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Aristolochiaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Aristolochieae

Subfamily
Tribe Sarumeae

W/C = Wild Collected
Aristolochia littoralis Parodi

  • Query IPNI
  • 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 Revision 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: 1325 - NEO:Amazonia C
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-16-2009
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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