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Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.

Passion flower (Passiflora minima): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

Passion flower (Passiflora suberosa L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate mature fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Passion flower (Passiflora species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

A passion flower (Tacsonia insignis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1873, after W. H. Fitch.

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Passifloraceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Passifloraceae

Works from the collections

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

Passion flower (Passiflora minima): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A passion flower (Tacsonia insignis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1873, after W. H. Fitch.

Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Passifloraceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Passifloraceae

Works from the collections

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

Passion flower (Passiflora minima): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A passion flower (Tacsonia insignis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1873, after W. H. Fitch.

Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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