Celastraceae

Hippocratea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1191 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America, W. Tropical Africa to Angola.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Sierra Leone, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 1: 366
  • Loes in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 34: 103 (1904)
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 363 (1753)
  • in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 20B: 206 (1942).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 498 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 1191 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Thomas, D.W. [8145], Cameroon K000093548 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4294], Cameroon K000093547 No
Thomas, D.W. [7573], Cameroon K000093549 No
Harley, R.M. [18486], Brazil K001138767 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0