Pristimera celastroides (Kunth) A.C. Sm. (Brittonia 3: 371. 1940)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Dominica, Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [ Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native ?),
Common Names: Bejuco prieto (Dominican Republic), Liame membi (Haiti), Liane mebi (Haiti), Maybit (Haiti),
Synonyms: Hippocratea caribaea Urb. (Symb. Antill. 6: 55. 1909.), Hippocratea celastroides Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 136. 1822), Hippocratea domingensis Urb. & Ekman (Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 24. 1929.), Hippocratea ovata sensu Duss, non Lam. (Fl. Phan. Antill. Franc. 150. 1897.), Pristimera caribaea (Urb.) A.C. Sm. (Brittonia 3: 378. 1940),
Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 4). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 5). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 6). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 7). Original publication consulted. 8). Specialist consulted. 9). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany.
Originally in Hippocrateaceae.
Last edited 13 Jul 09