BACKGROUND Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) is used in traditional medicine of Europe and South America to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizure. Recently, it has shown antianxiety and sedative effects in human. METHODS In this study, anticonvulsant effects of hydro- alcoholic extract of Passiflora, Pasipay, were examined by using pentylentetrazole model (PTZ) on mice. Pasipay, diazepam, a...

We estimated genetic parameters through multivariate analysis of two species of Passiflora and their hybrids, considered of ornamental potential, based on the morphological characteristics: flower diameter, corona diameter, corona filament size, flower peduncle length, petal length and width, sepal length and width, internode length, stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width (mm), and leaf ar...

Human poisoning caused by ingestion of unripe fruit of Passiflora ade/lOpoda is he re reported, apparently for the first time. HCN is pl'Ocluced in the pericarp and aril of tbe unripe fruit, as well as in tbe primary stem, petiole, br;¡cts and stipules but not in tendrils. HCN yield has been reported previously in Passifloraceae only from vegetative parts. The pericarp and arils of complctely r...

These paper deals with 45 taxa, seven of which are new to the Balearic Islands flora: Agrostis capillaris L., Centaurea solstitialis L. Chenopodium strictum Roth, Datura wrigthii Regel, Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. subsp. elatine, Ranunculus xatardii Lapeyr. and Senecio inaequidens DC. On the other hand, six taxa [Catananche caerulea L., Centaurea apula Lam., Filago micropodioides Lange, Legous...

Summary Passiflora bakhuisensis (plate 1056) a new species of L. in subgenus Astrophea (DC.) Mast., supersection Astrophea, section Dolichostemma Killip from Surinam is described; its taxonomy, distribution and cultivation are discussed, key to this related provided. A synopsis supersections Pseudoastrophea (Harms) Feuillet & J. M. MacDougal

When populations occur in ephemeral patches, such as treefall gaps, rapid changes in patch quality may affect colonization processes. I asked what effect patch quality dynamics and propagule dispersal would have on colonization by Passiflora vines that establish in canopy gaps in lowland rainforests of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Passiflora vine recruitment required high patch quality,...