Passifloraceae
Passiflora
Passiflora foetida

Passiflora foetida var. foetida

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a climbing annual or biennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
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Kew Backbone Distributions

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gardner [1314] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. gardneri K000018369 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [1314] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. gardneri K000323329 Type Yes
Coulter [61] Mexico Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia K000323450 Isoparatype Yes
Spruce, R. [6458] Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia K000395156 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia K001185105 No
Prance, G.T.; Coêlho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [7969] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. strigosa K001185099 No
Fiebrig, K. [4625] Paraguay Passiflora foetida var. strigosa K005038656 Yes
s.coll. [5111] Passiflora foetida var. strigosa K001185100 No
s.coll. [7983] Passiflora foetida var. strigosa K001185097 No
Burchell [9615] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. strigosa K001185098 No
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1000] Suriname Passiflora foetida var. moritziana K005038639 Yes
Vanderplank, R.J.R.; Feuillet, C.; Vecchia, M. [s.n.] French Guiana Passiflora foetida var. moritziana K005038638 Yes
s.coll. [20334] Brazil Passiflora foetida var. fluminensis K001185101 No

Sources

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