4661.000 Hippocratea
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 species in the tropics. Zambia: 11 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana (Willd.) Loes. var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Robson | B,N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| apocynoides Welw. ex Oliv. subsp. guineensis (Hutch. & M.B. Moss) N. Robson | N | |
| buchananii Loes. | B,E,S | Description, Image |
| crenata (Klotzsch) Loes. | S | Description, Image |
| goetzei Loes. | ?E | Description, Image |
| indica Willd. | S | Description, Image |
| pallens Planch. ex Oliv. | W | Description, Image |
| parviflora N.E. Br. | B,C,S | Description, Image |
| parvifolia Oliv. | N,C,E,S | Description |
| ritschardii (R. Wilczek) N. Robson | W | |
| volkensii Loes. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HippocrateaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hippocratea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hippocratea
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iNaturalist: Hippocratea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hippocratea
JSTOR Plant Science: Hippocratea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hippocratea
Plants of the World Online: Hippocratea
Tropicos: Hippocratea
Wikipedia: Hippocratea