Aristolochiaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Aristolochieae

Aristolochia gigantea Mart. & Zucc.

Description: 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}

Accession # 200201892
Source: Doug Goldman - Cornell
Provenance: Plant from Doug Goldman (Cornell). This clone is supposedly a South American clone with true 'giant' flowers up to 18" in length. Older accession in our collections may presumably be a smaller flowered Central American Clone as its flowers only reach a maximum of 6 inches in length.
Accession Date: 09-09-2002
Bench: 1103 - 1100 - W Bench
Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-21-2008

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}