Passiflora

The Spanish Christian missionaries to South America in the 15th-16th centuries interpreted the various structures of the plant as symbolic of Jesus Christ and his crucifixion and called it the Passion Flower. For decades, it was erroneously known worldwide as Passiflora coccinea Aubl. but found to be a different species from the true P. coccinea by John Vanderplank in 2006 who correctly described and published its new name as P. miniata Vanderplank. In my garden, looking very attractive!
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