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Description
Family Aristolochiaceae
Herbs, shrubs
, rarely lianas, subshrubs
, or trees
; root
, stems, and leaves with oil cells
. Leaves alternate; stipules absent; petiole
usually present and well defined; leaf blade
simple
, usually pinnately veined, sometimes palmately 3-5-veined, margin
usually entire, rarely 3-5-lobed. Inflorescences terminal
or axillary
, racemes
, cymes, or corymbs, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual
, zygomorphic or actinomorphic
. Perianth usually with 1 petaloid
whorl (in Saruma with 2 whorls: outer one sepaloid
, inner one petaloid), mostly connate
into distinct
tube
, cylindric
to campanulate
or subglobose; limb rotate, urceolate
, cylindric, or ligulate
, 1-3-lobed; lobes
valvate
. Stamens 6-12 (in China), in 1 or 2 series; filaments
adnate
to ovary (in Asarum) or style column (in Thottea) with anthers
free
, or filaments and anthers fully adnate to style column to form gynostemium
(in Aristolochia) ; anthers 2-loculed, dehiscence longitudinal
. Ovary inferior to superior, 6-loculed (in Thottea 4-loculed) ; carpels connate only at base
or fully fused; ovules numerous
, anatropous
, usually in 1 or 2 series; placentation parietal
. Styles free or connate, column 3- or 6-lobed (in Thottea 5-20-lobed) . Fruit a fleshy
or dry capsule, rarely siliquiform or follicular
. Seeds many; testa somewhat hard or crustaceous
; endosperm copious
, fleshy; embryo minute.
About eight genera and 450 600 species: primarily in tropical
and subtropical
regions; four genera (one endemic) and 86 species (69 endemic) in China.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology:
Specimens were collected from disturbed
lowland forest
areas. (Ref.
294182).
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
()
- Novák ex Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Magnolianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Aristolochiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Aristolochiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- birthworts
- Subfamily:
Aristolochioideae
()
- Tribe:
Aristolochieae
()
- Genus:
Pararistolochia
()
- Specific epithet:
preussii
- (Engl.) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Botanical name: - Pararistolochia preussii (Engl.) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Specific epithet:
preussii
- (Engl.) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Genus:
Pararistolochia
(
- Tribe:
Aristolochieae
(
- Subfamily:
Aristolochioideae
(
- Family:
Aristolochiaceae
(
- Order:
Aristolochiales
(
- Superorder:
Magnolianae
(
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Aristolochia preussii Engl.
Notes
Publishing author : Hutchinson & Dalziel Publication : Bull . Misc. Inform. Kew 1928, 24
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pararistolochia
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Further Reading
- Cable, S. and Cheek, M. (compilers and editors) 1998. The Plants of Mount Cameroon, A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Cheng Ching-yung, Yang Chun-shu & Hwang Shu-mei. 1988. Aristolochiaceae. In: Kiu Hua-shing & Ling Yeou-ruenn, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 24: 159245.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Cheek, M. & Cable, S. 2000. Pararistolochia preussii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7149447
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93790-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 93790-1
- IUCN ID: 230212
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025750
Footnotes
- Liguo Fu, Nan Li & Robert R. Mill "Aristolochiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 246. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Cheek, M. & Cable, S. 2000. Pararistolochia preussii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
