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|accepted_name=Hippomane
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1191. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Manchineel
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Hippomane
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hippomane]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hippos, horse, and mania, fury, alluding to effect of the caustic latex on horses
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159, 233
|treatment_page=page 232
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> monoecious; hairs absent; latex white. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands at apex; blade unlobed, margins remotely serrate or crenate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), terminal, spikelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 2. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate present, pistillate rudimentary. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 2, imbricate, connate proximally; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 2, connate basally; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 3[–4], connate proximally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 6–9-carpellate; styles 6–9, connate basally, unbranched. <b>Fruits</b> drupes. <b>Seeds</b> elliptic-compressed; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands).
|discussion=<p>Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Hippomane horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.</p>
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name=Hippomane
|author=Michael J. Huft
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_532.xml
|genus=Hippomane
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