Flora of North America species comparison

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Hippomane

hippomane, manchineel
Habit 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.

Hippomane
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; n South America; Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands)
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Discussion

Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).

Hippomane horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 232. Author: Michael J. Huft.
Parent taxa Euphorbiaceae
Subordinate taxa
H. mancinella
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1191. (1753): Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 499. (1754)
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