Passiflora coriacea Juss. is a wonderful, very quick growing and easy to care for tropical vine; with very distinct, unusual leaf blades in the shape of a bats' wings.
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Genus name: form Latin passio + Flora, chosen by Linnaeus to replace earlier Flos Passionis.
Passiflora coriacea
Passiflora coriacea comes in an 8cm pot and is ca. 35 cm long/ tall
- Name: Passiflora coriacea Juss.Type: a climberFamily: PassifloraceaeNative Range: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and VenezuelaZone: 10 to 12Habitat: Growing in shrubs and small trees in secondary successional areas, along the edges of moist tropical forests near rivers and streams, and along the seashore, 0-1500 m.Height: 8mSpread: 30 to 50 cmSun: Part shade to full shadeWater: MediumMaintenance: MediumLeaf: EvergreenTolerate: Part Shade
Taxon identifiers: Freebase ID : /m/0c419lv Plant List-ID : kew-2560031 Tropicos ID : 24200193 IPNI plant ID : 674920-1 NCBI taxonomy ID : 196579 GBIF taxon ID : 3587350 African Plant Database ID : 114643 EPPO Code : PAQCR iNaturalist taxon ID : 287160 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674920-1 Microsoft Academic ID : 2777549390 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000480045 UNII : 72V1K6Y575 Open Tree of Life ID : 243862 Queensland Biota ID : 37087 Catalogue of Life ID : 4DYC2
Synonyms: Cieca coriacea (A.Juss.) M.Roem. = Cieca difformis (Kunth) M.Roem. ≡ Monactineirma coriacea (A.Juss.) Bory ex M.Roem. ≡ Monactineirma coriacea (Juss.) Bory = Passiflora biformis Mast. = Passiflora cheiroptera Cortés = Passiflora clypeata Sm. = Passiflora difformis Kunth = Passiflora obtusifolia Sessé & Moc.
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