Hippocratea volubilis

Hippocratea volubilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Celastrales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Hippocratea
Species: Hippocratea volubilis

Name

Hippocratea volubilis L., 1753

Synonyms

• Bejuco pendulus Loefl.
• Hippocratea acutiflora Moc. & Sesse ex DC.
• Hippocratea affinis Cambess.
• Hippocratea aubletiana Miers
• Hippocratea cearensis Miers
• Hippocratea copiosiflora Miers
• Hippocratea diffusa Miers
• Hippocratea discolor G. Mey.
• Hippocratea divaricata Mart. ex Colla
• Hippocratea elliptica Kunth
• Hippocratea excelsa Kunth
• Hippocratea hilariana Miers
• Hippocratea infuscata Miers
• Hippocratea laevigata Vahl
• Hippocratea lonchophylla Miers
• Hippocratea ovalifolia Miers
• Hippocratea ovata Lam.
• Hippocratea ovata var. crassifolia Peyr.
• Hippocratea ovata var. grandiflora Peyr.
• Hippocratea ovata var. latibarbis Peyr.
• Hippocratea ovata var. oblongifolia DC.
• Hippocratea ovata var. parviflora Peyr.
• Hippocratea ovata var. sanctacrucea Gómez
• Hippocratea ovata var. serrulata Peyr.
• Hippocratea pallidula Miers
• Hippocratea perspicua Miers
• Hippocratea plumieri Miers
• Hippocratea plumieri Rich. ex Peyr.
• Hippocratea rovirosae Standl.
• Hippocratea scandens Jacq.
• Hippocratea serrulata Miers
• Hippocratea serrulata Pohl ex Peyr.
• Hippocratea swartziana Miers
• Hippocratea utilis Rose
• Hippocratea vahliana Miers
• Hippocratea versicolor Miers
• Hippocratea viridis Ruiz & Pav.
• Hippocratea volubilis Sw.
• Hippocratea volubilis var. circumalata Lundell
• Pereskia paniculata Vell.
• Salacia blainii Millsp.
• Salacia multiflora Cambess.
• Tontelea laevigata (Vahl) Poir.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Florida), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Peru, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia), Tobago, Trinidad, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolivar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Yaracuy, Zulia), Bolivia, N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Paraiba, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Salta), S-Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Canindeyu, Concepcion, Cordillera, Misiones, Pres. Hayes), Colombia (Amazonas, Atlntico, Magdalena, Valle, Vaups, Vichada) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1191. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Hippocratea volubilis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 05. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hippocratea volubilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hippocratea volubilis. Published online. Accessed: October 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Hippocratea volubilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hippocratea volubilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

español: Bejuco de cruz, Bejuco de vieja, Bejuco prieto

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