Taxonomy of an endemic <i>Aristolochia</i> (Aristolochiaceae) from the Iberian Peninsula

Andrea Costa

doi:10.3989/ajbm.2008.v65.i2.290

Authors

Andrea Costa Departamento de Biodiversidad, Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2008.v65.i2.290

Keywords:

Aristolochia pallida subsp. castellana, Aristolochia castellana, morphology, acid plutonic rock, granite, dichotomous key for the Iberian Aristolochia species

Abstract

The taxonomy of an Iberian endemic Aristolochia is treated, based on morphological and cytological characters. A brief description of its main diagnostic characters, distribution and habitat is included, as well as a distribution map and a few comments on its possible phylogenetic relationships. A new combination is proposed, raising this taxon from subspecies to a species proper: A. castellana (Nardi) Costa. A revised dichotomous key for the Iberian taxa of the genus is proposed.

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