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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Nauman, 21 Apr 1981
Determination History
Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Near Tamiami Trail, E of Naples. 26° 8' 31" N 81° 47' 41" W
Habitat Upper edge of saltwater forest, with Rhizophora, on damp soil.
Reproductive State
Collector S. DuBois
Collection Date 05 Feb 1979
Accession Number 141207
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Nauman, 21-Apr-1981
Determination History
Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Broad River. 25° 41' 60" N 80° 16' 60" W
Description Plentiful liana; flowers green.
Habitat In mangroves.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. J. Brass 15928
Collection Date 22 Jan 1946
Accession Number 136470
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Description Large scandent shrub; flowers green.
Habitat Hammock edge near mangroves.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. J. Brass 33420
Collection Date 28 Feb 1965
Accession Number 244858
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Paradise Key. 29° 41' 60" N 82° 19' 60" W
Reproductive State
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 12 Apr 1961
Accession Number 91967
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Nauman, 21-Apr-1981
Determination History
Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : N end of Key Largo. 27° 54' 34" N 82° 47' 14" W
Description Only one plant of the many seen was blooming.
Habitat Hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. N. Avery 898
Collection Date 18 Feb 1971
Accession Number 96244
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. Along Royal Palm Hammock Nature Trail. T51S, R27E, Sec. 34. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Description Vine up to 20 m long.
Habitat Rockland hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Weber
Collection Date 24 Apr 1991
Accession Number 202561
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Nauman, 21-Apr-1981
Determination History
Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Wunderlin,
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. Near Mahogany Hammock. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. Andorfer 7
Collection Date 09 Apr 1970
Accession Number 111786
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Wunderlin,
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. Near Mahogany Hammock. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector H. Andorfer 16
Collection Date 09 Apr 1970
Accession Number 111799
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: A. C. Sm., 1940
Determination History
Hippocratea ovata Lam.
Locality USA. Florida W of Everglades. 25° 33' 42" N 80° 43' 32" W
Description Climbing in mangroves.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. H. Curtiss
Collection Date Jan
Accession Number 89837
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Around wayside table on S side of US 41, 2 mi. W of loop road. T53S, R32E, Sec. 7.
Habitat Cypress [Taxodium] head.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda 3453
Collection Date 30 Mar 1980
Accession Number 156299
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. East River at canoe launch on S side of US 41, a short distance downstream. T52S, R29E, Sec. 19, NE¼. 25° 52' 6" N 81° 29' 21" W
Habitat On mangroves in estuarine tidal swamp.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. Bishop
with K. Alvarez
Collection Date 26 Mar 2003
Accession Number 239296
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: A. C. Sm., 1940
Determination History
Hippocratea ovata Lam.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Elliotts Key.
Description A ropy forest vine.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. H. Curtiss
Collection Date 1880
Accession Number 89838
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. Royal Palm Hammock. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 29728
with R.W. Long
Collection Date 26 Apr 1966
Accession Number 73922
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. Along Royal Palm Hammock Nature Trail near terminus. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Description Shrubby vien to 4 m high.
Habitat Tidal swamp.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. Cole
Collection Date 09 Dec 1993
Accession Number 212765
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. Royal Palm Hammock. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Habitat In hammock, with Pisonia.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 29724
with R.W. Long
Collection Date 26 Apr 1966
Accession Number 73913
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. Along Royal Palm Hammock Nature Trail. T51S, R27E, Sec. 34. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Description Vine up to 20 m long.
Habitat Rockland hammock.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Weber
Collection Date 24 Apr 1991
Accession Number 208863
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : 0.5 mi. N of Everglades City. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Climbing vine; flowers green.
Habitat Mangrove swamps and roadside thickets.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. R. Cooley 6153
with C.E. Wood, Jr., K.A. Wilson, L.J. Brass
Collection Date 02 May 1958
Accession Number 5964
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. SW of Homestead. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Climbing over shrubs; early anthesis.
Habitat Hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 25740
with F.C. Craighead
Collection Date 30 Mar 1963
Accession Number 55584
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Paradise Key. 29° 41' 60" N 82° 19' 60" W
Description Woody vine.
Habitat Burned-out hammock interior.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. Robertson 111
Collection Date 03 Apr 1952
Accession Number 89946
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Wunderlin,
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier-Seminole State Park. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long 3072
with H. Andorfer, M. Meagher, L. Brown
Collection Date 28 Feb 1970
Accession Number 122651
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality Dominican Republic. La Vega Prov. E of Bonao, Falcombridge Dominicana property on Loma El Caribe at base of Loma El Caribe along road near Janico. 18° 57' 60" N 70° 24' 0" W
Description 4 m long stem, climbing; flower light green.
Habitat Broadleaf forest humid zone, very tall trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 160 to 180 m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía, C. Ramirez, & J. B. Watson
Collection Date 30 Jul 1981
Accession Number 192762
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Hippocrateaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : W side of FL 92, 2 mi. NE of Goodland. 25° 55' 29" N 81° 38' 44" W
Habitat Hammock/mangrove.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. N. Burch
Collection Date 12 Mar 1989
Accession Number 290078
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Hippocrateaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Collier Seminole State Park. 26° 7' 60" N 81° 28' 60" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. N. Burch
Collection Date 03 May 1987
Accession Number 290080
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality Mexico. Oaxaca Rio Verde, 10 km from the Pacific Ocean. 17° 4' 5" N 94° 52' 57" W
Description Woody climber to 4 m tall; fertile portions pendant; lower stem 2 cm thick, with opposite pairs of stout spines; capsule olive green, with 2-6 winged seeds per capsule.
Habitat In vegetation; wet ravine in forested area.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. T. Madison
Collection Date 28 Oct 1974
Accession Number 175451
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality Suriname. Tapanahoni River, near airfield. 4° 22' 0" N 54° 27' 0" W
Description Liana; leaves shining, above; flowers yellow.
Habitat Rainforest on sand.
Reproductive State
Collector J. G. Wessels Boer
Collection Date 13 Apr 1963
Accession Number 115008
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Sep 1995
Locality Guyana. Essequibo Islands-West Demerara W side of Demerara River along the road; 4.6 km S of pontoon bridge; N of sluice gate. 6° 40' 0" N 58° 9' 60" W
Description Flowers cream-white; occasional large vine/liana ca. 7 m long.
Habitat In mangroves; along river bank.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 10 m
Collector S. R. Hill
with C. N. Horn
Collection Date 14 Aug 1995
Accession Number 215427
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Mennega, 1968
Locality Brazil. Paraná Bank of Rio Paraná at Porto Camargo. 23° 21' 0" S 53° 43' 0" W
Habitat Red sandstone escarpment.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. C. Lindeman
with J. H. de Haas
Collection Date 22 Jan 1967
Accession Number 101784
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L. - Determined By: Mennega, 1985
Locality Bolivia. Pando Dept. , Manuripi Prov. : Lago Bay; Rio Arroyo just upstream from its junction with Rio Manuripi. 11° 56' 60" S 68° 40' 0" W
Description Liana; perianth yellow-green.
Habitat Black water lake; inundated forests on lake margins and floating mats of vegetation on lake.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. R. Sperling
with S. King
Collection Date 09 Aug 1982
Accession Number 187644
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality Colombia. Santa Marta Dept. 11° 14' 25" N 74° 12' 40" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector Herbert H. Smith
Collection Date 1898
Accession Number 57446
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Hippocratea volubilis
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Hippocratea volubilis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : North Key Largo. 27° 54' 34" N 82° 47' 14" W
Description Vining from small hammock out over mangroves; flowers green.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. H. Dodson
Collection Date 25 Jan 1969
Accession Number 300600
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