View source for Hippomane ← Hippomane You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |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 }}<!-- --><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><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands). |discussion=<p>Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Hippomane</i> horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hippomane |author=Michael J. Huft |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |distribution=Fla.;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://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_532.xml |genus=Hippomane }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Hippomane.