Taxon:  Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Hippobroma
Family:
Campanulaceae
Subfamily:
Lobelioideae
Nomen number:
19161
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 3:717.  1834
Comment:
much disagreement on generic status
Verified:
04/18/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lobelia longiflora L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
Laurentia longiflora (L.) Peterm.

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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  3. Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Rio Palenque science center.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
  5. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  6. Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
  7. Gooding, E. G. et al. 1965. Flora of Barbados.
  8. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador. Note: suggests only native in West Indies
  9. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  10. Lammers, T. G. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
  11. Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
  12. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
  13. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  15. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  16. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
  17. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname. Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
  18. St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
  19. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  20. Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila. Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
  21. Wimmer, F. 1953. Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae II. Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 276b(Heft 107):405. Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
  22. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
  23. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English star-of-Bethlehem 1 Lammers, T. G. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
Spanish flor de San Juan 2 Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Transcribed Chinese ma zui cao 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanBritish Indian Ocean TerrDiego Garcia 
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMayotte  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesNorthern Mariana Islands 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificWallis and Futuna Islands  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands Antilles  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: British Indian Ocean Terr [Diego Garcia], Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Mayotte
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • REGION: Mexico
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British)
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Weed  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19161. Accessed 30 April 2025.