Hippomane spinosa
| Hippomane spinosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Hippomane |
| Species: | H. spinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippomane spinosa L. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sapium ilicifolium Willd. | |
Hippomane spinosa is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family. [2]
It was described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3]
Distribution
The plant is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, within the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[1][4][5]
See also
- Flora of Hispaniola
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Tropicos, Hippomane spinosa L
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1191-1192 in Latin
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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