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birthwort family
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birthwort family

Aristolochiaceae

The Aristolochiaceae (English: /əˌrɪstəˈloʊkiəsii/) are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales. The type genus is Aristolochia L.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Asaroideae

subfamilyAsaroideae

Aristolochioideae

subfamilyAristolochioideae

Hydnoroideae

subfamilyHydnoroideae

Lactoris

genusLactoris

Euglypha

genusEuglypha

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52860.