Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic Forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil) Author Araújo, Diogo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; e-mail: diogoambientais @ yahoo. com. br Author Alves, Marccus Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. text Phytotaxa 2010 2010-08-31 8 1 24 journal article 6329 10.11646/phytotaxa.8.1.1 e93422d0-36c7-49d8-9b25-7bf984cd5bb5 1179-3163 4893863 17. Hippocratea volubilis L. United States , Mexico , Central America, Caribbean, Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyanas, Bolivia , Brazil (widely distributed), Paraguay , Argentina . Atlantic forest and forest-cerrado(savannah-like vegetation) transition ( Lombardi & Lara 2003 ). Selected Voucher:—Piedade, Araújo et al. 384 (UFP); Macacos, Araújo & Alves-Araújo 498 (UFP).