Passiflora xishuangbannaensis
Passiflora xishuangbannaensis is a passion flower vine in the genus Passiflora that is endemic to Yunnan, China. It is a glabrous, 1–3 metres (3–10 ft) long vine with strongly two-lobed leaves. The green and yellow flowers are 3.2–3.8 centimetres (1 1⁄3–1 1⁄2 in) in diameter when fully open, one or two flowers per node. It grows in wet and open sunny or shaded areas at 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). It was described in 2005 by Shawn E. Krosnick.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. xishuangbannaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Passiflora xishuangbannaensis Krosnick | |
References
- "Original paper published in Novon magazine" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- "Passiflora xishuangbannaensis at www.efloras.org". Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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