Dutchman's Pipe family : ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia

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Aristolochia elegans=littoralis
Dutchman's Pipe
Photo: courtesy of
Todd Burrows,
Redcliffe, February, 2009
introduced (poisonous to Australian caterpillars)

Aristolochia acuminata
Tagala Vine
Photo: courtesy of
Karen Doyle,
Townsville, April 2007
native (foodplant for Australian caterpillars)

Pararistolochia praevenosa
Richmond Birdwing Vine
Photo: courtesy of
Maria Rosenfelder,
Queensland, April 2018
native (foodplant for Australian caterpillars)

Other species in this family that occur in Australia are:
  • Chalmers Aristolochia ( Aristolochia chalmersii ),
  • Holtze's Birthwort ( Aristolochia holtzei ),
  • Indian Birthwort ( Aristolochia indica ),
  • Iron Range Aristolochia ( Aristolochia peninsulensis ),
  • Hairy Birthwort ( Aristolochia pubera ),
  • Australian Native Dutchman's Pipe ( Aristolochia thozetii ),
  • Parson's Aristolochia ( Pararistolochia australopithecurus ),
  • Mountain Aristolochia ( Pararistolochia deltantha ),
  • Heathlands Aristolochia ( Pararistolochia linearifolia ).
  • Some plants in ARISTOLOCHIACEAE are the preferred foodplants of some Australian Butterflies, including:


    Atrophaneura polydorus

    Cressida cressida

    Troides euphorion

    Troides priamus

    Troides richmondia


    Further reading:

    Garry Sankowsky,
    Aristolochia acuminata and the Richmond Birdwing,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 73 (June 2014), pp. 11-14.


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    (updated 3 January 2013, 21 April 2018, 6 June 2020, 3 September 2021)