Passiflora bicornis, also known by its common name wingleaf passionflower, is a species of passion vine (genus Passiflora).[1]
Passiflora bicornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Passifloraceae |
Genus: | Passiflora |
Species: | P. bicornis
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Binomial name | |
Passiflora bicornis Mill.
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Description
editPassiflora bicornis has long stems, leaves with rounded lobes and eye-like glands, and blue flowers with yellow and reddish-purple parts. It produces small dark purple fruits with ridged seeds.[2]
Range
editPassiflora bicornis can be found in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama.
Similar species
editPassiflora bicornis looks similar to Passiflora apetala, Passiflora biflora, Passiflora boenderi, and Passiflora standleyi but stands out because of its longer flower stalks and leaf-like structures.
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Passiflora bicornis.
- ^ Mill. (1768). In: Gard. Dict. Ed. VIll. N. 13.
- ^ Hammel, Barry Edward; Grayum, Michael Howard; Herrera, Cecilia; Zamora Villalobos, Nelson. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 6. St. Louis, Mo: Missouri Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-1-930723-17-7.