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Passionflower

Flowering Plants

Passionflower, also called maypop, is a fast-growing climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, known for its intricate blossoms that combine rings of thread-like filaments with a raised central structure. Its name comes from early Spanish missionaries in South America, who saw in the flower's parts symbols of the Passion of Christ. The plant also produces an edible, egg-shaped fruit and has long been used in traditional herbal preparations intended to promote calm.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Passiflora 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Passionflower
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Found In

Aruba

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
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"locality": "Aruba", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Bahamas

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Bahamas", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Bangladesh

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
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"locality": "Bangladesh", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Belize

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Belize", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Bermuda

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Bermuda", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Bolivia

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Bolivia", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Colombia

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Colombia", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Costa Rica

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Costa Rica", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Cuba

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Cuba", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Dominican Republic

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Dominican Republic", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Ecuador

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Ecuador", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
El Salvador

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
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"locality": "El Salvador", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Fiji

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Fiji", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Georgia

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Georgia", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Guatemala

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: PassionflowerDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Guatemala", "source": "The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)"
Sources
1. Passiflora (Wikipedia)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 344586
    Passiflora species are widely cultivated for their striking flowers, flavorful fruits, traditional medicinal uses, and roles in dietary supplements and ayahuasca analogs, with several ornamental hybri
  • Infobox: taxon
    Passiflora
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, and the type genus of the family Passifloraceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ161185, descriptionView the Source
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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Wikidata: Passionflower
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata P171View the Source
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