Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Hiptage

Family:

Malpighiaceae

Nomen number:

19180

Place of publication:

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43:136. 1874

Verified:

08/21/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Hiptage madablota Gaertn.

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Reference(s)

Anderson, W. R. & C. Anderson. 2011. Review of Malpighiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 14 May.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:169.
Press, J. R. et al. 2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

Common names

English
helicopter-flower –
hiptage –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
2	Cultivated					widely cult. in tropics
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	Broward Co.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
6	Other					exact native range obscure owing to extensive cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa

Australasia

Northern America

Pacific

Other (exact native range obscure owing to extensive cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental	Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed		Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds