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Hippomane
Sign in to saveHippomane is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, Florida, Venezuela, Colombia, and Galápagos.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- ANSP, NY, TEX, F, BROWN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Cuba, Thailand, China, Jamaica
Research
24 papers- Severity of manchineel fruit (Hippomane mancinella) poisoning: A retrospective case series of 97 patients from French Poison Control Centers.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2019
- Insights into the differences related to the resistance mechanisms to the highly toxic fruit Hippomane mancinella (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) between the larvae of the sister species Anastrepha acris and Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) through comparative transcriptomics.Frontiers in physiology · 2024
- Beware the Manchineel: A Case of Irritant Contact Dermatitis.Cutis · 2024
- Insights into the Interaction between the Monophagous Tephritid Fly Anastrepha acris and its Highly Toxic Host Hippomane mancinella (Euphorbiaceae).Journal of chemical ecology · 2020
- Toxic principles of Hippomane mancinella.Planta medica · 1974
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Derivation of name
- Species
- References
Hippomane is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, Florida, Venezuela, Colombia, and Galápagos.
==Derivation of name== The name of the genus references the Greek name hippomanes (applied by Theophrastus to an unidentified plant said to poison horses, sending them mad) - this being a compound of the Greek elements ἵππος (= ) horse and μανία (= mania) insanity / frenzy - hence "sending horses insane".
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