PLANTS Profile for Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (banana passionflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.
banana passionflower

Symbol:

PATRM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Passifloraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Photo of Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

Passiflora mollissima

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Colombia, Bogota. Usage Requirements.

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Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

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Synonyms:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

	PAMO5	Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L.H. Bailey		banana passionflower
	TAMO2	Tacsonia mollissima Kunth

Distribution:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, HI)

Related Taxa:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

View 1 genera in Passifloraceae, 46 species in Passiflora, 1 varieties in Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir.

Classification:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Passifloraceae – Passion-flower family
Genus	Passiflora L. – passionflower
Species	Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. – banana poka
Variety	Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg. – banana passionflower

Noxious Weed Information:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Hawaii:
Passiflora mollissima
banana passionfruit, banaba poka		Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

Passiflora mollissima
banana passionfruit
banana poka
bananadilla

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Passiflora tripartita (Juss.) Poir. var. mollissima (Kunth) Holm-Niesen & P.M. Jørg.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 04:55 AM MDT