Aristolochia (Siphisia)
Authors/Creators
- 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
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. Siphisia1a. 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
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Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Piperales
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Genus
- Aristolochia
- Taxon rank
- subGenus