Hiptage

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hiptage

H. benghalensis (L.) Kurz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Malpighiaceae
Genus:  | Hiptage
Gaertn.

Hiptage is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Hiptage species are native to: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.[1] The genus is distinctive in its three-winged samaras; most species bear an elongated commissural gland on the calyx.

The most widely known species is Hiptage benghalensis, native to tropical and subtropical Asia.[2] it is widely cultivated for its showy fragrant flowers, and its true native range is difficult to assess. This species often escapes from cultivation; it spreads aggressively and can become a pernicious weed.[3][4]

## References

1. ↑ "Hiptage Gaertn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25693-1.
2. ↑ "Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556690-1.
3. ↑ "Hiptage" (in en). 2013-02-21. https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/hiptage/.
4. ↑ Vitelli, Joseph S.; Madigan, Barbara A.; Van Haaren, Peter E.; Setter, Stephen; Logan, Peter (March 2009). "Control of the invasive liana, Hiptage benghalensis" (in en). Weed Biology and Management 9 (1): 54–62. doi:10.1111/j.1445-6664.2008.00318.x. ISSN 1444-6162. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1445-6664.2008.00318.x.

## External links

* Hiptage
* Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature

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