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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Passifloraceae
| image = Passion_flower.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Passiflora caerulea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = '''Passifloraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] ex [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Adenia]]''<br>''[[Ancistrothyrsus]]''<br>''[[Androsiphonia]]''<br>
''[[Barteria]]''<br>''[[Basananthe]]''<br>''[[Crossostemma]]''<br>
''[[Deidamia (flower)|Deidamia]]''<br>''[[Dilkea]]''<br>''[[Efulensia]]''<br>''[[Hollrungia]]''<br>
''[[Mitostemma]]''<br>''[[Paropsia]]''<br>''[[Paropsiopsis]]''<br>
''[[Passiflora]]''<br>''[[Schlechterina]]''<br>''[[Smeathmannia]]''<br>
''[[Tetrapathaea]]''<br>''[[Tryphostemma]]''<br>''[[Viridivia]]''
}}

'''Passifloraceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants]], containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, [[liana]]s 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]].

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]].

== External links ==
* [http://www.passiflora.org/ The Passiflora Society International]
* [http://www.floridanaturepictures.com/flowers/flowers.html Passiflora Picture Gallery]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/passiflo.htm Passifloraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.passionflow.co.uk/index.htm Passiflora Online]
{{commonscat|Passifloraceae}}

[[Category:Malpighiales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
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