Flora of Cuba

This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic, found in Cuba.

This list should exclude plants grown, invasive species or introduced by humans (example: weeds).

The endemic genera or species (exclusive of Cuba) will be marked in bold type.

Contents:

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A

• Acacia belairioides
• Acacia bucheri
• Acacia daemon
• Acacia roigii
• Acacia zapatensis
• Albizia berteriana
• Allophylus roigii
• Amyris polymorpha
• Annona cristalensis
• Annona ekmanii
• Ateleia gummifera
• Ateleia salicifolia
• Atkinsia cubensis

B

• Bactris cubensis
• Banara wilsonii
• Behaimia cubensis
• Belairia parvifolia
• Blue Mahoe
• Bucida ophiticola
• Bunchosia linearifolia
• Byrsonima crassifolia

C

• Calopogon tuberosus
• Calycolpus excisus
• Calyptranthes arenicola
• Calyptranthes flavo-viridis
• Calyptranthes polyneura
• Calyptranthes pozasiana
• Calyptranthes rostrata
• Cameraria microphylla
• Carpodiptera mirabilis
• Carpodiptera ophiticola
• Casearia crassinervis
• Chamaecrista bucherae
• Coccothrinax acunana
• Coccothrinax alexandri
• Coccothrinax borhidiana
• Colpothrinax wrightii
• Cyathea balanocarpa
• Cyathea brooksii
• Cyathea fulgens
• Cyathea × boytelii
• Cynometra cubensis

E

• Erythrina elenae
• Euchorium cubense
• Eugenia aceitillo
• Eugenia acunai
• Eugenia acutissima
• Eugenia bayatensis

F

• Ficus meizonochlamys

G

• Gastrococos
• Gordonia curtyana
• Gyminda orbicularis

H

• Harpalyce maisiana
• Helietta glaucescens
• Hemithrinax
• Henriettea granularis
• Henriettea punctata
• Henriettea squamata
• Hernandia cubensis
• Hibiscus elatus
• Hieronima crassistipula
• Hildegardia cubensis
• Hymenaea torrei

J

• Jacaranda arborea
• Juglans insularis

K

• Krokia pilotoana

L

• Licaria cubensis
• Lunania cubensis
• Lunania dodecandra
• Lunania elongata
• Lyonia elliptica
• Lyonia maestrensis

M

• Magnolia minor
• Manilkara mayarensis
• Miconia perelegans
• Microcycas
• Micropholis polita
• Mozartia emarginata
• Mozartia maestrensis
• Mozartia manacalensis
• Myrtus claraensis

N

• Nance
• Nectandra minima
• Neea ekmanii
• Nowellia wrightii

P

• Pachyanthus pedicellatus
• Picrodendron baccatum
• Pimenta adenoclada
• Pimenta cainitoides
• Pimenta ferruginea
• Pimenta filipes
• Pimenta odiolens
• Pimenta oligantha
• Pimenta podocarpoides
• Pinus caribaea (Caribbean Pine)
• Pinus cubensis (Cuban Pine)
• Pinus tropicalis (Tropical Pine)
• Pisonia ekmani
• Pithecellobium savannarum
• Plinia rupestris
• Podocarpus aristulatus
• Pouteria aristata
• Pouteria cubensis
• Pouteria micrantha
• Pouteria moaensis
• Pseudosamanea cubana
• Psidium havanense
• Psychotria cathetoneura

R

• Rheedia aristata
• Rivea corymbosa

S

• Sabal palmetto
• Sarcomphalus havanensis
• Senna domingensis
• Sideroxylon acunae
• Sideroxylon angustum
• Sideroxylon confertum
• Sideroxylon jubilla
• Spirotecoma apiculata
• Spirotecoma holguinensis
• Synapsis ilicifolia

T

• Tabebuia anafensis
• Tabebuia arimaoensis
• Tabebuia bibracteolata
• Tabebuia dubia
• Tabebuia elongata
• Tabebuia furfuracea
• Tabebuia hypoleuca
• Tabebuia jackiana
• Tabebuia oligolepis
• Tabebuia polymorpha
• Tabebuia shaferi
• Tabernaemontana apoda
• Tapura orbicularis
• Terminalia eriostachya
• Terminalia intermedia
• Tetrazygia elegans
• Thrinax ekmaniana
• Trichilia pungens
• Trichilia trachyantha

U

• Utricularia pusilla
• Utricularia resupinata

V

• Vaccinium bissei
• Victorinia regina
• Vitex acunae

W

• Jamaica walnut

X

• Ximenia roigii
• Xylopia ekmanii

Z

• Zamia kickxii
• Zamia pumila
• Zamia pygmaea

Bibliography

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• Howard, R.A. 1988. Charles Wright in Cuba, 1856–1867. Chadwyck-Healey, Alexandria.
• León, H. & Alain, H. 1946-62.Flora de Cuba. 5 Volumes. Havana
• Manitz, H. 1987. Pp. 23–24 in: Las collecciones de Charles Wright en Pinar del Río. IV Conferencia sobre la Flora de Cuba. Resúmenes. Machurrucutu-La Habana.
• Oviedo Prieto, R. 1994. Plantae Wrightianae ex insula Cuba quae in herbario Horti Regii Matritensis asservantur. Fontqueria 39: 165–213.
• Richard, A. (1845). Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de L'Ile de Cuba (Editor: Ramón de la Sagra). Botanique. Plantes Vasculaires. (Physical, Political and Natural History of the island of Cuba, Botany. Vascular plants)(available at Gallica)
• Sauvalle, F.A. 1870. Flora cubana. Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7.
• Urban, I. 1902. Symbolae Antillanae, 3. Bornträger, Leipzig. (reprinted 1964, Asher Amsterdam)

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