Passiflora laurifolia L.

Species Plantarum 2: 956 (Linnaeus 1753). — Granadilla laurifolia (L.) Medik ., Ueber einige künstliche Geschlechter aus der Malven-Familie 97: 1787.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Plate 80 from Plumier Description des plantes d’Amérique (Plumier 1693) (lecto-, designated by Rome & Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge 2018) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Introduced from the French West Indies, this species is only anecdotally cultivated in French Guiana.

NOTE

Long confused with Passiflora tinifolia, it is most easily distinguished by green bracts (vs purple in P. tinifolia), however other morphological markers also contribute to the differentiation of both species (Rome et al. 2024).