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|accepted_name=Hippomane
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1191. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Manchineel
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Hippomane
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hippomane]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hippos, horse, and mania, fury, alluding to effect of the caustic latex on horses
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159, 233
|treatment_page=page 232
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees,</b> monoecious;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="hair presence">hairs absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="latex coloration">latex white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, alternate, simple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule duration">stipules present, caducous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present, glands at apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;margin shape;margin shape">blade unlobed, margins remotely serrate or crenate, laminar glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="laminar gland presence;laminar gland architecture or shape">venation pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence position or structure subtype;thyrse shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), terminal, spikelike thyrses;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="gland position;bract quantity">glands subtending each bract 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel architecture;pedicel presence;pedicel architecture;pedicel prominence"><b>Pedicels:</b> staminate present, pistillate rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 2, imbricate, connate proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;petal presence">petals 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary presence">nectary absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen fusion">stamens 2, connate basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 3 [–4], connate proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;petal presence">petals 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary presence">nectary absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil architecture">pistil 6–9-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;style quantity;style fusion;style architecture">styles 6–9, connate basally, unbranched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>drupes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>elliptic-compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="">caruncle absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="caruncle presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands)
|discussion=<p>Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Hippomane horrida Urban & Ekman and H. spinosa Linnaeus are endemic to Hispaniola.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Hippomane
|author=Michael J. Huft
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands)
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_532.xml
|genus=Hippomane
|blade shape=unlobed
|bract quantity=2
|caruncle presence=absent
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate
|gland position=subtending
|hair presence=absent
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence reproduction=bisexual
|laminar gland architecture or shape=pinnate
|laminar gland presence=absent
|latex coloration=white
|leaf architecture=simple
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf duration=persistent
|margin shape=crenate;serrate
|nectary presence=absent;absent
|pedicel architecture=pistillate;staminate
|pedicel presence=absent
|pedicel prominence=rudimentary
|petal presence=absent;absent
|petiole presence=absent
|pistil architecture=6-9-carpellate
|pistillode presence=absent
|seed shape=elliptic-compressed
|sepal arrangement=imbricate
|sepal atypical quantity=3;4
|sepal fusion=connate;connate
|sepal quantity=3;2
|stamen fusion=connate
|stamen quantity=2
|stipule duration=caducous
|stipule presence=absent
|style architecture=unbranched
|style fusion=connate
|style quantity=6;9
|thyrse shape=spikelike
|whole_organism growth form=tree
|whole_organism reproduction=monoecious
|x chromosome quantity=11
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