EPPO Global Database

Petrea volubilis(PWTVO)

Overview
Code created in: 2000-06-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PWTVO
  • Preferred name: Petrea volubilis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

USA (Texas, Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Venezuela to Bolivia and Paraguay, Brazil). Cultivated as an ornamental. Some authors subdivide this species into several


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Petrea arborea Kunth

Common names
Name Language
blue bird vine English
blue jasmine English
purple wreath English
queen's wreath English
sandpaper vine English
Purpurkranz German
liane Saint-Jean French
adelfa Spanish (MX)
adolfino Spanish
corona de la reina Spanish
estrelle azul Spanish
flor de Jésus Spanish
penitente Spanish
Santa Maria Spanish
soltero Spanish
purperkrans Dutch
estrela-azul Portuguese
flor-de-jesus Portuguese
flor-de-santa-maria Portuguese
viuvinha Portuguese