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Aristolochiaceae

Angiospermae - Piperales - Aristolochiaceae

Taxonomy
Aristolochiaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Chase and Reveal (2009).

It was assigned to Aristolochiales by Knowlton (1919) and Mabberley (2000); and to Piperales by Chase and Reveal (2009) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Aristolochiaceae de Jussieu
1821Hydnoraceae Agardh
1888Lactoridaceae Engler
1919Aristolochiaceae Knowlton
2000Aristolochiaceae Mabberley
2000Hydnoraceae Mabberley
2000Lactoridaceae Mabberley
2009Aristolochiaceae Chase and Reveal
2016Aristolochiaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group pp. 5, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Magnoliids
RankNameAuthor
orderPiperalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyAristolochiaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyAristolochiaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Aristolochiaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Aristolochia Linnaeus 1753 [birthwort]
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Aristolochia crassifolia Newberry 1868
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Invalid names: Aristolochia cordifolia Newberry 1868 [synonym]
Aristolochia elongata Knowlton 1917
Aristolochia mortua Cockerell 1908
Aristolochia obscura Lesquereux 1861
Aristolochia williardiana Knowlton 1916
G. †Aristolochiaephyllum Fontaine 1889
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G. †Aristolochioxylon Kulkarni and Patil 1977
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Aristolochioxylon prakashii Kulkarni and Patil 1977
G. †Aristolochites Heer 1866
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Aristolochites acutus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites apicalis Perkins 1904
Aristolochites coniodeus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites cuneatus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites curvatus Lesquereux 1861
Aristolochites dubius Perkins 1904
Aristolochites elegans Perkins 1904
Aristolochites excavatus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites globosus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites majus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites ovoides Perkins 1904
Aristolochites rugosus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites sulcatus Perkins 1904
Invalid names: Asaraceae Vent [synonym], Hydnoraceae Agardh 1821 [synonym], Lactoridaceae Engler 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 201612 [15]. *Aristolochiaceae Juss., nom. cons. (including Asaraceae Vent., Hydnoraceae C.Agardh, nom. cons., Lactoridaceae Engl., nom. cons.)
There are no alterations among the ANA grade or the magnoliid families and orders, except for inclusion of Hydnoraceae and Lactoridaceae in Aristolochiaceae due to paraphyly of the last (Massoni, Forest & Sauquet, 2014). It has been known that Lactoris Phil. was embedded in Aristolochiaceae (Qiu et al., 2005; Wanke et al., 2007), but this placement was considered by some to be an artefact due to a long-branch problem. No study has yet supported this hypothesis, so it seems appropriate to make this change in circumscription. Hydnoraceae have also recently been shown to be nested in Aristolochiaceae (Naumann et al., 2013; Massoni et al., 2014).