4661.000 Hippocratea L.

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.

Worldwide: 100 species in the tropics.

Malawi: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africana (Willd.) Loes. var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Robson	S	Description, Image
buchananii Loes.	S	Description, Image
crenata (Klotzsch) Loes.	?S	Description, Image
goetzei Loes.	N,C,S	Description, Image
indica Willd.	N,S	Description, Image
parvifolia Oliv.	N,C	Description
volkensii Loes.	N,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Hippocratea
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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hippocratea
BHL (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