Hippomane spinosa

Hippomane spinosa is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae.[2]

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

Sapium ilicifolium Willd.

It was described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3]

Distribution

The plant is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Haiti).[1][4][5]

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See also
  • Flora of Hispaniola

References
  1. 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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