Biology:Passiflora aurantioides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. aurantioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick[1]
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Passiflora aurantioides is a species of passion flower native to the region spanning from the Maluku Islands, Indonesia to Papuasia.[1]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
The petiolate, 11–12 cm long and 7 cm wide leaves are alternate.[2]
Generative characteristics
The flowers are bisexual. The pedicel is 8–10 mm long.[2] The arillate, obovate, black seeds are 2–3 mm thick.[3]
Taxonomy
Publication
It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann as Hollrungia aurantioides K.Schum. of a new monotypic genus Hollrungia K.Schum. in 1887. Later it was transferred to the genus Passiflora L. as Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick by Shawn Elizabeth Krosnick in 2009.[1][4]
Type specimen
The type specimen was collected by Max Hollrung in Papua New Guinea. It was destroyed. A neotype, and isoneotype was chosen.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77102268-1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schumann, K. M. (1893). Die Flora des deutschen ost-asiatischen Schutzgebietes. Botanische Jahrbücher Für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig, 212. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/197969&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&url_ver=z39.88-2004
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Krosnick, S. E., Ford, A. J., & Freudenstein, J. V. (2009). "Taxonomic revision of Passiflora subgenus Tetrapathea including the monotypic genera Hollrungia and Tetrapathea (Passifloraceae), and a new species of Passiflora." Systematic Botany, 34(2), 375-385.
- ↑ "Passiflora L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/328300-2. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
Wikidata ☰ Q27663010 entry
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