Passifloraceae

The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.^[1]

Passifloraceae
Passiflora caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel[1][2]
Subfamilies
Malesherbioideae Pibirioideae Passifloroideae Turneroideae[1]
Synonyms
Malesherbiaceae D.Don, nom. cons. Modeccaceae Horan. Paropsiaceae Dumort. Turneraceae Kunth ex DC., nom. cons.[1]

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 (Passiflora) which includes the edible passion fruit (Passiflora edulis), as well as garden plants such as maypop and running pop.

Passiflora vines and Dryas iulia (among other heliconian butterflies) 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.^[3]

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

Tribe Paropsieae Androsiphonia Stapf Barteria Hook.f. (includes synonym Smeathmannia Sol. ex R.Br.[4]) Paropsia Noronha ex Thouars Paropsiopsis Engl. Viridivia J.H.Hemsl. & Verdc. Tribe Jongkindieae Breteler & F.T.Bakker[5] Jongkindia Breteler & F.T.Bakker Tribe Passifloreae 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.[6]

Excluded genera

• Abatia Ruiz & Pav. → Salicaceae
• Aphaerema Miers → Salicaceae^[7]

Phylogeny

Source:^[8]

	Violaceae
Outgroup
	Malesherbioideae Pibirioideae Turneroideae Passifloroideae