Passifloraceae

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

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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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]

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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.