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Passiflora xishuangbannaensis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Passifloraceae

Higher classification
  
Passion Flower

Order
  
Malpighiales

Genus
  
Passiflora

Rank
  
Species

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Scientific name
  
Passiflora xishuangbannaensis

Similar
  
Passion Flower, Passiflora picturata, Passiflora yucatanensis, Passiflora bryonioides, Passiflora roseorum

Passiflora xishuangbannaensis is a passion flower vine endemic to Yunnan, China. It is a glabrous, 1–3 meters long vine with strongly two-lobed leaves. Green and yellow flowers are 3.2–3.8 centimeters in diameter when fully open, one or two flowers per node. It grows in wet and open sunny or shaded areas at 1200 meters. It was described in 2005 by Shawn E. Krosnick.

References

Passiflora xishuangbannaensis Wikipedia