Passiflora caerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Passiflora caerulea L.

Typus: Brasil: Minas Gerais, Caldas (Pedra Branca), Regnell III 636, s/data (K).

Homotypic
- Delocaba caerulea (Lam.) (1783)
- Granadilla caerulea (L.) Medik., Malv. 96 (1787).
- Passiflora caerulea Lour. ex DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 3: 330 (1828).
Heterotypic
- Passiflora caerulea var. alba Robinson in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 26: 20 (1884)
- Passiflora caerulea var. angustifolia G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 53 (1834)
- Passiflora caerulea var. glauca Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872)
- Passiflora caerulea var. glaucophylla G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 270 (1830)
- Passiflora caerulea var. grandiflora L.H.Bailey in Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1222 (1901)
- Passiflora caerulea var. imbricata Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872)
- Passiflora caerulea var. regnellii Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872)
- Passiflora chinensis Mast. in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877)
- Passiflora granadilla Gaterau in Desc. Pl. Montauban: 157 (1789)
- Passiflora hartwiesiana Mast. in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877)
- Passiflora loureiroi G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 54 (1834)
- Passiflora mayana H.J.Veitch ex Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 81 (1845)
- Passiflora selloi Dehnh. in Rivista Napol. 1(2): 180 (1841)
- Passiflora stenophylla Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 85 (1824)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional:Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
- Regional:Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional:Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Introduced into:
  - Albania, Azores, Bangladesh, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Madeira, Nepal, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Queensland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) 2017. Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: Dicotyledoneae-Celastrales, Cucurbitales, Fagales, Malpighiaceae, Oxalidales. San Isidro: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, 434 pp. ISBN 978-987-45957-7-5. JSTOR . Online version. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Passiflora caerulea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Passiflora caerulea. Published online. Accessed: March 05 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Passiflora caerulea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 05. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Passiflora caerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 March 2025. Reference page.