When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.
Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth
This space is for flowers we have recently found and photographed.
Bibliography on Maracuyá, Passiflora quadrangularis L.
Passiflora Foetida at road to Parque Nacional Yaxha, May 5, 2021. Photo by David Arrivillaga
Passiflora foetida is a wild passion fruit native from Central and South America. Its leaves, bracts and petioles are covered by a sticky whitish hairiness, which gives off the characteristic odor. The bracts serve as insect traps and also possess the mechanism to digest the trapped insects to obtain free aminoacids, that’s why it is considered a carnivorous or protocarnivorous plant. Is commonly used as an ornamental plant, but it also has gastronomic and medical applications.
PDF, Articles, Books on Passiflora foetida
AMELA, M. T. and P. S. HOC
1998
Biología floral de Passiflora foetida (Passifloraceae). Revista de Biología Tropical. Vol.46 n.2.
Extraction and characterization of natural cellulosic fiber from Passiflora foetida stem. International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization. Vol. 21, Issue 6.
Passiflora foetida Linn: A complete morphological and phytopharmacological review. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. Vol. 4, No. 1, pages 285 – 296.
SANTOSH, P., VENUGOPL, R., NILAKASH, A. S., KUNJBIHARI, S. and L. MANGALA
2011
Antidepressant activity of methanolic extract of Passiflora foetida leaves in mice. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol. 3, Issue 1.
TANDORO, Yohanes, SRI, Paini, WIBAWA, Tarsisius and Grace SUMARGO
2020
Phytochemical identification and antioxidant activity of Passiflora foetida fruits and leaves extracts: A comparative study. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol. 12, Issue 6.