Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Aristolochiaceae | > | Aristolochia |
2174.000 Aristolochia
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or woody climbers. Flowers zygomorphic. Perianth zygomorphic; the base swollen, the upper part narrower, ± cylindric (tube) with single, entire lobe (limb), rarely 0 or 3-lobed. Stamens usually 6, in one whorl, connate with the stylar column. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Worldwide: 120 species, widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics; some in warm temperate regions. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
 |
Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| gigantea Mart. | |
| littoralis Parodi | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Aristolochia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AristolochiaFlora of Burundi: Aristolochia
Flora of the DRC: Aristolochia
Flora of Malawi: Aristolochia
Flora of Mozambique: Aristolochia
Flora of Rwanda: Aristolochia
Flora of Zambia: Aristolochia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aristolochia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AristolochiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aristolochia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aristolochia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aristolochia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aristolochia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aristolochia
JSTOR Plant Science: Aristolochia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aristolochia
Plants of the World Online: Aristolochia
Tropicos: Aristolochia
Wikipedia: Aristolochia
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Aristolochiaceae | > | Aristolochia |