Aristolochia indica L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 960 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Andaman Islands. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Northern Territory
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aristolochia indica var. lanceolata (Wight) Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 479 (1864)
- Aristolochia indica var. magna Benth. in Fl. Austral. 6: 209 (1873)
- Aristolochia indica var. oxyphylla Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 479 (1864)
- Aristolochia lanceolata Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1858 (1852)
- Aristolochia maysorensis Fisch. ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 479 (1864)
- Aristolochia pandurata Wall. ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 479 (1864)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
- Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Australia 2: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Paul, S. Devi, N. & Sarma, G.C. (2010). Diversity of some medicinally important species of Aristolochia Linnaeus (Aristolochiaceae) in Assam, India. Pleione 4: 250-255.
- Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Australia 2: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2704], India | K001116840 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2704], India | K001116844 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2704] | K001116845 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2704] | K001116842 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2704], Myanmar | K001116841 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2704] | K001116843 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2704] | K001116846 | Yes | |||
Dallachy, J. [s.n.], Queensland | K000820445 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images