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List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico

Summary

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 edit

Aquifoliaceae edit

Araliaceae edit

Asclepiadaceae edit

Asteraceae edit

Begoniaceae edit

Bignoniaceae edit

Boraginaceae edit

  • Cordia bellonis
  • Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)

Bromeliaceae edit

  • Hohenbergia antillana

Buxaceae edit

  • Buxus portoricensis

Cactaceae edit

 
Harrisia portoricensis on Mona Island

Campanulaceae edit

  • Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis

Canellaceae edit

Celastraceae edit

Clusiaceae edit

  • Clusia gundlachii

Cyatheaceae edit

Cyperaceae edit

  • Eleocharis sintenisii

Ebenaceae edit

  • Diospyros sintenisii

Ericaceae edit

  • Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [2]

Euphorbiaceae edit

Fabaceae edit

Flacourtiaceae edit

  • Banara portoricensis

Gesneriaceae edit

Icacinaceae edit

Lauraceae edit

  • Licaria brittoniana

Loranthaceae edit

  • Dendropemon bicolor

Magnoliaceae edit

Malpighiaceae edit

  • Heteropteris wydleriana
  • Stigmaphyllon floribundum

Malvaceae edit

Marcgraviaceae edit

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

Melastomataceae edit

Meliaceae edit

Moraceae edit

  • Ficus stahlii

Myrtaceae edit

Nyctaginaceae edit

Orchidaceae edit

  • 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 edit

 
Passiflora tulae

Phyllanthaceae edit

Piperaceae edit

  • Peperomia maxonii

Poaceae edit

Polygalaceae edit

  • Coccoloba rugosa
  • Polygala cowellii

Polygonaceae edit

  • Coccoloba pyrifolia
  • Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana

Polypodiales edit

Rhamnaceae edit

  • Reynosia krugii
  • Rhamnus sphaerosperma

Rubiaceae edit

Salicaceae edit

Sapindaceae edit

  • Thouinia striata

Sapotaceae edit

Schizaeaceae edit

  • Anemia portoricensis

Schoepfiaceae edit

Selaginellaceae edit

  • Selaginella krugii
  • Selaginella laxifolia

Simaroubaceae edit

 
Simarouba tulae
  • Simarouba tulae

Solanaceae edit

Styracaceae edit

Ternstroemiaceae edit

Thymelaeaceae edit

  • Daphnopsis helleriana

Urticaceae edit

  • Pilea leptophylla

Verbenaceae edit

Zamiaceae edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.

References edit

  1. ^ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. [1].
  2. ^ Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. [2].
  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. [3]
  9. ^ a b c d e 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. [4]
  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

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

  • Departamento de Recursos Naturales (in Spanish)

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