New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Aristolochia

Aristolochia macrophylla
Aristolochia macrophylla   Lam.  -  Dutchman's Pipe
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Taken by G. A. Kalmbacher.

By Kerry Barringer

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 07/19/2013

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Nomenclature

Aristolochia L., Sp. Pl. 960. 1753. Gen. Pl. 410. 1754. LECTOTYPE: Aristolochia rotunda L. designated by Britton & Brown (1913).

Isotrema Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 102. 1819. Hocquartia Dumort., Comment. Bot. 30. 1822, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Siphisia Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 62. 1828, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Isiphia Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 232. 1830, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Isotrema sipho (L’Hér.) Raf. (=Aristolochia macrophylla Lam.).

Dasyphonion Raf., First cat gard. Transylvania Univ. 13. 1824. TYPE: Dasyphonion tomentosum (Sims) Raf. (=Aristolochia tomentosa Sims)

Endodeca Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 62. 1828. Pistolochia (Raf.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 97. 1839, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Endodeca hastata (Nutt.) Raf. (=Aristolochia serpentaria L.).

Key to the species of Aristolochia

 

List of Aristolochia Species

Aristolochia macrophylla Aristolochia serpentaria Aristolochia clematitis Aristolochia tomentosa

References to Aristolochia

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  • Guedes, M. 1968. The vegetative leaf and the perianth of some Aristolochias. Flora 158: 167-79.
  • Haber, H. 1960. Zur Abgrenzung der Gattung Aristolochia L. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen 3: 531-53.
  • Huber, H. 1993. Aristolochiaceae. In: The families and genera of the flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Vol. 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. , 129-37 pages.
  • Lorch, J. 1959. The perianth of Aristolochia, a new interpretation. Evolution 13: 415-6.
  • Martin, T. 1983. Aristolochia. Amer. Horticulturist 62(2): 4-6.
  • Mitchell, R. S.; Beal, E. D. (eds.) (1979): 1979. Magnoliaceae through Ceratophyllaceae of New York State. Vol. NY State Museum Bull. 435. Vol. Contributions to a Flora of New York State II.. Univ. of the state of NY, Albany, NY.
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  • Pfeifer, H. W. 1962. The status of the name, Aristolochia durior Hill. Baileya 10: 4-7.
  • Pfeifer, H. W. 1966. Revision of the North and Central American hexandrous species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53: 115-96.
  • Pfeifer, H. W. 1970. A taxonomic revision of the Pentandrous species of Aristolochia.
  • Pfluge Gregory, M. 1956. A phyletic rearrangement in the Aristolochiaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 43: 110-22.
  • Schmidt, O. C. 1935. Aristolochiaceae. In: Natur. Pflanzenfam. II{.. Vol. 166. , 202-42 pages.
  • Solereder, H. 1889. Beitrõge zur vergleichenden Anatomie der Aristolochiaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 410-524. (In German)