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Aristolochia porphyrophylla

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Syntype of Aristolochia brevipes Bentham var. acuminata S. Watson [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Type of Aristolochia watsonii Wooton & Standl. [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Paratype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Aristolochia versabilifolia H.W.Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Syntype of Aristolochia brevipes Bentham [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Isotype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfieffer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Holotype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer, H.W. 1970 [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Syntype of Aristolochia brevipes Bentham var. acuminata S. Watson [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Paratype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Syntype of Aristolochia wrightii Seemann [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Isotype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Isolectotype of Aristolochia brevipes Benth. var. acuminata S. Watson [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Paratype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Syntype of Aristolochia brevipes Bentham var. acuminata S. Watson [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Paratype of Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Aristolochia watsonii Wooton & Standley [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wooton & Standley, Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, 1967 Aristolochia brevipes Bentham [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Aristolochia watsonii
  • Aristolochia porphyrophylla
  • Aristolochia brevipes
  • Aristolochia versabilifolia
Common name
  • Indianroot, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Aristolochia watsonii Wooton & Standley [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Aristolochia watsonii Wooton & Standley [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE], Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 16: 117. 1913
Aristolochia porphyrophylla Pfeifer [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Information
Herbs, procumbent, to 0.5 m. Young stem smooth, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 0.4-1 cm. Leaf blade lanceolate, 8 × 5 cm, base strongly sagittate, sinus depth 0.5-2 cm, apex acuminate to acute; surfaces abaxially tomentose to tomentulose; venation pinnate. Inflorescences on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers; peduncle bracteolate, to 1 cm; bracteoles lanceolate, to 6 mm. Flowers: calyx brown-purple, straight to curved; utricle angled upward, ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 0.6-0.7 × 0.5 cm; syrinx tubular, 1.5 mm; tube angled upward, cylindric, 1 × 0.3 cm; annulus absent; limb orangish with maroon spots, 1-lobed, lobe ovate, 1-6 × 0.6 cm, pilose; gynostemium 5-lobed, crown-shaped, 1-4 mm; anthers 5; ovary 5-locular, to 1 cm. Capsule ovoid to obovoid, 1.5 × 1-2 cm, dehiscence acropetal; valves 5; septa entire, not attached to valves. Seeds flat, triangular, 0.3-0.4 × 0.4 mm.
Phenology
Flowering spring-summer
Altitude range
50-1000 m
Distribution
Mexico.USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.

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