Passiflora bryonioides explained

Passiflora bryonioides, the cupped passionflower, is a plant in the genus Passiflora, family Passifloraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Guanajuato) and the south-western United States (Arizona).^{[1] [2] [3]}

The plant is an annual, tendril-forming vine up to 2 m tall, with palmately-lobed leaves. Flowers are white with purple stripes along the petals. Fruits are pale green and ovoid.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund, in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, et al., Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 2: 140–141. 1817
2. Web site: SEINet Portal Network - Passiflora bryonioides.
3. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994b. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
4. MacDougal, John M. 2001. Passifloraceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
5. MacDougal, J. M. 1994. Revision of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba section Pseudodysosmia (Passifloraceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 41: 1–146.