Passifloraceae
Passiflora

Passiflora pusilla J.M.MacDougal

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 392 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca) to Central America. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espinoza, T.E.B., Jørgensen, P.M. & MacDougal, J.M. (2018). A taxonomic revision of Passiflora sect. Xerogona (Passifloraceae) using principal component analysis. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 103: 258-313. MBG press.
  • Estrada Chavarría, A. (2009). Flores de pasión de Costa Rica: historia natural e identificación: 1-448. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Estrada Chavarría, A. (2009). Flores de pasión de Costa Rica: historia natural e identificación: 1-448. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0