AristolochiaceaeSubfamily
Tribe Aristolochieae
Subfamily
Tribe Sarumeae
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Aristolochia littoralis Parodi
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- Common Name: Calico Flower
- Family: Aristolochiaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Brazil
- Habitat:
- Description: [syn. Aristolochia elegans M.T. Mast.]
Slender woody climber; leaves triangular-reniform, to 3 inches long; flowers solitary, calyx tube inflated, to 1.5 inches long, yellow-green, limb nearly orbicular, entire, to 3 inches across, white veined with purple outside, rich purple-brown marked with white inside. Botanical Description available on pg 160 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 # 198800141
- Source: RHS
- Accession Date: 12-31-1988
- Bench: 2116 - SW Wall bench
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-12-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Piperales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Aristolochiaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Aristolochieae
- SubTribe:
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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