Hippocratea
Hippocratea volubilis botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Subfamily: Hippocrateoideae
Genus: Hippocratea
L.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Bejuco Loefl.
  • Pereskia Vell.
  • Coa Mill.

Hippocratea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, usually lianas, native to tropical and subtropical North America, South America and Africa.[2]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

A large number of species names have been previously associated with Hippocratea.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 1191 (1753)
  2. ^ a b c "Hippocratea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Hippocratea". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 1 August 2020.