Passiflora xishuangbannaensis

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Passiflora xishuangbannaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. xishuangbannaensis
Binomial name
Passiflora xishuangbannaensis

Passiflora xishuangbannaensis is a passion flower vine in the genus Passiflora that is endemic to Yunnan, China. It is a glabrous, 1–3 metres (3–10 ft) long vine with strongly two-lobed leaves. The green and yellow flowers are 3.2–3.8 centimetres (1+131+12 in) in diameter when fully open, one or two flowers per node. It grows in wet and open sunny or shaded areas at 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). It was described in 2005 by Shawn E. Krosnick.

References[edit]

  • "Original paper published in Novon magazine" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  • "Passiflora xishuangbannaensis at www.efloras.org". Retrieved 2009-01-16.