Aristolochia maxima

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species:
A. maxima
Binomial name
Aristolochia maxima
Jacq.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Aristolochia asperifolia Ule
  • Aristolochia biflora Duch. ex Klotzsch
  • Aristolochia biflora Willd. ex Duch.
  • Aristolochia geminiflora Kunth
  • Aristolochia mathewsii Duch.
  • Aristolochia maxima var. angustifolia Duch.
  • Aristolochia maxima var. geminiflora (Kunth) Duch.
  • Aristolochia mexicana D. Dietr.
  • Aristolochia oblongifolia Brandegee
  • Aristolochia reticulata Holton ex Duch.
  • Aristolochia reticulata Seem.
  • Aristolochia sprucei Mast.
  • Aristolochia wageneriana Schltdl.
  • Howardia geminiflora (Kunth) Klotzsch
  • Howardia gollmeri Klotzsch
  • Howardia hoffmannii Klotzsch
  • Howardia maxima (Jacq.) Klotzsch

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
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. Flora of North America v 3.
  4. Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 30. 1760.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576.
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