes & L.P.Queiroz
- Passiflora tina Boender & Ulmer
- Passiflora tinifolia Juss.
- Passiflora tonkinensis W.J.de Wilde
- Passiflora transversa Mast.
- Passiflora tranversalis M.A.M.Azevedo
- Passiflora trialata Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora trianae Killip
- Passiflora tribolophylla Harms
- Passiflora trichopoda J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora tricuspis Mast.
- Passiflora tridactylites Hook.f.
- Passiflora trifasciata Lem.
- Passiflora trifoliata Cav.
- Passiflora triloba Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
- Passiflora trinervia (Juss.) Poir.
- Passiflora trinifolia Mast.
- Passiflora trintae Sacco
- Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir.
- Passiflora trisecta Mast.
- Passiflora trisulca Mast.
- Passiflora trochlearis P.Jørg.
- Passiflora truncata Regel
- Passiflora truxillensis Planch. & Linden
- Passiflora tryphostemmatoides Harms
- Passiflora tuberosa Jacq.
- Passiflora tucumanensis Hook.
- Passiflora tulae Urb.
- Passiflora umbilicata (Griseb.) Harms
- Passiflora uncinata J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora unipetala P.Jørg., Muchhala & J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora urbaniana Killip
- Passiflora uribei L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora urnaefolia Rusby
- Passiflora ursina Killip & Cuatrec.
- Passiflora urubiciensis Cervi
- Passiflora variolata Poepp. & Endl.
- Passiflora vellozoi Gardner
- Passiflora venosa Rusby
- Passiflora venusta R.Vásquez & M.Delanoy
- Passiflora veraguasensis J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora vescoi D.Rignon & L.Rignon
- Passiflora vesicaria L.
- Passiflora vespertilio L.
- Passiflora vestita Killip
- Passiflora villosa Vell.
- Passiflora viridescens L.K.Escobar
- Passiflora viridiflora Cav.
- Passiflora vitifolia Kunth
- Passiflora watsoniana Mast.
- Passiflora weberbaueri Harms
- Passiflora weigendii Ulmer & Schwerdtf.
- Passiflora wilsonii Hemsl.
- Passiflora wrightiana H.T.Svoboda
- Passiflora xiikzodz J.M.MacDougal
- Passiflora xishuangbannaensis Krosnick
- Passiflora yolandae Kuethe & K.Montesinos
- Passiflora yucatanensis Killip ex Standl.
- Passiflora zamorana Killip
- Passiflora zapalinamensis Kuethe, Encina & Cruz-Anaya
The Future of Passiflora
As a botanist, I’m excited to see what the future holds for Passiflora. With its incredible diversity and potential for medicinal and agricultural applications, this genus has a lot to offer. I believe that further research into Passiflora will lead to new discoveries and innovations that will benefit both people and the planet.
I encourage everyone to take some time to appreciate the beauty and complexity of Passiflora. Whether you’re a seasoned botanist or simply a lover of nature, there’s something for everyone to enjoy in this fascinating genus.