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Table 2 Cultivation features for 25 Aristolochiaceae taxa considered

From: Characterization of the basal angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata: a potential experimental system for genetic studies

Taxon

Floral productivity

Low maintenance

Dormancy required

Reported self fertile1

ASAROIDEAE

    

Saruma henryi Oliv.

+

++

facultative

 

Asarum canadense L.

+

++

yes

 

ARISTOLOCHIOIDEAE

    

Thottea siliquosa (Lam.) Hou

+

+

no

 

Aristolochia L

    

subgenus Isotrema

    

A. serpentaria L.

+

+++

facultative

 

A. macrophylla Lam.

++

+

facultative

 

A. californica Torr.

++

 

no

 

A. tomentosa Sims

+++

+

facultative

 

A. holostylis (Duchartre) F. Gonzalez

+

+

no

 

subgenus Pararistolochia

    

A. goldieana (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dalz

+

++

no

 

A. prevenosa F.Muell.

+

++

no

 

A. promissa (Mast.) Keay

+

++

no

 

A. triactina (Hook. f.) Hutch & Dalz

+

++

no

 

subgenus Aristolochia

    

A. acuminata Lam.

++

++

no

 

A. anguicida Jacq.

++

++

no

 

A. clematitis L.

+++

+++

yes

 

A. elegans Mast.

++

++

no

++

A. fimbriata Cham.

+++

+++

facultative

++

A. gigantea Mart. & Zucc.

+

+

no

 

A. grandiflora Sw.

+

+

no

 

A. passiflorafolia Rich.

+

+

no

 

A. ringens Vahl.

+

++

no

+

A. trilobata L.

+

++

no

 

A. lindneri Berg.

+

+

no

 

A. maxima Jacq

+

++

no

 

Aristolochia sp.

+

++

no

 
  1. Observed presence of advantageous features indicated with plus sign. Observations were made either in the Biology Department greenhouse at Penn State University or at the Botanical Gardens of Dresden or Bonn.
  2. 1 after Petch [42].