flor-da-paixão vs maracujá-açú

Passiflora incarnata compared with Passiflora alata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	flor-da-paixão	maracujá-açú
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family same	Passifloraceae	Passifloraceae
Genus same	Passiflora	Passiflora
Species	Passiflora incarnata	Passiflora alata

Evolutionary Relationship

flor-da-paixão and maracujá-açú share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Passiflora.

Conservation Status

flor-da-paixão

NE — Not Evaluated

maracujá-açú

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	flor-da-paixão	maracujá-açú
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

flor-da-paixão

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, Italy, Madagascar, and Pakistan.

maracujá-açú

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador.

flor-da-paixão

The Apricot-vine (Passiflora incarnata) is a species in the genus Passiflora. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil