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Taxon: Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

Genus: Hiptage
Family: Malpighiaceae.
Nomen number: 19180
Place of publication: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43(2):136. 1874
Name verified on: 21-Aug-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Aug-1996
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China [s.]
    Eastern Asia: Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
    Indo-China: Indochina; Myanmar; Thailand
    Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

      Naturalized:
  • AFRICA
    Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere in tropics

References:

  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:169.
  • Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19180 (09 February 2010)

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