Hippomane spinosa
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Hippomane spinosa is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family. [2]
It was described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3]
Distribution
The plant is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, within the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[1][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Hippomane spinosa L
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1191-1192 in Latin
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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