List of Passiflora species

This is a list of species in the botanical genus Passiflora. There are in excess of 550 species mostly occurring in the Neotropics, but with a few species in the Nearctic and some others in Asia and Australasia. The list is incomplete.

Winged-stem passion flower (Passiflora alata)

Passiflora aurantia

Two flowered passion flower (Passiflora biflora)

Lemon-yellow passion flower, Passiflora citrina

Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)

Wild water lemon Passiflora foetida

Passiflora glandulosa

Water lemon (Passiflora laurifolia)

Sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)

Passiflora racemosa

Passiflora rubra

Passiflora pittieri

Species

• ‡ Passiflora actinia Hook.[1]
• Passiflora adenopoda DC.
• Passiflora affinis Engelm.
• ‡ Passiflora alata Curtis – winged-stem passion flower, ouvaca
• ¶ Passiflora altebilobata Hemsl.
• ‡ Passiflora ambigua Hemsl. ex Hook.f.
• Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan
• Passiflora amoena L.K.Escobar
• ‡ Passiflora ampullacea Harms
• Passiflora andina (H.Karst.) Killip
• Passiflora anfracta Mast. & André
• ‡ Passiflora antioquiensis H.Karst
• Passiflora arbelaezii L.Uribe
• Passiflora arborea Spreng.
• ‡ Passiflora arida (Mast. & Rose) Killip
• ¶ Passiflora aurantia G.Forst.
• ¶ Passiflora aurantioides (K. Schum.) Krosnick
• Passiflora auriculata Kunth
• Passiflora biflora Lam. – two-flowered passion flower
• Passiflora bogotensis Benth
• Passiflora brachyantha L.K.Escobar
• Passiflora bryonioides Kunth – cupped passion flower
• ‡ Passiflora caerulea L. – blue passion flower, common passion flower
• Passiflora capsularis L. – red granadilla
• Passiflora ciliata Aiton – fringed passionflower
• Passiflora cincinnata Mast.
• ¶ Passiflora cinnabarina Lindl.
• Passiflora cirrhiflora A.Juss.
• Passiflora citrina J.M.MacDougal – lemon-yellow passion flower
• Passiflora clypeophylla
• Passiflora coactilis Killip
• ‡ Passiflora coccinea Aubl. – Red granadilla
• ¶ Passiflora cochinchinensis Spreng.
• Passiflora colimensis Mast. & Rose ex Rose
• Passiflora complanata J.M.MacDougal in edit
• Passiflora coriacea Juss.
• ‡ Passiflora cumbalensis Harms
• Passiflora cuneata Willd.
• ¶ Passiflora cupiformis Mast.
• Passiflora cuspidifolia Harms
• Passiflora deidamioides Harms
• Passiflora deltoifolia Holm-Niels. & J.E.Lawesson
• Passiflora dolichocarpa Killip
• Passiflora discophora P.Jørg. & J.E.Lawesson
• ¶ Passiflora eberhardtii Gagnep.
• Passiflora edmundoi Sacco
• † Passiflora edulis Sims – passion fruit, maracujá, parcha (Puerto Rico), wal dodam (Sinhalese), yellow granadilla, likkoi, marucuyá
• Passiflora eggersii Harms
• Passiflora eichleriana Mast.
• Passiflora eglandulosa
• Passiflora exsudans Zucc.
• ‡ Passiflora foetida L. – stinking passion flower, foetid passion flower, wild maracujá, running pop
• Passiflora fruticosa Killip
• Passiflora galbana Masters
• Passiflora gardneri Masters
• Passiflora gibertii N. E. Br.
• Passiflora glandulosa Cav.
• Passiflora goniosperma Killip
• Passiflora gracillima Killip
• Passiflora guatemalensis S. Wats.
• Passiflora haematostigma Mast.
• Passiflora hahnii Mast.
• Passiflora harlingii Holm-Niels.
• ¶ Passiflora henryii Hemsl.
• ‡¶ Passiflora herbertiana Ker Gawl. – native passionfruit
• Passiflora hirtiflora P.Jørg. & Holm-Niels.
• ¶ Passiflora hollrungii K.Schum.
• Passiflora holosericea L.
• Passiflora hyacinthiflora Planch. & Linden
• ‡ Passiflora incarnata L. – maypop, purple passion flower, ocoee (Cherokee)
• Passiflora indecora Kunth
• Passiflora insignis Hook.
• Passiflora jamesonii L.H.Bailey
• Passiflora jatunsachensis M.Schwerdtfeger
• ¶ Passiflora jiangfengensis S.M.Hwang and Q.Huang
• Passiflora jorullensis Kunth.
• ¶ Passiflora jugorum W.W.Sm.
• Passiflora juliana
• Passiflora kermesina Link & Otto
• ¶ Passiflora kuranda Krosnick
• ¶ Passiflora kwangtungensis Merr.
• Passiflora lanata Poir.
• Passiflora lancifolia
• † Passiflora laurifolia L. – water lemon, Jamaican honeysuckle
• ¶ Passiflora leschenaultii DC.
• † Passiflora ligularis A.Juss. – sweet granadilla
• Passiflora linda Panero
• Passiflora lindeniana Planch. ex Triana & Planch.
• Passiflora loefgrenii Vitta
• Passiflora loxensis Killip & Cuatrec.
• Passiflora lutea L. – yellow passion flower
• Passiflora luzmarina P.Jørg.
• Passiflora macdougaliana S.Knapp & J.Mallet
• Passiflora macfadyenii
• Passiflora macrophylla Spruce ex Mast. – tree passion flower
• Passiflora macvaughiana
• † Passiflora maliformis L. – sweet calabash
• Passiflora manicata (Juss.) Pers.
• Passiflora membranacea Benth.
• Passiflora menispermifolia Kunth
• Passiflora microstipula L.E.Gilbert & J.M.MacDougal
• Passiflora miersii Mast.
• Passiflora miniata Vanderpl.
• Passiflora misera Kunth
• ‡ Passiflora mixta L.f.
• ¶ Passiflora moluccana Reinw. ex Blume
• Passiflora monadelpha P.Jørg. & Holm-Niels.
• Passiflora montana
• Passiflora morifolia Mast. – blue sweet calabash, woodland passion flower
• Passiflora mucronata Lam.
• Passiflora multiflora L.– whiteflower passionflower
• Passiflora murucuja L.
• ¶ Passiflora napalensis Wall.
• ‡ Passiflora nitida Kunth.– bell apple
• Passiflora obtusifolia
• Passiflora odontophylla Harms ex Glaz.
• Passiflora oerstedii Mast.
• Passiflora organensis Gardner
• Passiflora ovalis Vell.
• Passiflora palenquensis Holm-Nielsen & Lawesson
• Passiflora pallens Poepp. ex Masters– pineland passionflower
• Passiflora pallida
• ¶ Passiflora papilio H.L.Li
• Passiflora pardifolia Vanderpl.
• Passiflora pectinata Griseb.
• Passiflora penduliflora Bert. ex DC.
• ¶ Passiflora perakensis Hallier f.
• ‡ Passiflora pergrandis Holm-Nielsen & Lawesson
• Passiflora picturata Ker Gawl.
• Passiflora pilosa Ruiz & Pavon ex DC.
• † Passiflora pinnatistipula Cav.
• Passiflora pittieri Mast.
• Passiflora platyloba Killip
• Passiflora pohlii Mast.
• Passiflora popenovii Killip
• Passiflora punctata L.
• Passiflora pusilla J.M.MacDougal
• Passiflora pyrrhantha Harms
• † Passiflora quadrangularis L. – giant granadilla, giant tumbo, badea
• Passiflora quetzal J.M.MacDougal
• Passiflora racemosa Brot.
• Passiflora reflexiflora Cav.
• Passiflora retipetala Mast.
• Passiflora rhamnifolia Mast.
• Passiflora roseorum Killip
• Passiflora rubra L.
• Passiflora sanctae-barbarae Holm-Nielsen & Jørgensen
• Passiflora sanguinolenta Mast.
• ‡ Passiflora schlimiana Triana & Planch.
• ‡ Passiflora seemannii Griseb.
• Passiflora sexocellata
• Passiflora sexflora Juss. – goatsfoot
• Passiflora serratifolia L.
• ‡ Passiflora serratodigitata L.
• Passiflora setacea DC.
• ¶ Passiflora siamica Craib
• Passiflora sicyoides Schlecht. & Cham.
• Passiflora smilacifolia J.M.MacDougal
• Passiflora sodiroi Harms
• Passiflora speciosa Gardner
• Passiflora sprucei Mast.
• Passiflora suberosa L. – corky-stemmed passion flower
• Passiflora subpeltata Ortega – white passion flower
• Passiflora subpurpurea Jørgensen & Holm-Nielsen
• ¶ Passiflora sumatrana Blume
• † Passiflora tarminiana Coppens & V.Barney – banana passion flower, curuba India, curuba ecuatoriana, banana pōka (Hawaiʻi), curuba quiteña (Colombia), tacso amarillo (Ecuador)
• Passiflora telesiphe Knapp & Mallet
• ¶ Passiflora tetrandra Banks & Sol. ex DC
• Passiflora tenuifila Killip
• Passiflora tenuiloba
• Passiflora tica Gómez-Laurito & L.D.Gómez
• ¶ Passiflora tonkinensis W.J.de Wilde
• Passiflora trialata Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal
• Passiflora tridactylites
• Passiflora trinervia (Juss.) Poir
• Passiflora trinifolia
• Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir
  • † Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima
• Passiflora trisecta Mast.
• Passiflora trochlearis Jørgensen
• Passiflora tulae Urb.
• Passiflora ulmeri Schwerdtfeger
• Passiflora umbilicata (Griseb.) Harms
• Passiflora urbaniana Killip
• Passiflora vellozii Gardner
• Passiflora viridescens L.K. Escobar
• Passiflora viridiflora
• † Passiflora vitifolia Kunth
• Passiflora xiikzodz
• ¶ Passiflora xishuangbannaensis Krosnick
• Passiflora yucatanensis Killip
• Passiflora zamorana Killip

Passiflora × decaisneana

Horticultural hybrids

• Passiflora ×allardii Lynch (P. caerulea × quadrangularis)
• Passiflora ×belotii Pépin (P. alata × caerulea)
• Passiflora ×colvillii Sweet (P. incarnata × caerulea)
• Passiflora ×decaisneana G.Nicholson (P. alata × quadrangularis)
• Passiflora ×exoniensis Mast. (P. antioquiensis × tripartita var. mollissima)
• Passiflora ×kewensis Nicholson (P. caerulea × kermesina)
• Passiflora ×lawsoniana Mast. (P. alata × racemosa)
• Passiflora ×loudonii Loudon (P. racemosa × kermesina)
• Passiflora ×smythiana Mast. (P. manicata × tripartita var. mollissima)
• Passiflora ×violacea Loisel. (P. racemosa × caerulea)

Footnotes

† - principal culinary species fide Ulmer and MacDougall[1]

‡ - other species with edible fruits fide Ulmer and MacDougall[1]

¶ - Old World species fide Krosnick[2]

External links

• Feuillet & MacDougal, Checklist of Recognized Species Names of Passion Flowers, Passiflora 12(2): 41-43 (2002)

References

1. Torsten Ulmer and John Mochrie MacDougal, Passiflora: passionflowers of the world (2004)
2. Shawn Elizabeth Krosnick, Ph.D. thesis, Phylogenetic relationships and patterns of morphological evolution in the Old World species of Passiflora (subgenus Decaloba: supersection Disemma and subgenus Tetrapathaea)