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4661.000 Hippocratea
APODOSTIGMA R. Wilczek
ELACHYPTERA A.C. Sm.
LOESENERIELLA A.C. Sm.
PRIONOSTEMMA Miers
PRISTIMERA Miers
REISSANTIA N. Hallé
SIMIRESTIS N. Hallé
Description of the genus
Lianes or climbing shrubs, less often small trees. Stipules free or ± united. Inflorescence of various forms, axillary. Bracts persistent. Flowers bisexual. Sepals (4-)5. Petals (4-)5(-6), green to white or yellow. Leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate. Disk present, varying in shape. Stamens (2-)3(-4). Ovary superior, 3-locular. Stigmas 3. Fruit of 3 capsular, flattened mericarps, united at the base. Seeds usually winged. Worldwide: 100 species in the tropics. Caprivi: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| africana (Willd.) Loes. var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Robson | Description, Image |
| buchananii Loes. | Description, Image |
| indica Willd. | Description, Image |
| parviflora N.E. Br. | Description, Image |
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): HippocrateaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Hippocratea
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hippocratea
Wikipedia: Hippocratea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hippocratea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hippocratea
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