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Magnoliopsida
Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:707
Specimens with Sequences:762
Specimens with Barcodes:598
Species:266
Species With Barcodes:261
Public Records:584
Public Species:251
Public BINs:0
Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.[1] They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions.
The family takes its name from the passion flower genus (Passiflora) which includes the edible passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) as well as garden plants such as Maypop and Running Pop.
The former Cronquist system of classification placed this family in the order Violales, but under more modern classifications systems such as that proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, this is absorbed into the Malpighiales.
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Genera[edit]
Subfamily Malesherbioideae[edit]
- Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav.
Subfamily Passifloroideae[edit]
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Subfamily Turneroideae[edit]
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Excluded genera[edit]
- Abatia Ruiz & Pav. → Salicaceae
- Aphaerema Miers → Salicaceae[4]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b c d "Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel, nom. cons.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "GRIN Genera of Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
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Mainly herbs or climbers with tendrils, some shrubs and trees. Stipules present or 0. Conspicuous false stipules present in our species of Basananthe. Leaves alternate. Tendrils either axillary or at apex of flowering peduncle or 0. Flowers bisexual, unisexual or polygamous, actinomorphic. Calyx tube present. Petals present or 0. Corona usually present, ring-shaped, simple or double, tubular and often fimbriate at the apex. Stamens 5, rarely 6-10 or many. Ovary superior with 3-5(-6) carpels, 1-locular. Fruit a berry or a capsule.