Passiflora antioquiensis, the red banana passionfruit, is a species in the family Passifloraceae. It is native to Colombia and is named for the Antioquia Department in Colombia where the type specimen was collected. It was originally described by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten in 1859.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2] With Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima it was hybridised in the Veitch Nurseries in Exeter, England in the 1870s to yield Passiflora × exoniensis, which has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.[3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. antioquiensis
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References
edit- ^ Ulmer, T., and J.M. MacDougal. 2004. Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 335.
- ^ "Passiflora antioquiensis H. Karst. banana passion fruit". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Passiflora x exoniensis". Roseland.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Passiflora antioquiensis H. Karst. banana passion fruit". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Passiflora × exoniensis Exeter passion flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
External links
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