Passifloraceae

Taxobox
name = Passifloraceae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Passiflora caerulea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Passifloraceae
familia_authority = Juss. ex Kunth
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Adenia"
"Ancistrothyrsus"
"Androsiphonia"
"Barteria"
"Basananthe"
"Crossostemma"
"Deidamia"
"Dilkea"
"Efulensia"
"Hollrungia"
"Mitostemma"
"Paropsia"
"Paropsiopsis"
"Passiflora"
"Schlechterina"
"Smeathmannia"
"Tetrastylis"
"Tryphostemma"
"Viridivia"

Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. 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.

External links

* [http://www.passiflora.org/ The Passiflora Society International]
* [http://www.floridanaturepictures.com/flowers/flowers.html Passiflora Picture Gallery]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/passiflo.htm Passifloraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.passionflow.co.uk/index.htm Passiflora Online]