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Aristolochiaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Aristolochieae

Subfamily
Tribe Sarumeae

W/C = Wild Collected
Aristolochia gigantea Mart. & Zucc.

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  • Family: Aristolochiaceae Juss.

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  • Description: Slender woody climber; leaves triangular-reniform, to 3 inches long; flowers solitary, calyx tube oblong-ovoid, to 3 inches long, limb to 20 inches long and 14 inches across, deeply cordate at base.

    Botanical Description available on pg 159 of Revi sion of the North and Central American Hexandrous Species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), Howard W. Pfeifer, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 53, No. 2. (1966), pp. 115-196. {JSTOR archive, subscription may be required}

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500206
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2115 - SW Side bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-12-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Piperales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Aristolochiaceae
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  • Tribe: Aristolochieae
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References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976 Revi sion of the North and Central American Hexandrous Species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), Howard W. Pfeifer, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 53, No. 2. (1966), pp. 115-196. {JSTOR archive, subscription may be required}

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