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Largest flower in Guatemala: Bibliography on Aristolochia, tecolotillo or guaco

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Places where Aristolochia can be found: in Guatemala:

Aristolochia grandiflora:

  • Alta Verapaz: near the Finca Sepacuite
  • Chiquimula: eastern portions of Verapaz and Chiquimula
  • El Progreso: along railroad between Barranquillo and Cruz
  • Escuintla: Cuyuta, San Juan Mixtan, Río Michatoya
  • Izabal: Las playitas
  • Jalapa: near Guastetoya, El Rancho
  • Petén: Arroyo Petexbatun, between Sayaxche and Lake Petexbatun
  • Retalhuleu: Las Delicias
  • Sacatepéquez: volcán Santa Clara, cerca de El Naranjo, lower slopes of volcán Zunil, Finca Montecristo
  • San Marcos: Río Cabús near Malacatán, above Finca El Porvenir, lower south-facing slopes of Volcán Tajumulco
  • Santa Rosa: El Molino (Bello, 2006) - Guatemala - Zacapa (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia bullata

  • Petén: Dolores, bordering Arroyo Mul in low forest, about 300 m. (Barringer, 1983).

Aristolochia steyermarkii

  • Quetzaltenango: along quebrada San Gerónimo, Finca Pirineos, lower south facing slopes of Volcán Santa Marta, between Santa María de Jesús and Calahuache. And Finca St. John, 5 km South, of Santa María de Jesús on the SE slopes of Volcán Santa Marta. (Barringer, 1983).

Aristolochia malacophylla

  • Sacatepequez (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia arborea

  • Alta Verapaz, Quetzaltenango, San Marcos (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia paracleta

  • Huehuetenango (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia pilosa

  • Alta Verapaz (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia ringens

  • Guatemala city (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia litoralis

  • La Libertad, Petén (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia odoratissima

  • Petén (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia maxima

  • Alta Verapaz
  • Chiquimula
  • Escuintla
  • Guatemala
  • Jutiapa
  • Retalhuleu
  • Santa Rosa
  • Zacapa (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia inflata

  • Jutiapa
  • Santa Rosa (Pfeifer, 1966)

Aristolochia anguicida

  • Chiquimula
  • Jutiapa
  • Santa Rosa
  • Zacapa (Pfeifer, 1966)

PDF, Articles, Books on Aristolochia

  • BELLO, M. A., VALOIS, H. and F. GONZÁLEZ
  • 2006
  • Aristolochia grandiflora sw. (Aristolochiaceae): desarrollo y morfología de la flor más larga del mundo. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Vol. 30, No. 115. Pages 181-194.
    Available Online:
    www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/Bello2006Aristolochia.pdf

PDF, Articles, Books on Aristolochia

www.acguanacaste.ac.cr/paginas_especie/plantae_online/magnoliophyta/aristolochiaceae/
aristolochia_maxima/a_maxima02dic1999/a_maxima03dic99.html

Information and photos, A. maxima.

www.tropicos.org/Name/2500028?projectid=7
Information, phots and map location, A. anguicida.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2651146
Synonyms, A. anguicida.

www.tropicos.org/Name/2500318?projectid=3
Information and map location, A. arborea.

http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/reference/arisarbe.htm
Information and photos, A. arborea.

http://www.tropicos.org/name/50217228?projectid=3
Information and map location, A. bullata Pfeifer.

https://naturalezatropical.blogspot.com/2015/12/Aristolochia-elegans-Candiles-Calico.html
Information and photos, A. elegans.

www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/120156
Information and map location, A. elegans.

http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aristolochia+grandiflora
Information and photos, A. grandiflora

www.tropicos.org/name/02500200?projectid=7
Information, A. inflata

www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Aristolochia+inflata
Photos, A. inflate

www.tropicos.org/Name/50136325?projectid=3
Information and map location, A. malacophylla.

www.tropicos.org/Name/2500227?projectid=3
Information and map location, A. odoratissima.

http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2500132?projectid=3
Information and map location, A. steyermarkii.

   

First posted August 29, 2017


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