List_of_endemic_flora_of_Puerto_Rico
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.
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- Forsteronia portoricensis, synonym of Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis
- Tabernaemontana oppositifolia
- Ilex cookii (Cook's holly)
- Ilex sintenisii (Sintenis' holly)
- Marsdenia elliptica
- Matelea sintenisii
- Matelea variifolia, syn. Matelea borinquensis
- Chromolaena borinquensis
- Critonia portoricense
- Koanophyllon dolicholepis
- Koanophyllon polyodon
- Mikania odoratissima
- Mikania porosa
- Vernonia proctorii[1]
- Crescentia portoricensis (Higuero de sierra)
- Tabebuia haemantha
- Cordia bellonis
- Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)
- Hohenbergia antillana
- Buxus portoricensis
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- Harrisia portoricensis (Puerto Rico applecactus)
- Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis
- Pleodendron macranthum (Chupacallos)
- Clusia gundlachii
- Alsophila amintae
- Alsophila bryophila
- Cyathea portoricensis
- Eleocharis sintenisii
- Diospyros sintenisii
- Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [2]
- Acalypha bisetosa
- Acalypha portoricensis
- Hieronyma clusioides[3]
- Calliandra locoensis[4]
- Neorudolphia volubilis
- Poitea florida
- Banara portoricensis
- Gesneria citrina
- Gesneria cuneifolia
- Gesneria pedunculosa
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Palo de Rosa)
- Licaria brittoniana
- Dendropemon bicolor
- Heteropteris wydleriana
- Stigmaphyllon floribundum
- Thespesia grandiflora (Flor de maga) [5]
- Marcgravia sintenisii (Bejuco de palma, Bejuco de lira, Bejuco de rana, Lira del Yunque, Pegapalma)
- Henriettea membranifolia[6]
- Heterotrichum cymosum
- (?)Sagraea portoricensis (Puerto Rico hogwood)[7]
- Trichilia triacantha (Bariaco)[8]
- Ficus stahlii
- Eugenia eggersii
- Eugenia haematocarpa
- Eugenia padronii
- Eugenia stewardsonii
- Marlierea sintenisii
- Myrcia acevedoi
- Myrcia estremerae
- Myrcia luquillensis (Luquillo forest lidflower)
- Myrcia margarettae
- Myrcia paganii
- Psidium amplexicaule
- Psidium sintenisii (Hoja Menuda)
- Hieronyma clusioides (Cedro Macho)
- Peperomia maxonii
- Aristida chaseae[14]
- Aristida portoricensis (Pelos del diablo)[15]
- Coccoloba rugosa
- Polygala cowellii
- Coccoloba pyrifolia
- Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana
- Amauropelta inabonensis
- Amauropelta rheophyta
- Asplenium corderoanum
- Goniopteris abdita
- Goniopteris hildae
- Goniopteris verecunda
- Goniopteris yaucoensis
- Tectaria estremerana
- Reynosia krugii
- Rhamnus sphaerosperma
- Mitracarpus maxwelliae[16]
- Mitracarpus portoricensis
- Randia portoricensis[17]
- Rondeletia inermis
- Stenostomum obtusifolium (syn. Antirhea obtusifolia)
- Stenostomum portoricense (syn. Antirhea portoricensis)
- Stenostomum sintenisii (syn. Antirhea sintenisii)
- Xylosma pachyphylla (Spiny logwood)
- Thouinia striata
- Chrysophyllum pauciflorum
- Manilkara pleeana
- Micropholis garciniifolia
- Sideroxylon portoricense
- Anemia portoricensis
- Selaginella krugii
- Selaginella laxifolia
- Simarouba tulae
- Goetzea elegans
- Solanum drymophilum (Erubia)
- Styrax portoricensis (Palo de Jazmin)
- Ternstroemia luquillensis (Palo Colorado)
- Ternstroemia subsessilis
- Daphnopsis helleriana
- Pilea leptophylla
- Zamia ambiphyllidia[lower-alpha 1]
- Zamia portoricensis[lower-alpha 1]
- "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.
- 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
- Puerto Rico's national flower.
- This species was formerly classified as Clidemia portoricensis and Clidemia pusilliflora.
- A federally listed endangered species.
- 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.
- 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 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
- 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
- Departamento de Recursos Naturales (in Spanish)