Passifloraceae
Herbs or shrubs to small trees, mostly lianes, usually climbing with tendrils. Lvs alternate, mostly with deciduous stipules, entire or variously lobed; petiole often glandular. Fls usually solitary or few in cymes, actinomorphic, usually ⚥, sometimes unisexual. Bracts often prominent. Sepals (1)-5, imbricate, free or partially united, often petaloid. Petals usually (3)-5, rarely 0, imbricate, free or nearly so; corona present on receptacle margin, composed of 1 or more rows of thread-like filaments or scales, sometimes merely an annular rim. Stamens (3)-5-(10), alternate with petals; filaments free or fused, sometimes inserted on a gynophore. Ovary superior, 1-locular, sometimes on a gynophore, with 3-(5) parietal placentas; ovules usually numerous. Fr. a capsule or berry. Seeds with pitted testa and fleshy aril, endospermic.
12 genera, c. 600 spp., mostly tropical and subtropical, a few in temperate regions.
