Aristolochia maxima

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Aristolochioideae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species: Aristolochia maxima
Name

Aristolochia maxima Jacq., 1760
Synonyms

Aristolochia asperifolia Ule
Aristolochia biflora Willd. ex Duch.
Aristolochia geminiflora Kunth
Aristolochia maxima var. angustifolia Duch.
Aristolochia maxima var. geminiflora (Kunth) Duch.
Aristolochia reticulata Holton ex Duch.
Aristolochia sprucei Mast.
Howardia geminiflora (Kunth) Klotzsch
Howardia gollmeri Klotzsch
Howardia hoffmanni Klotzsch
Howardia maxima (Jacq.) Klotzsch

Homonyms

Aristolochia maxima Cham. = Aristolochia chamissonis (Klotzsch) Duch.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Peru, N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas), Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando), Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolivar, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia), Lesser Antilles (Martinique), Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Caldas, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Continental: Northern America
Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Jacquin, N.J.v., 1760. Enum. Syst. Pl. 30
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Aristolochia maxima. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Aristolochia maxima. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Aristolochia maxima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Aristolochia maxima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Dec. 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Florida dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia maxima is a plant species native to Central and South America, naturalized in southern Florida. Common names include Florida Dutchman's-pipe (US), canastilla (Guatemala), guaco (El Salvador), and tecolotillo (Mexico).[1] In Florida, it grows in hammocks in the Everglades at elevations below 50 m (170 feet).[3]

Aristolochia maxima is a liana (woody vine) that can reach a height of 20 m (67 feet), twining over other plants. Leaves are truncate to cuneate at the base. Flowers are brownish-purple.[4][5][6][7]
References

Tropicos
The Plant List
Flora of North America v 3.
Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 30. 1760.
Cook, K. 2001. Aristolochiaceae. 85(1): 229–233. In W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel Jarquín (eds.) Flora de Nicaragua Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
González Garavito, F. A. 1990. Aristolochiaceae. 12: 1–184. In J. O. Rangel, A. Cadena, G. Correal U., R. Bernal González & G. Lozano-Contreras (eds.) Flora de Colombia. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.
Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576.