PLANTS Profile for Hiptage benghalensis (hiptage)

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PLANTS Profile

Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
hiptage

Symbol:

HIBE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malpighiaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

Distribution:

Not in PFA

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. India. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Related Taxa:
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

View 15 genera in Malpighiaceae, 1 species in Hiptage

Classification:
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Polygalales
Family	Malpighiaceae – Barbados Cherry family
Genus	Hiptage Gaertn., nom. cons. – hiptage
Species	Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz – hiptage

U.S. Weed Information:
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

hiptage

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC		Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

More Accounts and Images:
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565966.

Related Web Sites:
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

FL-Florida Nurserymen

Global Invasive Species Database

HI DLNR-Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants

NY-New York Botanical Garden Specimens

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 07:39 PM MDT