[Specimen details]

Aristolochia maxima
Family Name Aristolochiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Aristolochia maxima Jacq.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Old Cutler Road and SW 164th Street. 25° 36' 54" N 80° 18' 38" W
Description Twining vine, to tops of trees; stem at base woody with corky-ridged bark; racemes pendent from leafless woody stems; flowers purple with some yellow on limb of calyx.
Habitat In hammock plagued with vines, both native and exotic.
Reproductive State Flower Fertile
Collector G. N. Avery 1522
with J. French
Collection Date 05 Nov 1974
Accession Number 117870
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Aristolochia maxima
Family Name Aristolochiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Aristolochia maxima Jacq.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Description Large, woody vine with corky bark; flowers in monocasia; branches becoming entangled making inflorescence appear paniculate; calyx brown with pale hairs directed inward; no odor.
Habitat Drosophilid flies inside flowers.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector M. P. Coons 1372
Collection Date 09 Oct 1979
Accession Number 282969
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Aristolochia maxima
Family Name Aristolochiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Aristolochia maxima Jacq.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Description Large, woody vine with corky bark; flowers in monocasia; branches becoming entangled making inflorescence appear paniculate; calyx brown with pale hairs directed inward; no odor.
Habitat Drosophilid flies inside flowers.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector M. P. Coons 1372
Collection Date 09 Oct 1979
Accession Number 282959
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Aristolochia maxima
Family Name Aristolochiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Aristolochia maxima Jacq.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Description Large, woody vine with corky bark; flowers in monocasia; branches becoming entangled making inflorescence appear paniculate; calyx brown with pale hairs directed inward; no odor.
Habitat Drosophilid flies inside flowers.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector M. P. Coons 1372
Collection Date 09 Oct 1979
Accession Number 282961
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Aristolochia maxima
Family Name Aristolochiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Aristolochia maxima Jacq.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Description Large, woody vine with corky bark; flowers in monocasia; branches becoming entangled making inflorescence appear paniculate; calyx brown with pale hairs directed inward; no odor.
Habitat Drosophilid flies inside flowers.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector M. P. Coons 1372
Collection Date 09 Oct 1979
Accession Number 282960
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