Passiflora subg. Astrophea is a group of Passiflora species that are lianas, shrubs and trees found in South America.
Taxonomy It was first published as Passiflora sect. Astrophea by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1822.Passiflora sect. Astrophea DC. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved January 9, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/306839-2 The lectotype is Passiflora glauca.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-w). Passiflora sect. Astrophea DC. Tropicos. Retrieved January 9, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/24200584 It was elevated to the subgenus Passiflora subg. Astrophea published by Maxwell T. Masters in 1871.Masters, M. T. (1871). XIX. Contributions to the Natural History of the Passifloraceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, (4), 593-645.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-x). Passiflora subg. Astrophea (DC.) Mast. Tropicos. Retrieved January 9, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/24200629 Species Supersection Section Series Image Scientific name Distribution Astrophea AstropheaPassiflora araguensisVenezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, and Miranda)Passiflora arborea Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Cajamarca)Passiflora callistemma Colombia (Bolívar)Passiflora caucaense Colombia (Cauca department)Passiflora emarginata Colombia (Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Tolima, Valle del Cauca)Passiflora engleriana Colombia (Antioquia and Cundinamarca)Passiflora frutescens Peru (Huánuco)Passiflora lindeniana Colombia (Norte de Santander), Venezuela (Aragua, Falcón, and Mérida)Passiflora macrophylla Colombia (Antioquia and Chocó), Ecuador (Bolívar, Cañar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Napo, Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas), Panama (Darién)Passiflora ocanensis Colombia (Norte de Santander)Passiflora ovataColombia (Magdalena), French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana, Venezuela (Bolívar)Passiflora pubera Colombia (Antioquia, Huila, Magdalena, Santander, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca)Passiflora putumayensis Colombia (Caquetá), Ecuador (Napo and Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Amazonas and Pasco)Passiflora schultzeiColombia (Cundinamarca)Passiflora sphaerocarpa Colombia (Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle de Cauca)Passiflora tica Colombia (Antioquia and Chocó), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, San José), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Colón, Darién, Panamá, San Blas) CapreolataPassiflora cauliflora Colombia (Amazonas and Vichada), Ecuador (Napo), Peru (Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali), Venezuela (Amazonas)Passiflora ceratocarpa Brazil (Maranhão and Pará)Passiflora cerradensisBrazil (Mato Grosso)Passiflora faroana Brazil (Amazonas, Maranhão, and Pará)Passiflora haughtii Colombia (Santander)Passiflora hexagonocarpaBrazil (Rondônia and Amazonas)Passiflora jussieui French GuianaPassiflora maguirei Guyana (Mazaruni-Potaro), Venezuela (Amazonas)Passiflora mariquitensis Colombia (Tolima)Passiflora mutisii ColombiaPassiflora nuriensis Venezuela (Bolívar)Passiflora pittieriBelize (Toledo), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Tolima), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas), Guatemala (Izabal), Nicaragua (Atlántico Sur and Río San Juan), Panama (Chiriquí, Colón, Darién, Panamá, San Blas, Veraguas)Passiflora quelchii Guyana (Rupununi) and Suriname (Sipaliwini) Passiflora tina Ecuador (Esmeraldas and Pichincha) LeptopodaPassiflora leptopoda Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima), Guyana (Runpununi), Suriname (Sipaliwini) Passiflora plumosa French Guiana (Sommet Tabulaire) Pseudoastrophea PseudoastropheaPassiflora alliaceaBrazil (Rio de Janeiro)Passiflora candida Brazil (Amazonas and Pará), French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana (Essequibo)Passiflora cardonae Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas)Passiflora chlorina Brazil (Mina Gerais)Passiflora cirrhipesPeru (San Martín)Passiflora costataBrazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Guyana (Essequibo and Mazaruni-Potaro), Peru (Amazonas and Loreto); Suriname (Brokopondo, Coronie, Sipaliwini districts), Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar)Passiflora deficiens Guyana (Mazaruni-Potaro)Passiflora elliptica Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro)Passiflora grandis Colombia (Norte de Santander)Passiflora haematostigma Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)Passiflora kawensis French Guiana (Cayenne)Passiflora mansoi Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Rio Grande do Sul)Passiflora pentagona Brazil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro)Passiflora phaeocaula Colombia (Guainía), Brazil (Amazonas)Passiflora rhamnifolia Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro)Passiflora sclerophylla Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar)Passiflora skiantha Ecuador (Orellana) and Peru (Loreto)Passiflora tessmannii Ecuador (Sucumbíos), Peru (Loreto and San Martín) Passiflora trochlearis Ecuador (Pichincha)Passiflora venosa Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz)Passiflora vescoi French Guiana (Cacao) Botryastrophea BotryastropheaPassiflora aurantiflorescentis VenezuelaPassiflora holtii Brazil (Amazonas and Goiás), Colombia (Guainía and Vaupés), Peru (Lorento), Venezuela (Amazonas) Passiflora pyrrhantha Colombia (Guaviare), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Amazonas, Loreto and San Martín), Venezuela (Amazonas, Mérida and Táchira)Passiflora rusbyi Bolivia (Pando), Brazil (Acre and Amazonas), Ecuador (Napo)Passiflora securiclata Brazil (Acre and Roraima), Colombia (Caquetá, Meta, and Vichada), Guyana (Essequibo), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Zulia)Passiflora spicata Brazil (Amazonas)Passiflora spinosa Bolivia (Beni and Pando), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Paraíba, Roraima); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Santander), Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe, Napo, Orellana, Morona-Santiago), Peru (Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali), Venezuela (Amazonas) BotryastropheaPassiflora amoena French Guiana and Guyana Passiflora ascidia Venezuela (Bolívar) and Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni)Passiflora balbis Brazil (Roraima and Amazonas), Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni and Essequibo), Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas)Passiflora fuchsiflora Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil (Amapá), Venezuela (Bolívar)Passiflora longiracemosa Brazil (Pará), Guyana (Takutu and Essequibo)Passiflora saulensisFrench Guiana (Saül commune)
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