Clades:
Aristolochiales;
Magnoliidae;
Magnolianae;
Angiospermae;
Plants;
Kingdoms.
region: southern USA, Mexico, Caribbean.
BotanyHerbs; odd scrambling; drought-resistant; tuberous; crazy flower shapes, crazy odours!
Podanthemae can easily be distinguished from
Aristolochiae by the presence of a more or less short stipe between the utricle and the ovary.
TaxonomySection Pentandrae
Aristolochia coryiAristolochia erectaAristolochia foetidaAristolochia watsoniiSectionAristolochia lindneriSection PodanthemumAristolochia bracteolataSection Thyrsicae
Region: Mexico to Brazil.Hhuge rainforest lianas with solely cauliflorous racemes;
Flowers: colorful, foliose, thyrsoid racemes, directly out of the juvenile branches and the old bark; defined abscission zones at the base of the petiole, oppositely to a reduced bractleole;
Seeds flat, quite large, with 2 two prolonged side 'wings'; opened seed capsule looks like a parachute upside down!.
Aristolochia maximaAristolochia ovasliifolia