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Aristolochia littoralis

Parodi (1878)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Piperales Family: Aristolochiaceae Genus: Aristolochia

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Vigorous lianas.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades cordate–reniform, 7–9 cm long, 6–10 cm wide. Upper surfaces green; lower surfaces glaucous. Margins usually entire. Palmately veined. Petiolate. Pseudostipules auriculate or surrounding the stem. True stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), zygomorphic, greenish yellow and dark blackish purple, the tube bent, ca. 3 cm long, the limb unlobed, disk-shaped, ca. 10 cm in diameter, abruptly spreading from the tube. Calyx 3-merous, petaloid, S-shaped or U-shaped, ± 3-lobed at summit or straight and with a single unilateral terminal lobe. Corolla of 3 petals, small or vestigial, or absent. Stamens 6; anthers sessile, adnate to stylar column.; gymnostemium 8 mm high, 5 mm wide. Ovary inferior or partly so, 4–6-carpellate, with as many cells, sometimes partitions incomplete; ovules numerous, on axile or parietal placentas, anatropous.

Fruit: Capsules cylindrical; 4.5 cm long; 2.5 cm in diameter. Seeds numerous; flat; ca. 6 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = 14; 16

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Pollinators

Notes

  • 1922
  • Description digitized by Pumehana
  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Native range obscure, but probably from South America; in Hawai'i cultivated, occasionally escaping and now sparingly naturalized at least in the Pearl Harbor area, O'ahu
  • Native range obscure, but probably from South America; in Hawai‘i cultivated, occasionally escaping and now sparingly naturalized.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 155 (1878)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:237 (O); Imada et al. 2000:10 (K); Starr et al. 2003:25 (EM); Staples & Herbst 2005:139 (DESCR); Oppenheimer 2007:19 (WM)

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Wahiawa, PPCA Exp. Station wire fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Siu, R. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/12/1940
2 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Honolulu garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8853 Oahu BISH 6/10/1931
3 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Olaa Winsley garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 10056 Hawaii BISH 8/28/1933
4 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, courtyard of St. John Hall Climbing on a trellis receiving full sun for part of the day. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1278 Oahu BISH 7/29/1985
5 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi honolulu: manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus; courtyard of st. john hall grassy cleared places PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1278 Hawaii BISH 7/29/1985
6 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi honolulu: manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus, courtyard of st. john hall Climbing on a trellis receiving full sun for part of the day. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1278 Oahu BISH 7/29/1985
7 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Waianae Mts., Punapohaku. Associated canopy: Psydrax odorata, Aleurites moluccana, Leucaena leucocephala, Chrysodracon forbesii. Understory: Rivina humilis, Cyclosorus dentatus, Urochloa maxima. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Heintzman, S. USARMY 444 Oahu BISH 5/23/2016
8 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi honolulu garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8853 Oahu BISH 6/10/1931
9 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi S shore, Kapalawai, makai of Hwy 50 In opening of hot, dry Pithecellobium/Prosopis forest vining on dead kiawe trunk. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. Char, W.P.; Morden, C. Collector Number: 99-5 Kauai BISH 3/6/1999
10 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi S shore, Kapalawai, makai of Hwy 50 In opening of hot, dry Pithecellobium/Prosopis forest vining on dead kiawe trunk. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. 99-5 Kauai BISH 3/6/1999
11 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Hauula fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8851 Oahu BISH 8/16/1922
12 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi east maui, kipahulu, near haou Growing on rock walls and along rd. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. martz, k. collector number: 001121-3 Maui BISH 11/21/2000
13 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Wahiawa PPCA Exp. Station wire fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Siu, R. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/12/1940
14 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi East Maui, Kipahulu, near Haou Growing on rock walls and along rd. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. Martz, K. Collector Number: 001121-3 Maui BISH 11/21/2000
15 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi hauula PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8851 Oahu BISH 8/16/1922
16 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi s shore, kapalawai, makai of hwy 50 In opening of hot, dry Pithecellobium/Prosopis forest vining on dead kiawe trunk. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. char, w.p.; morden, c. collector number: 99-5 Kauai BISH 3/6/1999
17 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Pawaa, 1617 Young St Coastal mixed shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN N. Tangalin, C. Johns & I. Walker 3499 Oahu HAPI 4/14/2013
18 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Hauula fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. Collector Number: 8851 Oahu BISH 8/16/1922
19 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi olaa Winsley garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 10056 Hawaii BISH 8/28/1933
20 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi East Maui, Kipahulu, near Haou Growing on rock walls and along rd. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 001121-3 Maui BISH 11/21/2000
21 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Honolulu garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. Collector Number: 8853 Oahu BISH 6/10/1931
22 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Pawaa, 1617 Young St PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/30/1985
23 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi West Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee Dunes In alien, secondary lowland forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H40719 Maui BISH 4/11/2007
24 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi West Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee Dunes In alien, secondary lowland forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Collector Number: H40719 Maui BISH 4/11/2007
25 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Pawaa, 1617 Young St PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. Collector Number: s.n. Oahu BISH 7/30/1985
26 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi wahiawa ppca exp. station wire fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN siu, r. Oahu BISH 12/12/1940
27 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi west maui, wailuku district, waihee dunes In alien, secondary lowland forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h40719 Maui BISH 4/11/2007
28 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi pawaa, 1617 young st PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 7/30/1985
29 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi winsley garden, olaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 10056 Hawaii US 8/28/1933
30 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi oahu; p.p.c.a. exp. sta. wahiawa Along wire fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN r. siu 16768 NY 12/12/1940
31 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge. Along trail across from gardener's shed to bridge. Cultivated plants. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 7319 Kauai PTBG 2/13/2007
32 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Winsley Garden, Olaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 10056 Hawaii US 8/28/1933
33 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Lihue. Old Industrial area. Growing on fence at JB's Repair Shop. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Eric Garcia s.n. Kauai PTBG 6/20/2007
34 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi St. John's Courtyard. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Liloa Dunn 23 PTBG 12/1/1998
35 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Lawai. Headquarters of the Pacific Tr opical Botanical Garden (Kumu). End of Hailima Road. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 451 Kauai PTBG 6/27/1983
36 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Waihee, Waihee Dunes.\nNorthing: 2317020.93 Easting: 759006.57 Alien vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H120651 Maui PTBG 12/25/2006
37 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Honolulu, Makiki, Kinau Street. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. M. Bush s.n. Oahu PTBG 4/15/1974
38 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi West Maui, Waihee-Waiehu, Waihee Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge, about 3 miles north of Kahului on Hwy 340, Coastal Mixed Shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 3499 Maui PTBG 4/14/2013
39 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi W. Maui, Waihee Dunes. Alien, secondary lowland forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H40719 Maui PTBG 4/11/2007
40 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi South shore, Kapalawai, makai of Hwy 50 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.; Char, W.; Morden, C. 99-5 Kauai US 3/6/1999
41 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi waihee district, west maui, waihee-waiehu, waihee coastal dunes and wetlands refuge, about 3 miles north of kahului on hwy 340 Coastal mixed shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. tangalin, c. johns & i. walker 3499 Maui US 4/14/2013
42 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Waihee District, West Maui, Waihee-Waiehu, Waihee Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge, about 3 miles north of Kahului on Hwy 340 Coastal mixed shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N.; Johns, C.; Walker, I. 3499 Maui US 4/14/2013
43 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi south shore, kapalawai, makai of hwy 50 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. imada, w. char & c. morden 99-5 Kauai US 3/6/1999
44 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Waihee District, West Maui, Waihee-Waiehu, Waihee Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge, about 3 miles north of Kahului on Hwy 340 Coastal mixed shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN N. Tangalin, C. Johns & I. Walker 3499 Maui US 4/14/2013
45 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Kealia salt Marsh. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E. s.n. Maui US 2/15/1990
46 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi kealia salt marsh. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. funk s.n. Maui US 2/15/1990
47 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi wahiawa, ppca exp. station wire fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN siu, r. Oahu BISH 12/12/1940
48 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Kealia Salt Marsh PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E.J. s.n. Maui BISH 2/15/1990
49 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi W. Maui, Waihee, Waihee Dunes. Alien vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H120651 Maui PTBG 12/25/2006
50 Aristolochia littoralis Parodi Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus; courtyard of St. John Hall Climbing on a trellis receiving full sun for part of the day. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1278 Oahu BISH 7/29/1985
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