Taxon: Aristolochia elegans Mast.

Common names:

• calico-flower   (Source: Zander ed16 [as A. littoralis]) – English
  
• Strand-Pfeifenwinde   (Source: Zander ed17 [as A. littoralis]) – German
  
• jarrinha-pintada   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F EntreR)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador - Loja; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina - Cordoba, Entre Rios, Misiones; Paraguay

• naturalized elsewhere in tropics

• cultivated elsewhere in tropics

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. (F St John)
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51:66.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis. (F CostaR) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16) [= A. littoralis].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba. (F Cuba)
• Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. (F Hispan) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR) [= A. littoralis D. Parodi].
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Aristolochia littoralis auct.
  

Check other databases for Aristolochia elegans Mast.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
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