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wfo-0000548403
Aristolochia tomentosa Sims

  • Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1369 (1811) 

  • This name is reported by Aristolochiaceae as an accepted name in the genus Aristolochia (family Aristolochiaceae).

    The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2022-04-18) which reports it as an accepted name

Aristolochia tomentosa Sims
  • Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1369 (1811) 
  • Pipevine


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Aristolochia tomentosa Sims. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000548403. Accessed on: 03 Oct 2023'

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Lianas , twining, to 25 m, woody. Young stem ribbed, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 1-5.5 cm. Leaf blade ovate to reniform, 9-20 × 8-15 cm, base cordate, sinus depth 1-2 cm, apex obtuse to acute; surfaces abaxially tomentose; venation palmate-pinnate. Inflorescences on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers; peduncle not bracteolate, 1-7 cm. Flowers: calyx yellow-green, sharply bent; utricle pendent, globose to cylindric, 0.5-1 × 0.5-0.8 cm; syrinx absent; tube bent, cylindric, 1-3 × 0.5 cm; annulus rugulose; limb yellow, 3-lobed, lobes triangular, 2 × 2 cm, glabrous; gynostemium 3-lobed, globose, 3 mm; anthers 6; ovary 6-locular, 1-7 cm. Capsule ellipsoid to cylindric, 6-8 × 4-6 cm, dehiscence basipetal; valves 3; septa entire, not attached to valves. Seeds flat, triangular, 1 × 1 cm. 2 n = 28.

  • Provided by: [C].Flora of North America @ efloras.org
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    High-climbing woody twiner; lvs broadly round-cordate, 1–2 dm long and wide, softly hairy beneath, peduncles axillary, solitary or paired, 2–4 cm, densely tomentose, bractless; perianth bent, 4 cm, densely tomentose, nearly closed at the throat, the limb dark madder-purple, spreading to reflexed, subequally 3-lobed; fr cylindric, 6–8 cm; 2n=28. Wet, alluvial woods; s. Ind. to se. Kans., s. to Ga., nw. Fla., and Tex.; locally intr. in Mass. June.

  • Provided by: [B].Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
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    • 2
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    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and CanadaGeneral Information

    High-climbing woody twiner; lvs broadly round-cordate, 1–2 dm long and wide, softly hairy beneath, peduncles axillary, solitary or paired, 2–4 cm, densely tomentose, bractless; perianth bent, 4 cm, densely tomentose, nearly closed at the throat, the limb dark madder-purple, spreading to reflexed, subequally 3-lobed; fr cylindric, 6–8 cm; 2n=28. Wet, alluvial woods; s. Ind. to se. Kans., s. to Ga., nw. Fla., and Tex.; locally intr. in Mass. June.

    Flora of North America @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Lianas , twining, to 25 m, woody. Young stem ribbed, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 1-5.5 cm. Leaf blade ovate to reniform, 9-20 × 8-15 cm, base cordate, sinus depth 1-2 cm, apex obtuse to acute; surfaces abaxially tomentose; venation palmate-pinnate. Inflorescences on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers; peduncle not bracteolate, 1-7 cm. Flowers: calyx yellow-green, sharply bent; utricle pendent, globose to cylindric, 0.5-1 × 0.5-0.8 cm; syrinx absent; tube bent, cylindric, 1-3 × 0.5 cm; annulus rugulose; limb yellow, 3-lobed, lobes triangular, 2 × 2 cm, glabrous; gynostemium 3-lobed, globose, 3 mm; anthers 6; ovary 6-locular, 1-7 cm. Capsule ellipsoid to cylindric, 6-8 × 4-6 cm, dehiscence basipetal; valves 3; septa entire, not attached to valves. Seeds flat, triangular, 1 × 1 cm. 2 n = 28.

    Synonyms

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Pipevine

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    Aristolochiaceae
    https://powo.science.kew.org/
    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
    • A CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
    https://www.nybg.org/
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    • B Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
    Flora of North America @ efloras.org
    http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • C Flora of North America Association
    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • D CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).