Passiflora xishuangbannaensis

Passiflora xishuangbannaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. xishuangbannaensis
Binomial name
Passiflora xishuangbannaensis
Krosnick

Passiflora xishuangbannaensis is a species of plant in the Passifloraceae family. It is endemic to Yunnan Province of China. It is a glabrous, 1–3 meters long vine with strongly two-lobed leaves. Green and yellow flowers are 3.2–3.8 centimeters in diameter when fully open, one or two flowers per node. It grows in wet and open sunny or shaded areas at 1200 meters. It was described in 2005 by Shawn E. Krosnick.

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