List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico
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This is a list of the endemic flora of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses.
Aquifoliaceae
Araliaceae
Asclepiadaceae
- Marsdenia elliptica
- Matelea borinquensis
- Matelea sintenisii
- Matelea variifolia
Asteraceae
- Chromolaena borinquensis
- Critonia portoricense
- Koanophyllon dolicholepis
- Koanophyllon polyodon
- Mikania odoratissima
- Mikania porosa
- Vernonia proctorii [1]
Begoniaceae
- Begonia decandra
Bignoniaceae
- Crescentia portoricensis (Higuero de sierra)
- Tabebuia haemantha
Boraginaceae
- Cordia bellonis
- Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)
Bromeliaceae
- Hohenbergia antillana
Buxaceae
- Buxus portoricensis
Cactaceae
- Harrisia portoricensis (Puerto Rico applecactus)
Campanulaceae
- Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis
Canellaceae
- Pleodendron macranthum (Chupacallos)
Celastraceae
Clusiaceae
- Clusia gundlachii
Cyatheaceae
- Alsophila amintae
- Alsophila bryophila
- Cyathea portoricensis
Cyperaceae
- Eleocharis sintenisii
Ebenaceae
- Diospyros sintenisii
Ericaceae
- Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [2]
Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha bisetosa
- Acalypha portoricensis
- Hyeronima clusioides[3]
Fabaceae-Papilionaceae
- Calliandra locoensis [4]
- Neorudolphia volubilis
- Poitea florida
Flacourtiaceae
- Banara portoricensis
Gesneriaceae
- Gesneria citrina
- Gesneria cuneifolia
- Gesneria pedunculosa
Icacinaceae
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Palo de Rosa)
Lauraceae
- Licaria brittoniana
Loranthaceae
- Dendropemon bicolor
Magnoliaceae
Malpighiaceae
- Heteropteris wydleriana
- Stigmaphyllon floribundum
Malvaceae
- Thespesia grandiflora (Flor de maga) [5]
Marcgraviaceae
- Marcgravia sintenisii (Bejuco de palma, Bejuco de lira, Bejuco de rana, Lira del Yunque, Pegapalma)
Melastomataceae
- Henriettea membranifolia [6]
- Heterotrichum cymosum
- (?)Sagraea portoricensis (Puerto Rico hogwood) [7]
Meliaceae
- Trichilia triacantha (Bariaco) [8]
Moraceae
- Ficus stahlii
Myrtaceae
- Calyptranthes acevedoi
- Calyptranthes estremerae
- Calyptranthes luquillensis (Luquillo Forest Lidflower)
- Eugenia eggersii
- Eugenia haematocarpa
- Eugenia padronii
- Eugenia stewardsonii
- Marlierea sintenisii
- Myrcia margarettae
- Myrcia paganii
- Psidium amplexicaule
- Psidium sintenisii (Hoja Menuda)
Nyctaginaceae
- Neea buxifolia
Olacaceae
Orchidaceae
- Brachionidium ciliolatum[9]
- Leochilus puertoricensis
- Lepanthes caritensis[9]
- Lepanthes eltoroensis (Luquillo Mountain babyboot orchid) [10]
- Lepanthes woodburyana[9]
- Lepanthes caritensis[9]
- Psychilis kraenzlinii[9]
- Psychilis krugii [11]
- Psychilis monensis [12]
- "Lepanthes stimsonii"[13]
Passifloraceae
Passiflora tulae
Phyllanthaceae
- Hyeronima clusioides (Cedro Macho)
Piperaceae
- Peperomia maxonii
Poaceae
- Aristida chaseae [14]
- Aristida portoricensis (Pelos del diablo) [15]
Polygalaceae
- Coccoloba rugosa
- Polygala cowellii
Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba pyrifolia
- Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana
Polypodiaceae
- Asplenium corderoanum
- Tectaria estremerana
- Thelypteris abdita
- Thelypteris hildae
- Thelypteris inabonensis
- Thelypteris rheophyta
- Thelypteris verecunda
- Thelypteris yaucoensis
Rhamnaceae
- Reynosia krugii
- Rhamnus sphaerosperma
Rubiaceae
- Antirhea obtusifolia
- Antirhea portoricensis
- Antirhea sintenisii
- Mitracarpus maxwelliae [16]
- Mitracarpus portoricensis
- Randia portoricensis [17]
- Rondeletia inermis
Salicaceae
- Xylosma pachyphyllum (Spiny Logwood)
Sapindaceae
- Thouinia striata
Sapotaceae
- Chrysophyllum pauciflorum
- Manilkara pleeana
- Micropholis garciniifolia
- Sideroxylon portoricense
Schizaeaceae
- Anemia portoricensis
(?) Schoepfiaceae - (?)Olacaceae
Selaginellaceae
- Selaginella krugii
- Selaginella laxifolia
Simaroubaceae
Simarouba tulae
- Simarouba tulae
Solanaceae
- (?)Goetzea elegans
- Solanum drymophilum (Erubia)
Styracaceae
- Styrax portoricensis (Palo de Jazmin)
Ternstroemiaceae
- Ternstroemia luquillensis (Palo Colorado)
- Ternstroemia subsessilis
Thymelaeaceae
- Daphnopsis helleriana
Urticaceae
- Pilea leptophylla
Verbenaceae
Zamiaceae
- Zamia ambiphyllidia[18]
- Zamia portoricensis[18]
See also
- Fauna of Puerto Rico
- List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
- Grasses of Puerto Rico
- San Juan Botanical Garden
References and footnotes
- ↑ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. .
- ↑ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. .
- ↑ Francis, John K. and Lowe, Carol A. 2000. Bioecología de Arboles Nativos y Exóticos de Puerto Rico y los Indias Occidentales. USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry General Technical Report IITF-15
- ↑ Calliandra locoensis
- ↑ Puerto Rico's national flower.
- ↑ The records for this species are questionable
- ↑ This species was formerly classified as Clidemia portoricensis and Clidemia pusilliflora.
- ↑ A federally listed endangered species.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ackerman, James D. (30 June 1995). "An orchid flors of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 73.
- ↑ A federally listed endangered species.
- ↑ Formerly Encylcis krugii and Epidendrum krugii
- ↑ Lioger & Martorell, 2000, Flora of Puerfto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, 2nd ed., Edit. Univ. Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- ↑ Luer, C. A. 2002. Selbyana 23: 22. Formerly known as Lepanthes veleziana var. retusicolumna
- ↑ Known only from two sites in southwestern Puerto Rico
- ↑ Known from only two locations in southwestern Puerto Rico
- ↑ Known only from a single site at the Guánica Commonwealth Forest.
- ↑ Román Guzmán, Javier A. 2006. A study of Randia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & Standley [Rubiaceae]: A rare species. MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
- 1 2 "There has much disagreement with respect to the number of Zamia species recognized in Puerto Rico and the West Indies. In a detailed study of leaf morphology, based on herbarium species, Eckenwalder (1980) found a continuous gradation in foliar characteristics throughout the West Indies, concluding that Zamia was represented in the West Indies by two subspecies of Z. pumila. Accordingly, all native populations in Puerto Rico are Z. pumila ssp. pumila. A contrasting view is presented by Stephenson (1987) where four species are recognized in Puerto Rico based on foliar and strobili characters desrived from herbarium specimens and live plants. For the most part..., the present authors follow Stephenson's opinion, realising that further work is needed (DNA sequencing) in order to confirm or reject his assessment." Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Zamiaceae. In Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. and M.T. Strong (eds.) Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium volume 52.
- Pedro Acevedo Rodríguez and Franklin S. Axelrod (1999). "Annotated Checklist for the Tracheophytes of Río Abajo Forest Reserve, Puerto Rico". Caribbean Journal of Science. 35 (3-4): 262–285.
- Three endemic Puerto Rican ferns
External links
- Departamento de Recursos Naturales (Spanish)
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