Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Passiflora suberosa
granadilla del monte, uvilla, passion flower, corkystem passionflower, corky passionflower
A large-leaved creeper with brown tendrils. The tiny flowes are bright green, while the ripe fruits are a brilliant purple.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Violales
Family
Passifloraceae
Genus
Passiflora
Species
suberosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Passiflora lineariloba Hook. f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Andersson (1855) as Passiflora linearifolia, Stewart (1911) as Passiflora subrosa.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- McMullen, C.K. (1999) Flowering plants of the Galapagos. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 370 pp.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
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- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
- Lawesson, J.E. (1988) Contributions to the Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Phytologia 65(3): 228-230.
- Fosberg, F. R. (1987) Vegetación inalterada en Fernandina, 1964 Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 66-74
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"Galapagos Species Database, Passiflora suberosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=658. Accessed 21 May 2025.