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	Aristolochia pistolochia  L.

Fam.: Aristolochiaceae / Birthwort Fam.

Genus:  Aristolochia  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Aristolochia:		aristos = very good, locheia = birth (ecbolic)
	pistolochia:		pleistos = the best, locheia = birth

Fig. 1:  Aristolochia pistolochia / Pistolochia Birthwort F Belgentier 17.5.2008 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

Fig. 2:  Aristolochia pistolochia / Pistolochia Birthwort F Belgentier 17.5.2008 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

Fig. 3:  Aristolochia pistolochia / Pistolochia Birthwort (with the Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina) F Belgentier 17.5.2008 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

Fig. 4:  Aristolochia pistolochia / Pistolochia Birthwort F Belgentier 17.5.2008 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

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