Hippocratea

Hippocratea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, usually lianas, native to tropical and subtropical North America, South America and Africa.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCelastrales
FamilyCelastraceae

Native toAngola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Central African Republic

General: . E. Afr. (1994), Hippocratea does not occur in Somalia Flower: in polyads (sect. Hippocratea), not in tetrads. Appearance: (except in sect. Hippocratea).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 575
With media: 348
Family: Celastraceae
Collections: CICY, ECOSUR, FCN-UAQ, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, INECOL, IBUNAM
Recorded in: Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil

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Instance of: taxon
Named after: Hippocrates
Image: Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik (14229766315).jpg

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taxon name: Hippocratea
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5694
topic's main category: Category:Hippocratea
Commons category: Hippocratea
taxonomic type: Hippocratea volubilis

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Hippocratea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, usually lianas, native to tropical and subtropical North America, South America and Africa.

==Species== Currently accepted species include: Hippocratea myriantha Oliv. Hippocratea stuhlmanniana Loes. Hippocratea vignei Hoyle Hippocratea volubilis L.

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