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Aristolochia (Siphisia)

  • 1. Forest Systematic & Ethnobiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh, India & ksoyala @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9765 - 3937
  • 2. Forest Systematic & Ethnobiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh, India & prgajurel @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0152 - 1540
  • 3. Forest Systematic & Ethnobiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh, India & bsingh. nird @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0875 - 8783
  • 4. Forest Systematic & Ethnobiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh, India & rimibarman 94 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8816 - 1217
  • 5. Forest Systematic & Ethnobiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791 109, Arunachal Pradesh, India & tage. yakang 17 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6416 - 662 X

Description

Indian Siphisia

With the addition of the present new species, the number of Siphisia species in India has become eight. A key for identification of the Indian species in the subgenus Siphisia is given below.

Keys to the Indian species of Aristolochia in subgen. Siphisia

1a. Limbs saccate, lobe distinct............................................................................................................................................. A. transsecta

1b. Limbs not saccate, lobe distinct or indistinct.....................................................................................................................................2

2a. Limbs bell or trumpet shaped, lobe margin distinctly revolute..........................................................................................................3

2b. Limbs abruptly discoid, lobe margin slightly or non-revolute...........................................................................................................5

3a. Leaves palmately 3-lobed ............................................................................................................................................. A. platanifolia

3b. Leaves entire.......................................................................................................................................................................................4

4a. Perianth tube 1.5–2 cm long, limb nearly rounded ............................................................................................................. A. saccata

4b. Perianth tube 3–4 cm long, limb nearly rectangular......................................................................................................... A. cathcartii

5a. Flowers on old branches, cauliflorous................................................................................................................................................6

5b. Flowers on young branches, ramiflorous...........................................................................................................................................7

6a. Flowers in cluster, capsule densely pubescent, apex stipitate............................................................................................. A. rethyae 6b. Flowers solitary and axillary, capsule lightly pubescent, apex folded ............................................................................... A. griffithii

7a. Perianth glabrescent, limb indistinctly 3-lobed.................................................................................................................. A. dilatata

7b. Perianth villous, limb distinctly 3-lobed ...................................................................................................................... A. punjabensis

Notes

Published as part of Kashung, Soyala, Gajurel, Padma Raj, Singh, Binay, Barman, Rimi & Yakang, Tage, 2022, Aristolochia rethyae, a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India, pp. 1-7 in Phytotaxa 564 (1) on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7077725

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