familyMalpighiaceae
genusHiptage
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Hiptage
Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 169, plate 116, fig. 4. 1790
Introduced
Etymology: Greek hiptamai, to fly, alluding to wind-dispersed samaras
Shrubs or woody vines. Leaves usually bearing glands at apex of petiole or on blade at base or distally, on or near margin; stipules interpetiolar, occasionally minute or apparently lacking. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, usually elongate, occasionally condensed, racemes, these sometimes grouped in terminal panicles. Pedicels raised on peduncles. Flowers all chasmogamous, 6+ mm diam., showy with visible petals, stamens, and styles; calyx gland 1, decurrent, below posterior petal and between 2 adjacent sepals [2–10 (in 1–5 adjacent pairs), rarely 0]; corollas bilaterally symmetric, petals white or pink except posterior proximally yellow, distally white or pink [all white or pink], densely sericeous abaxially [in 1 species sparsely sericeous proximally], glabrous adaxially; stamens 10, all fertile; anther opposite anterior sepal largest, other 9 subequal; pistil 3-carpellate, carpels completely connate in ovary; style 1, on anterior carpel, tapered, curved toward posterior petal; stigma on internal angle or terminal but bent inward, small [large]. Fruits schizocarps, breaking into 3 samaras; samaras bearing 3 elongate lateral wings, 1 straddling plane of symmetry at apex of carpel, other 2 shorter, 1 on each side of plane of symmetry; dorsal wing usually absent, occasionally 1, much smaller than lateral wings; nut wall thick, tough.
Distribution
Fla., se Asia (India & Pakistan to Taiwan), w Pacific Islands (Indonesia, Philippines).
Discussion
Species 25+ (1 in the flora).
References
None.
Lower Taxa
Facts about "Hiptage"
Author | William R. Anderson† + |
Authority | Gaertner + |
Distribution | Fla. +, se Asia (India & Pakistan to Taiwan) +, w Pacific Islands (Indonesia + and Philippines). + |
Etymology | Greek hiptamai, to fly, alluding to wind-dispersed samaras + |
Introduced | true + |
Publication title | Fruct. Sem. Pl. + |
Publication year | 1790 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V12/V12 583.xml + |
Special status | Introduced + |
Taxon family | Malpighiaceae + |
Taxon name | Hiptage + |
Taxon parent | Malpighiaceae + |
Taxon rank | genus + |
Volume | Volume 12 + |