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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Passiflora L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 955 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000028296.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 955. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Passiflora

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Psilanthus	(DC.) Juss. ex M.Roem.	–	—	wfo-1000078224
Distephia	Salisb. ex DC.	–	—	wfo-1200110481
Anthactinia	Bory	Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 2: 139 (1819)		wfo-4000002368
Astephananthes	Bory	Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 2: 138 (1819)		wfo-4000003377
Astrophea	Rchb.	Consp. Regn. Veg. : 132 (1828)		wfo-4000003491
Baldwinia	Raf.	Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 267 (1818)		wfo-4000003955
Blephistelma	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 103 (1838)		wfo-4000004797
Ceratosepalum	Oerst.	Amer. Centr. 18, t. 17. 1863.		wfo-4000007382
Cieca	Medik.	Malvenfam. : 97 (1787)		wfo-4000008312
Decaloba	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131 (1846)		wfo-4000010915
Disemma	Labill.	Sert. Austro-Caledon. : 78 (1825)		wfo-4000012164
Distephana	(DC.) Juss. ex M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 132 (1846)		wfo-4000012218
Dysosmia	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 149 (1846)		wfo-4000012835
Erndelia	Neck.	Elem. Bot. 2: 235 (1790)		wfo-4000013913
Granadilla	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754)		wfo-4000016143
Hollrungia	K.Schum.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 212 (1887)		wfo-4000018066
Lortetia	Ser.	Fl. Jard. 2: 147 (1849)		wfo-4000022294
Macrophora	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000022746
Meioperis	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000023542
Monactineirma	Bory	Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 2: 138. 1819.		wfo-4000024612
Murucuia	Tourn. ex Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. (28 Jan 1754)		wfo-4000025008
Odostelma	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 104 (1838)		wfo-4000026622
Pentaria	(DC.) M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 131, 187. 1846.		wfo-4000028629
Peremis	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000028716
Pericodia	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000028751
Poggendorffia	H.Karst.	Linnaea 28: 438. 1857.		wfo-4000030556
Senapea	Aubl.	Hist. Pl. Guiane , Suppl.: 22 (1775)		wfo-4000035050
Synactila	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 104. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000037244
Tacsonia	Juss.	Gen. Pl. : 398 (1789)		wfo-4000037414
Tetrapathaea	(DC.) Rchb.	Consp. Regn. Veg. : 132 (1828)		wfo-4000037949
Tetrastylis	Barb.Rodr.	Rev. Engenh. 4: 260 (1882)		wfo-4000038001
Tripsilina	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000039310
Xerogona	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1836[1838].		wfo-4000040949
Asephananthes	Bory ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 323 (1828)		wfo-4000044868

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Passiflora:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Passiflora acerifolia	hort.	Cf. Darwin, Climb. Plants, ed. I. 154.		wfo-1000081982
Passiflora aculeata	hort. ex Mast.	Journ. Hort. Soc. n.s., iv. (1877) 144.		wfo-0000479985
Passiflora alata	[Dryand.]	Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 306. 1789		wfo-1000081983
Passiflora alato-caerulea	Lindl.	Bot. Reg. 10: t. 848 (1824)		wfo-0001091319
Passiflora alatocaerulea	Lindl.	Bot. Reg. 10: t. 848 (1824)		wfo-0000479950
Passiflora alba-nigra	Parpart ex Regel	Gartenflora 1: 68, t. 8 1852	—	wfo-0001090973
Passiflora albicans	hort. ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 596. 1830; et ex Mast. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S. iv. (1877) 144.		wfo-0000479942
Passiflora allardii	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001240775
Passiflora angulata	Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 354, nomen; Hort. ex Mart. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S. 4: 137 (1877). 1826		wfo-0000479980
Passiflora apiculata	Poepp.	–	—	wfo-0001090671
Passiflora arc-en-ciel	Rafarin	Rev. Hort. 47: 309 1875	—	wfo-0001091131
Passiflora asprantha	Kuethe	Phytotaxa 683(3): 283 (2025)		wfo-1000078319
Passiflora atropurpurea	auct.	Gard. Chron. n.s., 19: 499 1883		wfo-0000479995
Passiflora aurantia	Andrews	Bot. Repos. 5: t. 295. 1803 [Apr-Dec 1803]		wfo-1000081984
Passiflora aurantia f. aurantia	–	–		wfo-0001327261
Passiflora aurantia var. aurantia	–	–		wfo-0001398403
Passiflora azulitensis	M.Molinari & Kuethe	Phytotaxa 663(2): 79 (2024)		wfo-1000071071
Passiflora bakhuisensis	Vanderpl. & Boender	Bot. Mag. 40(1): 60 2023		wfo-1000061640
Passiflora banksii var. banksii	–	–		wfo-0001398420
Passiflora barclayi	(Seem.) Drake	Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 175. 1890		wfo-1000081985
Passiflora belottii	hort. ex Moore & Ayres	Gard. Mag. Bot. 1: 9 (1850)		wfo-0000479846
Passiflora biflora	Dombey ex Triana & Planch.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 17: 156. 1873		wfo-1000081986
Passiflora bilobata	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 78. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]		wfo-1000078189
Passiflora bolstadtii	Dusén	Archiv. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro xiii. 50 (1905).		wfo-1000081964
Passiflora brachystephana	F.Muell. ex Benth.	Fl. Austral. 3: 312. 1867 [5 Jan 1867]		wfo-1000081965
Passiflora brasiliensis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 274, sphalm.		wfo-0001355094
Passiflora brighami	S.Watson	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 473. 1887		wfo-1000081966
Passiflora buonapartea	W.H.Baxter	Suppl. Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 603. 1850; Hort. ex Mast. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S.iv. (1877) 145. ; third additional suppl. to Loudon's Hortus Britannicus published in new ed. [4], cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. iii.'.		wfo-0000479868
Passiflora caerulea	Lour. ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 330. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]		wfo-1000081987
Passiflora campestris	Barb.Rodr.	Pl. Mattogross. 25, pl. 9. 1898		wfo-0000480001
Passiflora cana	J.M.MacDougal	Phytotaxa 697(2): 198 (2025)		wfo-1000080882
Passiflora caponii	Beckett	J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 85: 185 (1960)		wfo-0000479853
Passiflora capsularis	Lam.	Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3(1): 36. 1789 [19 Oct 1789]		wfo-1000081988
Passiflora chaskajina	Kuethe & Balderrama	Phytotaxa 697(2): 172 (2025)		wfo-1000080879
Passiflora chinensis	Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 355; ed. 2, 217. 1826		wfo-0000479827
Passiflora choconiana	S.Watson ex W.T.Brigham	Guatem. (1887) 428, nomen; et in Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. (1887) 474.		wfo-1000081989
Passiflora clibranii	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 142 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001355095
Passiflora coanensis	Planch. & Linden	–	—	wfo-0001090681
Passiflora coccinea	Sol. ex Benth.	Fl. Austral. 3: 312. 1867 [5 Jan 1867]		wfo-1000081990
Passiflora cocuyensis	Kuethe, M.Molinari & Vecchia	Phytotaxa 663(2): 85 (2024)		wfo-1000071073
Passiflora coerulea	Auct.	not_stated		wfo-1000081967
Passiflora colvillii	Sweet	News Lit. Fashion 3: 94. 1825 [Aug 1825] ; addit. publ.: Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 126. Oct 1825.		wfo-0001090995
Passiflora cumbalensis var. sparrei	(Holm-Niels.) Holm-Niels.	Fl. Ecuador 31(126): 76. 1988		wfo-1200113327
Passiflora cupuliformis	Mast. ex Hemsl.	Kew Bull. : 17 1908	—	wfo-0001091057
Passiflora decaisneana	G.Nicholson	Fl. Serres 8: 267 (1853)		wfo-0000479911
Passiflora decaisneana	Planch.	Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 267 1853		wfo-1200068949
Passiflora dendroidea	Kuethe & Cornejo	Phytotaxa 697(2): 150 (2025)		wfo-1000080876
Passiflora dica	Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez	Phytologia 49: 56. 1981		wfo-1000081968
Passiflora elata	Fisch.	Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki ed. 2, 32, sphalm. 1812		wfo-1000081969
Passiflora exoniensis	(R.T.Veitch ex Mast.) L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2485 (1916)		wfo-0000746070
Passiflora fieldiana	Tillett ex Vanderpl.	Bot. Mag. 40(3): 353 2023		wfo-0001040387
Passiflora fieldii	G.W.Johnson	Dict. Modern Gardening 420 1847	—	wfo-0001091405
Passiflora fieldii	Lindl.	Gard. Chron. 1843: 553 1843	—	wfo-0001091027
Passiflora filamentosa	hort. ex Spin	Jard. St. Sebastien [1818 Ed.] 30. 1818		wfo-1200113328
Passiflora fimbristipula	Harms	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(46): 11 1894	—	wfo-0000479899
Passiflora foetida	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 86. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]		wfo-1200113329
Passiflora foetida var. santiagana	Killip	–		wfo-0001402794
Passiflora fragrans	Regel	Cat. Hort. Aksakov. (1860) 104; et ex Mast. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S. iv.(1877) 145.		wfo-0000479884
Passiflora gossypiifolia	Lindl.	Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1634. 1833		wfo-1200113330
Passiflora gracilis	J.Jacq.	Ecl. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 168. 1844 [Mar-Dec 1844]		wfo-1200113331
Passiflora guatemalensis	S.Watson ex W.T.Brigham	Guatem. (1887) 428; et in Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. (1887) 473.		wfo-1200113332
Passiflora guyanensis	Annonay	Gaz. Jard. 56: 2 (2004)		wfo-0000480184
Passiflora herbertiana var. herbertiana	–	–		wfo-0001398442
Passiflora heyneana	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1233. 1829		wfo-0000480190
Passiflora hircina	Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 354; Hort. ex Mast. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S. 4: 146 (1877). 1826		wfo-0000480201
Passiflora hispida	DC.	–		wfo-1200113333
Passiflora hullitii	Ed.Otto	Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 29: 56 1873	—	wfo-0001091298
Passiflora hybrida	Nees	Samml. Schönbl. Gew. : 85, t. 36 (1831)		wfo-0000480193
Passiflora incarnata	Ker Gawl.	Bot. Reg. 4: t. 332. 1818		wfo-1000078211
Passiflora innesii	Mast.	Gard. Chron. 1870: 891 (1870)		wfo-0000480197
Passiflora justinianoi	Kuethe	Phytotaxa 691(2): 181 (2025)		wfo-1000079271
Passiflora kewensis	auct.	Jardin 1888: 201 1888		wfo-0000480158
Passiflora kyathantha	Kuethe & H.Garzón	Phytotaxa 697(2): 159 (2025)		wfo-1000080878
Passiflora lambertii	hort. ex Mast.	Journ. Hort. Soc. n.s., iv. (1877) 146 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000480160
Passiflora lanceolata	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 3: 54. 1834 [8-15 Nov 1834]		wfo-1200113334
Passiflora lemicheziana	Mast.	J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 146 (1877)		wfo-0000480240
Passiflora lobbii subsp. charazanica	Kuethe & A.Fuentes	Phytotaxa 691(2): 184 (2025)		wfo-1200111832
Passiflora loudoniana	hort. ex Jacques & Hérincq	Man. Gén. Pl. 1: 685 1846		wfo-1000057555
Passiflora loudonii	Atkins ex W.H.Baxter & G.Don	Hort. Brit. (ed. 3) 654 1839	—	wfo-0001091002
Passiflora loudonii	Loudon	Encyc. Pl. 1234; Hort. ex Mast. in Journ. Hort. Soc. N. S. iv. (1877) 146.		wfo-0000480261
Passiflora lunata	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 80. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]		wfo-1000078222
Passiflora lutea	Ruiz & Pav. ex Mast.	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 44. 1883 [1884 publ. 1883]		wfo-1000078221
Passiflora maculata	Donn	Hort. Cantabrig., ed. 13. 436. 1845		wfo-1200113335
Passiflora maliformis	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 73. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]		wfo-1000078214
Passiflora manora	J.Scott	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 202. 1864 [1865 publ. 1864]		wfo-0000480220
Passiflora mariaelvirae	Cruz Aroz. & García-Beltrán	Cat. Plantas de Cuba 908 (2024)		wfo-1000077136
Passiflora marryattae	G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. Suppl.: 583. 1901		wfo-1000035176
Passiflora mediterrana	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 72. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]		wfo-1000081970
Passiflora mucronata	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 209. 1894 as muchronata		wfo-1000081991
Passiflora munroii	Mast.	Gard. Chron. 1868: 1288 (1868)		wfo-0001090959
Passiflora muricinea	Mill.	Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 6 Passiflora no. 14 1771	—	wfo-0001090997
Passiflora murucuja	Billb. ex Beurl.	Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1854 (1856) 131.		wfo-1000081992
Passiflora myriadenia	Lem.	Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 8 (-9). 1845 ; see also, 1(2): 43, t. 5, fig. E1 (1846).		wfo-0000480088
Passiflora myriadenia	Van Houtte	Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 8 (-9). 1845 ; also listed in Icon. Bot. Index [Pritzel] 1: 806 (1855)		wfo-0000480077
Passiflora natalensis	G.L.Silva & Mezzonato	Acta Bot. Brasil. 38-e20230282: 3 (2024)		wfo-1000077592
Passiflora nemorosa	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 164 (1897).		wfo-0000480074
Passiflora neumannii	A.Cels & J.F.Cels	Ann. Fl. Pomone 1837–38: 251 (1838).		wfo-0000480073
Passiflora neumannii	Paxton	Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15(180): 270, cum t. 1849 [Jan 1849]		wfo-0000480076
Passiflora nipensis	Britton & Urb.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 41, descr. 1925		wfo-1000081993
Passiflora occidentalis	J.M.MacDougal & Hernández, Alexandra	–	—	wfo-0001034660