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Aristolochia grandiflora

Sw. (1788)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Piperales Family: Aristolochiaceae Genus: Aristolochia

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 126 (1788)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Aristolochia grandiflora Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Biodiversity Trail, west side of Lawai Stream. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Liana on trells, leaves green above, paler beneath, parts with rank odor. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pouch externally yellow with purple veins, limb pale green with purple veins, within mottled cream and dark purple, throat purple-black, with foetid odor (daytime), full of flies. Capsules green ripening brown, seeds brow Lorence, D.H. 10544 Kauai BISH 2015-12-10
2 Aristolochia grandiflora Lyon Arboretum, Makai side of access rd, just across from entrance to trail H. Below section 31 Soil wet. Growing in the open on Cecropia and tall grasses. Preserved_Specimen Flowers mottled purple inside. Baker, R.F. 68 Oahu BISH 1975-04-11
3 Aristolochia grandiflora Lyon Arboretum, Makai side of access rd, just across from entrance to trail H. Below section 31 Soil wet. Growing in the open on Cecropia and tall grasses. Preserved_Specimen Flowers mottled purple inside. Baker, R.F. 68 Oahu BISH 1975-04-11
4 Aristolochia grandiflora Tantalus, E.F.Bishop property Preserved_Specimen Gregory, Mrs.H.E. Oahu BISH 1932-03-15
5 Aristolochia grandiflora Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Biodiversity Trail, west side of Lawai Stream. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Liana on trells, leaves green above, paler beneath, parts with rank odor. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pouch externally yellow with purple veins, limb pale green with purple veins, within mottled cream and dark purple, throat purple-black, with foetid odor (daytime), full of flies. Capsules green ripening brown, seeds brow Lorence, D.H. 10544 Kauai BISH 2015-12-10
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