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:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

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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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Rio Palenque science center.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1465. Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
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.
Gooding, E. G. et al. 1965. Flora of Barbados.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador. Note: suggests only native in West Indies
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Lammers, T. G. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname. Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila. Note: = Isotoma longiflora (L.) C. Presl
Wimmer, F. 1953. Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae II. In: Engler, H. G. A., ed., Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 276b(Heft 107):405. Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
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_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	British Indian Ocean Terr	Diego Garcia		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar			Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mayotte			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Northern America		Mexico			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Marshall Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Palau			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Guam		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Northern Mariana Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	Cook Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Wallis and Futuna Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			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.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			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.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
6	Other					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)

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
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.
Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Lammers, T. G. 2007. World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: = Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Laurentia longiflora (L.) Endl.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		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. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19161. Accessed 12 May 2026.