Hippomane spinosa

Hippomane spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Genus:Hippomane
Species: H. spinosa
Binomial name
Hippomane spinosa
Synonyms[1]

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. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Hippomane spinosa L
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1191-1192 in Latin
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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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