Passifloraceae — Details

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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.
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Passifloraceae

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Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 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

Subfamily Malesherbioideae

Subfamily Passifloroideae

Tribe Paropsieae
Tribe Passifloreae

Subfamily Turneroideae

Excluded genera

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  1. ^ a b c d "Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel, nom. cons.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?829. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  2. ^ "GRIN Genera of Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?829. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  3. ^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Passifloraceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnothlist.pl?829. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
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