Banana passionfruit

Banana passionfruit
	Passiflora mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Passiflora
Supersection:	Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia; (Juss.) Feuillet & J.M.MacDougal (2003)
Type species
	Passiflora mixta ; Lam.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Poggendorffia H.Karst.; Tacsonia Juss.;

Banana passionfruit (Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia), also known as taxo and curuba, is a group of around 64 Passiflora species found in South America.^[1]^[2] Most species in this section are found in high elevation cloud forest habitats. Flowers have a cylindrical hypanthium.

Species[]

Section	Series	Scientific name	Distribution
Bolivianae			Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz), Peru (Apurimac, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, and La Libertad)
Rathea		Passiflora andina

		Passiflora harlingii

Insignes




		Passiflora pinnatistipula
Tasconiopsis
Tasconiopsis
Trifoliata
Trifoliata
Fimbriatistipula			Colombia (Huila and Cauca)
Fimbriatistipula			Colombia (Putumayo)
Manicata		Passiflora manicata




Parritana			Colombia (Caldas, Tolima, and Risaralda)
Parritana			Colombia (Jardín in Antioquia)
Tacsonia
		Passiflora mixta



Colombiana	Quindiensae
	Quindiensae
	Leptomischae	Passiflora ampullacea
		Passiflora antioquiensis





	Colombianae








Elkhea
		Passiflora brachyantha


		Passiflora jamesonii
		Passiflora linda
		Passiflora loxensis
		Passiflora luzmarina
		Passiflora roseorum
		Passiflora sanctae-barbarae
		Passiflora tarminiana
		Passiflora tripartita
		Passiflora zamorana	Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)

Whole and longitudinally-cut banana passionfruits.

Banana Passionfruit Ceramic. Moche Culture.

Invasive species[]

P. tarminiana and P. tripartita thrive in the climate of New Zealand. They are invasive species since they can smother forest margins and forest regrowth. It is illegal to sell, cultivate and distribute the plants.^[3]

Banana passionfruit vines are now smothering more than 200 square miles (520 km²) of native forest on the islands of Hawaii and Kauai. Seeds are spread by feral pigs, birds and humans.^[4]^[5] The vine can also be found all across the highlands of .^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Ulmer, Torsten (2004). Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-648-5. OCLC 53356535.
^ Schoeniger, Gudrun (1986). La curuba : técnicas para el mejoramiento de su cultivo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: COLCIENCIAS Editora Guadalupe. ISBN 958-608-036-6. OCLC 17106360.
^ "Banana passionfruit | MAF Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16.
^ Smith, Clifford W. "Impact of Alien Plants on Hawai'i's Native Biota". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Service (17 February 2011). "Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States". Retrieved 8 March 2011.

External links[]

Purdue University (United States) - Banana passionfruit
Data related to Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia at Wikispecies

[Ulmer_2004_p.-1] Ulmer, Torsten (2004). Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-648-5. OCLC 53356535.

[Schoeniger_1986_p.-2] Schoeniger, Gudrun (1986). La curuba : técnicas para el mejoramiento de su cultivo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: COLCIENCIAS Editora Guadalupe. ISBN 958-608-036-6. OCLC 17106360.

[3] "Banana passionfruit | MAF Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16.

[4] Smith, Clifford W. "Impact of Alien Plants on Hawai'i's Native Biota". University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

[5] The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Service (17 February 2011). "Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States". Retrieved 8 March 2011.

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