Hippobroma longiflora

TaxID: 368676

Basic Information

Hippobroma longiflora

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora, also called Star of Bethlehem or madamfate, is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is the only species in the genus Hippobroma. It is endemic to Jamaica in the West Indies, but has become naturalised across the American tropics, Madagascar, southern and southeastern Asia, and Oceania. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 35 cm tall, with leaves 7 C16 cm long and 1 C3.7 cm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin. The five-petaled white flower has a slender floral tube only 2 or 3 mm (0.1 or 0.1 in) wide by 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3.1 in) in length. The plant contains two pyridine alkaloids, lobeline and nicotine. The effects of nicotine and lobeline are quite similar, with psychoactive effects at small dosages and with unpleasant effects including vomiting, muscle paralysis, and trembling at higher dosages. For this reason, H. longiflora (and its various synonyms) is often referenced for both its toxicity and its ethnobotanical uses.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Campanulaceae

Hippobroma

longiflora

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Hippobroma longiflora
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Hippobroma longiflora
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(c) Dinesh Valke@BY-SA
Hippobroma longiflora
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(c) mkargul@BY-NC
Hippobroma longiflora
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(c) yostin_ruiz@BY-NC
Hippobroma longiflora
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(c) Leslie Flint@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (68 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (10 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MHPAD2976-10 - matK 771 Costa Rica 2010-12-03 11.027, -85.411
MHPAD2975-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-12-03 11.027, -85.411
MHPAD2975-10 - matK 771 Costa Rica 2010-12-03 11.027, -85.411
MHPAD2974-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-12-03 11.027, -85.411
MHPAD2974-10 - matK 772 Costa Rica 2010-12-03 11.027, -85.411
MHPAD094-08 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2008-08-15 10.902, -85.275
MHPAD093-08 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2008-08-15 10.902, -85.275
MHPAD092-08 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2008-08-15 10.902, -85.275
MHPAD092-08 - matK 772 Costa Rica 2008-08-15 10.902, -85.275
GBVE2778-11 - rbcL 1389 Ecuador - -1.5642722, -78.463036

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