Passiflora rubra Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 956. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Passifloraceae
Passiflora
Plantae
Malpighiales
Tracheophyta
species
rubra
Passiflora rubraLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 956. 1753.
"Habitat in Jamaica, Dominica, Martinica, Cayenne." RCN: 6927.
Type not designated.
Original material: [icon] in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amer.: 68, t. 83. 1693.
Note:Killip (in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.19: 219. 1938) indicated 1070.8 (LINN) as the type, but as this material was collected by Patrick Browne and was not received by Linnaeus until 1758, it cannot be original material for the name.