Image © 2026 Myles Irvine

Passiflora wilsonii

Decaloba, Octandranthus
Myanmar, China, Laos, Vietnam. 1908
Min 10°C 50°F

Passiflora wilsonii, pictured here in flower at Kew Gardens, is a quite rare Asian Passiflora. Found in evergreen forests and lower montane oak forests at 1,200–1,500 m alt. Maurizio Vecchia notes that it was named in honour of William Wilson (1799–1871) He was a pioneering British bryologist renowned for his systematic study of mosses, particularly those native to Great Britain and Ireland.