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Taxon: Aristolochia grandiflora Sw.

Genus: Aristolochia
Family: Aristolochiaceae subfamily: Aristolochioideae.
Nomen number: 4098
Place of publication: Prodr. 126. 1788
Name verified on: 06-Jun-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jun-2000
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • duckflower   (Source: F Guat ) – English
  • pelican-flower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • großblütige Pfeifenwinde   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  • pelikanpipranka   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Jamaica
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador - Guayas, Los Rios, Pichincha

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
  • Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
  • Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
  • Groot, H. de et al. 2006. Revision of the genus Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) in Africa, Madagascar and adjacent islands. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 151:233.
  • Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation.
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  • Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
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Check other web resources for Aristolochia grandiflora Sw.:

  • 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.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?4098 (24 May 2013)

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