Aristolochia cretica Lam.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Aristolochia cretica is endemic to Kriti and Karpathos, growing in slightly damp places in ravines, often under bushes. The peculiar flowers have a certain resemblance to the inflorescence of Araceae and are similarly pollinated by small flies. Aristolochia is a large, mainly tropical genus with 12 species in Greece.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 320 [Plate 2.9]
