Difference between revisions of "Hippomane"
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--><p><i>Hippomane</i> horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.</p> | --><p><i>Hippomane</i> horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:16, 5 November 2020
Trees, monoecious; hairs absent; latex white. Leaves persistent, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands at apex; blade unlobed, margins remotely serrate or crenate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate. Inflorescences bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), terminal, spikelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 2. Pedicels: staminate present, pistillate rudimentary. Staminate flowers: sepals 2, imbricate, connate proximally; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 2, connate basally; pistillode absent. Pistillate flowers: sepals 3[–4], connate proximally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 6–9-carpellate; styles 6–9, connate basally, unbranched. Fruits drupes. Seeds elliptic-compressed; caruncle absent. x = 11.
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n South America, Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands).
Discussion
Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).
Hippomane horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.
Selected References
None.