Passifloraceae
The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.
They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from the passion flower genus which includes the edible passion fruit, as well as garden plants such as maypop and running pop.
Passiflora vines and Dryas iulia have demonstrated evidence of coevolution, in which the plants attempted to stop their destruction from larval feeding by the butterflies, while the butterflies tried to gain better survival for their eggs.
The former Cronquist system of classification placed this family in the order Violales, but under more modern classifications systems such as that proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, this is absorbed into the Malpighiales and the family has been expanded to include the former Malesherbiaceae and Turneraceae.
Genera
Subfamily Malesherbioideae
- Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav.
Subfamily Pibirioideae
- Pibiria Maas
Subfamily Passifloroideae
- Androsiphonia Stapf
- Barteria Hook.f.
- Paropsia Noronha ex Thouars
- Paropsiopsis Engl.
- Viridivia J.H.Hemsl. & Verdc.
- Jongkindia
- Adenia Forssk.
- Ancistrothyrsus Harms
- Basananthe Peyr.
- Crossostemma Planch. ex Benth.
- Deidamia Noronha ex Thouars
- Dilkea Mast.
- Efulensia C.H.Wright
- Mitostemma Mast.
- Passiflora L.
- Schlechterina Harms
Subfamily Turneroideae
- Adenoa Arbo
- Afroqueta Thulin & Razafim
- Arboa Thulin & Razafim
- Erblichia Seem.
- Hyalocalyx Rolfe
- Loewia Urb.
- Mathurina Balf.f.
- Oxossia L. Rocha
- Piriqueta Aubl.
- Stapfiella Gilg
- Streptopetalum Hochst.
- Tricliceras Thonn. ex DC.
- Turnera L.
Excluded genera
- Abatia Ruiz & Pav. → Salicaceae
- Aphaerema Miers → Salicaceae
Phylogeny