4661.000 Hippocratea L.

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.

Comment: Hippocratea has been split into a number of smaller genera. However, as it is a very recognizable genus with its climbing habit and its flattened fruits in threes, we have retained our species within Hippocratea.

Worldwide: 100 spp. in the tropics.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africana (Willd.) Loes. var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Robson	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
buchananii Loes.	T,MS	Description, Image
crenata (Klotzsch) Loes.	T,GI	Description, Image
delagoensis Loes.	GI,M
indica Willd.	N,T,MS,GI	Description
longipetiolata Oliv.	T,MS?,GI,M
pallens Planch. ex Oliv.	N,Z,MS,GI
parviflora N.E. Br.	MS
parvifolia Oliv.	N,T,GI	Description, Image
volkensii Loes.	N,MS

Other sources of information about Hippocratea:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Hippocratea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hippocratea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hippocratea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hippocratea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hippocratea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hippocratea