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 parenthesis.
[edit] Amaryllidaceae
- Zephyranthes puertoricensis (Puerto Rico zephyrlily) [1]
[edit] Apocynaceae
- Forsteronia portoricensis
- Tabernaemontana oppositifolia
[edit] Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex cookii (Cook's Holly)
- Ilex sintenisii (Sintenis' Holly)
- Ilex urbaniana
[edit] Araliaceae
- Dendropanax laurifolius
- Schefflera gleasonii
[edit] Arecaceae
- Calyptronoma rivalis
- Coccothrinax alta
- Gaussia attenuata
- Roystonea borinquena (Puerto Rican Royal Palm)
[edit] Asclepiadaceae
- Marsdenia elliptica
- Matelea sintenisii
- Matelea variifolia
[edit] Asteraceae
- Chromolaena borinquensis
- Critonia portoricense
- Koanophyllon dolicholepis
- Koanophyllon polyodon
- Mikania odoratissima
- Mikania porosa
- Vernonia proctorii [2]
[edit] Begoniaceae
- Begonia decandra
[edit] Bignoniaceae
- Crescentia portoricensis (Higuero de tierra)
- Tabebuia haemantha
[edit] Boraginaceae
- Cordia bellonis
- Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)
[edit] Bromeliaceae
- Hohenbergia antillana
[edit] Buxaceae
- Buxus portoricensis
[edit] Cactaceae
- Harrisia portoricensis (Puerto Rico applecactus)
- Leptocereus quadricostatus (Pitahaya)
[edit] Campanulaceae
- Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis
[edit] Canellaceae
- Pleodendron macranthum (Chupacaballos)
[edit] Celastraceae
- Maytenus cymosa
- Maytenus ponceana
[edit] Clusiaceae
- Clusia gundlachii
[edit] Cyatheaceae
- Cyathea portoricensis
[edit] Cyperaceae
- Eleocharis sintenisii
[edit] Ebenaceae
- Diospyros sintenisii
[edit] Ericaceae
- Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [3]
[edit] Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha bisetosa
- Acalypha portoricensis
- Hyeronima clusioides[4]
[edit] Fabaceae-Papilionaceae
- Calliandra locoensis [5]
- Neorudolphia volubilis
- Poitea florida
[edit] Flacourtiaceae
- Banara portoricensis
[edit] Gesneriaceae
- Gesneria citrina
- Gesneria cuneifolia
- Gesneria pedunculosa
[edit] Icacinaceae
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Palo de Rosa)
[edit] Lauraceae
- Licaria brittoniana
[edit] Loranthaceae
- Dendropemon bicolor
[edit] Magnoliaceae
- Magnolia portoricensis
- Magnolia splendens
[edit] Malpighiaceae
- Heteropteris wydleriana
- Stigmaphyllon floribundum
[edit] Malvaceae
- Thespesia grandiflora (Flor de maga) [6]
[edit] Melastomataceae
- Henriettea membranifolia [7]
- Heterotrichum cymosum
- (?)Sagraea portoricensis (Puerto Rico hogwood) [8]
[edit] Meliaceae
- Trichilia triacantha (Bariaco) [9]
[edit] Moraceae
- Ficus stahlii
[edit] Myrtaceae
- Calyptranthes acevedoi
- Calyptranthes estremerae
- Calyptranthes luquillensis (Luquillo Forest Lidflower)
- Eugenia eggersii
- Eugenia padronii
- Eugenia stewardsonii
- Marlierea sintenisii
- Myrcia margarettae
- Myrcia paganii
- Psidium amplexicaule
- Psidium sintenisii (Hoja Menuda)
[edit] Nyctaginaceae
- Neea buxifolia
[edit] Olacaceae
- Schoepfia arenaria
[edit] Orchidaceae
- Cranichis ricartii
- Leochilus puertoricensis
- Lepanthes eltoroensis (Luquillo Mountain babyboot orchid) [10]
- Lepanthes woodburyana
- Psychilis kraenzlinii
- Psychilis krugii [11]
- Psychilis monensis [12]
[edit] Passifloraceae
- Passiflora tulae
[edit] Pentaphylacaceae
- Ternstroemia luquillensis (Palo Colorado)
- Ternstroemia subsessilis
[edit] Phyllanthaceae
- Hyeronima clusioides (Cedro Macho)
[edit] Phytolaccaceae
- Trichostigma sp. (undescribed)
[edit] Piperaceae
- Peperomia sintenisii
[edit] Poaceae
[edit] Polygalaceae
- Coccoloba rugosa
- Polygala cowellii
[edit] Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba pyrifolia
- Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana
[edit] Polypodiaceae
- Asplenium corderoanum
- Tectaria estremerana
- Thelypteris abdita
- Thelypteris hildae
- Thelypteris inabonensis
- Thelypteris rheophyta
- Thelypteris verecunda
- Thelypteris yaucoensis
[edit] Rhamnaceae
- Reynosia krugii
- Rhamnus sphaerosperma
[edit] Rubiaceae
- Antirhea obtusifolia
- Antirhea portoricensis
- Antirhea sintenisii
- Mitracarpus maxwelliae [15]
- Mitracarpus portoricensis
- Randia portoricensis [16]
- Rondeletia inermis
[edit] Salicaceae
- Xylosma pachyphyllum (Spiny Logwood)
[edit] Sapindaceae
- Thouinia striata
[edit] Sapotaceae
- Chrysophyllum pauciflorum
- Manilkara pleeana
- Micropholis garciniifolia
- Sideroxylon portoricense
[edit] Schizaeaceae
- Anemia portoricensis
[edit] (?) Schoepfiaceae - (?)Olacaceae
- Schoepfia arenaria
[edit] Selaginellaceae
- Selaginella laxifolia
[edit] Simaroubaceae
- Simarouba tulae
[edit] Solanaceae
- (?)Goetzea elegans
- Solanum drymophilum (Erubia)
[edit] Styracaceae
- Styrax portoricensis (Palo de Jazmin)
[edit] Thymelaeaceae
- Daphnopsis helleriana
[edit] Urticaceae
- Pilea leptophylla
[edit] Verbenaceae
- Cornutia obovata
[edit] Zamiaceae
[edit] See also
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ This species has been classified as Atamosco tubispatha, Zephyranthes insularum and Zephyranthes tubispatha but was subsequently renamed.
- ^ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. [1].
- ^ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. [2].
- ^ 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. [3]
- ^ This species was formerly classified as Clidemia portoricensis and Clidemia pusilliflora.
- ^ A federally listed endangered species. [4]
- ^ A federally listed endangered species.
- ^ Formerly Encylcis krugii and Epidendrum krugii. [5]
- ^ Lioger & Martorell, 2000, Flora of Puerfto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, 2nd ed., Edit. Univ. Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- ^ Known only from two sites in southwestern Puerto Rico. [6]
- ^ Known from only two locations in southwestern Puerto Rico. [7]
- ^ Known only from a single site at the Guánica Commonwealth Forest. [8]
- ^ Román Guzmán, Javier A. 2006. A study of Randia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & Standley [Rubiaceae]: A rare species. MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
- ^ a b "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. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
- Three endemic Puerto Rican ferns
[edit] External links
- Departamento de Recursos Naturales (Spanish)
