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Passiflora kermesina

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. kermesina
Binomial name
Passiflora kermesina
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Passiflora kermesina (syn. Passiflora raddiana DC.) is a native ornamental plant of Brazil, which is found in the wild in Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation. In addition, this plant is cited in The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany 1837-1840 by G.B. Knowles and Frederic Westcott. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 644 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1887 × 1758 pixel, file size: 406 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Passiflora kermesina, own collection File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Passifloraceae Categories: Stub | Plant families | Malpighiales ... Species Passiflora amalocarpa Passiflora amethystina Passiflora aurantia Passiflora caerulea Passiflora capsularis Passiflora edulis Passiflora foetida Passiflora helleri Passiflora holosericea Passiflora incarnata Passiflora karwinskii Passiflora mucronata Passiflora murucuja Passiflora tenuifila Passiflora tulae Passiflora vitifolia Passiflora yucatanensis Passion flower refers to vines in the genus Passiflora—flowering plants known for their... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Look up Synonym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A. P. de Candolle A. P. de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was one of the great botanists of all time. ... An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sertão. ... The cerrado (Portuguese: thick, dense) is a vast area of savanna-like grasslands in Brazil. ...


See also

This is a list of plants found in the wild in Caatinga vegetation of Brazil. ... This is a list of plants found in the wild in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. ...

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