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Taxon: Passiflora edulis Sims

Genus: Passiflora subgenus: Passiflora
Family: Passifloraceae.
Nomen number: 26962
Place of publication: Bot. Mag. 45: t. 1989. 1818
Name verified on: 12-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Jun-2007
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO).
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • grenadella   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 )
  • maracujá   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-comum   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-de-comer   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-de-ponche   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-do-mato   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-doce   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-mirim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-peroba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-preto   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • maracujá-redondo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • purple granadilla   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 )
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil
    Southern South America: Argentina - Corrientes, Misiones; Paraguay
Other:
  • widely cultivated, naturalized in tropical & s. Africa, New Zealand, Macaronesia, Galapagos, & Hawaii

References:

  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1988. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador) 31:101.
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Ulmer, T. & J. M. MacDougal. 2004. Passiflora: passionflowers of the world. (Passiflora World) 288–289.
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Passiflora edulis Sims:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26962 (22 November 2009)

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