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.

Map of the ecosystems of Puerto Rico

Apocynaceae

Aquifoliaceae

Araliaceae

Asclepiadaceae

Asteraceae

Begoniaceae

  • Begonia decandra

Bignoniaceae

Boraginaceae

  • Cordia bellonis
  • Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)

Bromeliaceae

  • Hohenbergia antillana

Buxaceae

  • Buxus portoricensis

Cactaceae

Campanulaceae

  • Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis

Canellaceae

Celastraceae

Clusiaceae

  • Clusia gundlachii

Cyatheaceae

Cyperaceae

  • Eleocharis sintenisii

Ebenaceae

  • Diospyros sintenisii

Ericaceae

  • Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [2]

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

  • Calliandra locoensis [4]
  • Neorudolphia volubilis
  • Poitea florida

Flacourtiaceae

  • Banara portoricensis

Gesneriaceae

Icacinaceae

Lauraceae

  • Licaria brittoniana

Loranthaceae

  • Dendropemon bicolor

Magnoliaceae

Malpighiaceae

  • Heteropteris wydleriana
  • Stigmaphyllon floribundum

Malvaceae

Marcgraviaceae

  • Marcgravia sintenisii (Bejuco de palma, Bejuco de lira, Bejuco de rana, Lira del Yunque, Pegapalma)

Melastomataceae

Meliaceae

Moraceae

  • Ficus stahlii

Myrtaceae

Nyctaginaceae

  • Neea buxifolia

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

Piperaceae

  • Peperomia maxonii

Poaceae

Polygalaceae

Polygonaceae

  • Coccoloba pyrifolia
  • Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana

Polypodiales

Rhamnaceae

  • Reynosia krugii
  • Rhamnus sphaerosperma

Rubiaceae

Salicaceae

Sapindaceae

  • Thouinia striata

Sapotaceae

Schizaeaceae

  • Anemia portoricensis

Schoepfiaceae

Selaginellaceae

  • Selaginella krugii
  • Selaginella laxifolia

Simaroubaceae

Simarouba tulae
  • Simarouba tulae

Solanaceae

Styracaceae

Ternstroemiaceae

Thymelaeaceae

  • Daphnopsis helleriana

Urticaceae

  • Pilea leptophylla

Verbenaceae

Zamiaceae

See also

References and footnotes

  1. Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. .
  2. Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. .
  3. 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
  4. Calliandra locoensis
  5. Puerto Rico's national flower.
  6. The records for this species are questionable
  7. This species was formerly classified as Clidemia portoricensis and Clidemia pusilliflora.
  8. A federally listed endangered species.
  9. Ackerman, James D. (30 June 1995). "An orchid flors of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 73.
  10. A federally listed endangered species.
  11. Formerly Encylcis krugii and Epidendrum krugii
  12. Lioger & Martorell, 2000, Flora of Puerfto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, 2nd ed., Edit. Univ. Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  13. Luer, C. A. 2002. Selbyana 23: 22. Formerly known as Lepanthes veleziana var. retusicolumna
  14. Known only from two sites in southwestern Puerto Rico
  15. Known from only two locations in southwestern Puerto Rico
  16. Known only from a single site at the Guánica Commonwealth Forest.
  17. Román Guzmán, Javier A. 2006. A study of Randia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & Standley [Rubiaceae]: A rare species. MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
  18. "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
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