Celastraceae
Hippocratea

Hippocratea volubilis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1191 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Araújo, D. & Alves, M. (2010). Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil). Phytotaxa 8: 1-24.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Monteiro de Barros, A.A., de Andrade Ribas, L. & Dunn Araujo, D.S. (2009). Trepadeiras do Parque Estadual da Serra do Tiririca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 60: 681-694.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2017). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: 1-434. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Araújo, D. & Alves, M. (2010). Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil). Phytotaxa 8: 1-24.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Monteiro de Barros, A.A., de Andrade Ribas, L. & Dunn Araujo, D.S. (2009). Trepadeiras do Parque Estadual da Serra do Tiririca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 60: 681-694.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Wright, C. [80] Cuba K000529942 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Wright, C. [1148] Cuba K000529945 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Hostmann [1068] Suriname K000529937 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Fendler, A. [53] Panama K000529916 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Fendler, A. [53] Panama K000529915 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Rovirosa, J.N. [411] Mexico K000529947 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Hostmann [1087] Suriname K000529934 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Spruce, R. [2409] Brazil K000529927 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Hostmann [132] Suriname K000529935 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Spruce, R. [2409] Brazil K000529920 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gardner [2492] Brazil K000529917 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Hostmann [987] Suriname K000529929 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Henicka, G.S.; Silveira, E.A.; Piva, J.H. [1096] Brazil K000578291 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Henicka, G.S.; Nascimento, J.; Pilger, J.M.; Taques, A.C.; Piva, J.H. [90] Brazil K000447791 Yes
Nov 1, 2007 Nascimento, J.; Sasaki, D.; Piva, J.H. [5] Brazil K000447792 Yes
Sep 6, 2006 Wood, J., R. [12802] Bolivia K000325185 No
Jan 30, 1984 Wright, C. [80] Cuba K000529943 Type Yes
Oct 4, 1982 Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A., E.; Chagas e Silva, F. [1963] Brazil K001138759 Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Sello [s.n.] Brazil K000529923 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Spruce, R. [119] Brazil K000529926 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Mueller, F. [197] Brazil K000529924 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Seemann [1102] Colombia K000529914 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Gardner [1480] Brazil K000529919 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Gardner [1479] Brazil K000529921 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Schomburgk [410] Guyana K000529939 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Anderson [s.n.] Saint Lucia K000529940 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Saint Lucia K000529941 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1940 Spruce, R. [2409] Brazil K000529928 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1940 s.coll. [1960] Brazil K000529925 Type Yes
Cid, C.A. [1772] Brazil K001138746 Yes
Hostmann [132] Suriname K000529936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luetzelburg, P.V. [25995] Brazil K001138709 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5600] Brazil K001138738 Yes
França, F.; Melo, E. [1073] Brazil K001138707 Yes
Spruce, R. [1531] Brazil K001138757 Yes
Dusén, P. [13792] Brazil K001138719 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [5785] Brazil K001138761 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [485] Brazil K001138728 Yes
Hill, S.R. [13118] Brazil K001138749 Yes
Froes, R. [1986] Brazil K001138764 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Gomes, V.F.; Oliveira, W.L.; dos Santos, A.J.B. [16070] Brazil K001634733 Yes
Milliken, W. [394] Brazil K001138720 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000110155 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [4352] Brazil K001138718 Yes
Glaziou [5753] Brazil K001138712 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4853] Brazil K001138765 Yes
Prance, G.T. [16734] Brazil K001138739 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10993] Brazil K001138763 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5954] Brazil K001138766 Yes
Ule, E. [9059] Brazil K001138711 Yes
Gardner [2492] Brazil K000529918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou [10408] Brazil K001138724 Yes
Costa, M.F. [43] Brazil K001138708 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14132] Brazil K001138731 Yes
K000529930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce [1531] Brazil K001138758 Yes
Onishi, E. [279] Brazil K001138729 Yes
Milliken, W. [394] Brazil K001138760 Yes
Strudwick, J.J. [4405] Brazil K001138995 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001138716 Yes
Heinger, E.P. [6899] Brazil K001138752 Yes
Stoffers, A.L. [331] French Guiana K001138747 Yes
Miers [3816] Brazil K001138723 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6100] Brazil K001138743 Yes
Sperling, C.R.; M.G.Silva; Condon, M.; Rosario, C.S.; R.P.Lima; Santos, J.C. [6113] Brazil K001138750 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5139] Brazil K001138751 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] Guyana K001138762 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [14025] Brazil K001138730 Yes
Ule, E. [7284] Brazil K001138717 Yes
Costa, M.F. [2] Brazil K001138710 Yes
Cid, C.A. [112] Brazil K001138745 Yes
Hostmann [1087] Suriname K000529932 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [8210] Brazil K001138756 Yes
Spruce [119/%] Brazil K001138753 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [2071] Brazil K001138715 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8225] Brazil K001138713 Yes
Gardner [4456] Brazil K001138722 Yes
Ferreira, C.A.C. [6351] Brazil K001138733 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Olavo [20579] Brazil K001138734 Yes
Campbell, D.G. [P22341] Brazil K001138737 Yes
Burchell [8900] Brazil K001138714 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5743] Brazil K001138741 Yes
Prance, G.T. [17819] Brazil K001138740 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000110153 Type Yes
Gardner [4456] Brazil K001138726 Yes
Hostmann [1068] Suriname K000529938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Riedel [745] Brazil K001138721 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5267] Brazil K001138994 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [29660] Brazil K001138732 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Chagas e Silva, F. [5078] Brazil K001138755 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [3306] Brazil K001138725 Yes
Hostmann [987] Suriname K000529933 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [17707] Brazil K001138735 Yes
Ratater, J.A.; Ramos, J.; Richards, P.W.; Argent, G. [485] Brazil K001138727 Yes
Hostmann [987] Suriname K000529931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heringer, E.P. [5562] Brazil K001138748 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10701] Brazil K001138754 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Berg, C.C.; Bisby, F.A.; Steward, W.C.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [17707] Brazil K001138736 Yes
Cid, C.A. [4183] Brazil K001138742 Yes
Gardner [1479] Brazil K000529922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berg, C.C. [P/19744] Brazil K001138744 Yes
Wright, C. [80] Cuba Hippocratea pallidula K000529944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Contreras, E. [8930] Guatemala Hippocratea volubilis var. circumalata K000529946 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0