Aristolochia grandiflora

Aristolochia grandiflora

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales
Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Aristolochioideae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species: Aristolochia grandiflora

Name

Aristolochia grandiflora Sw., 1788.

Synonyms

Homotypic

• Howardia grandiflora (Sw.) Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 610. 1859.

Heterotypic

• Aristolochia cordiflora Mutis ex Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 149. 1817
• Aristolochia foetens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1824. 1836.
• Aristolochia gigantea Hook., Bot. Mag. 72: t. 4221. 1846.
• Aristolochia gigas Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 60, misc. 51-52. 1842.
• Aristolochia gigas var. sturtevantii W.Watson, Gard. & Forest 4(195): 546. 1891.
• Aristolochia grandiflora var. hookeri Duch., Prodr. 15(1): 473. 1864.
• Aristolochia pichinchensis Pfeifer, Selbyana 2(1): 29, pl. 8A. 1977.
• Aristolochia scandens P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 329. 1756.
• Howardia foetens (Lindl.) Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 610. 1859.
• Howardia gigantea (Mart. & Zucc.) Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 610. 1859.

References

• Sweet 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 126.

• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 20 Jan 2010 [1].

• Aristolochia grandiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Vernacular names

English: pelicanflower