Aristolochia cucurbitifolia

Aristolochia cucurbitifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Aristolochioideae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species: Aristolochia cucurbitifolia

Name

Aristolochia cucurbitifolia Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 137 (1915).

• Type: Taiwan: Kagi: Baiako. Leg. T. Kawakami, 1909-04.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Isotrema cucurbitifolium (Hayata) X.X.Zhu, S.Liao & J.S.Ma, Phytotaxa 401(1): 9 (2019).

Note:: Accepted as Isotrema cucurbitifolium by COL and GBIF.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Taiwan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hayata, B. 1915. Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. Vol. 5. 358 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Zhu, X.-X., Li, X.-Q., Liao, S., Du, C., Wang, Y., Wang, Z.-H., Yan, J., Zuo, Y.-J. & Ma, J.-S. 2019. Reinstatement of Isotrema, a new generic delimitation of Aristolochia subgen. Siphisia (Aristolochiaceae). Phytotaxa 401(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.401.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Aristolochia cucurbitifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Aristolochia cucurbitifolia. Published online. Accessed: 25. March 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 瓜葉馬兜鈴, 青香木
中文（简体）: 瓜叶马兜铃, 黄藤, 青木香

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