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Accession Data:

Passiflora biflora Lam.

  • subg. Decaloba sect. Decaloba

  • Common Name: Two Flower Passionflower
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela

  • Description: Vine. Flowers green-yellow. Leaves triangular with two lines of egg mimic spots.

    Larval foodplant for the butterflies Agraulis vanillae, Dryadula phaetusa, Dryas iula, Heliconia charithonia and H.erato.

  • USDA Zone: 8a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800107
  • Source: Dave Wagner
  • Accession Date: 07-14-1998
  • Bench: 1316 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 01-09-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Passifloraceae
  • SubFamily: Passifloroideae
  • Tribe: Passifloreae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
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References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology

References (external):

  1. Manual de las Plantas de Costa Rica
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, October 05, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:03:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Passiflora biflora

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Passifloraceae

Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae

  • Adenia globosa
  • Adenia repanda
  • Passiflora biflora
  • Passiflora boenderi
  • Passiflora coriacea
  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple'
  • Passiflora incarnata
  • Passiflora lutea
  • Passiflora misera
  • Passiflora pardifolia
  • Passiflora racemosa
  • Passiflora suberosa
  • Passiflora trifasciata

Subfamily Turneroideae

  • Turnera ulmifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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