List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico explained
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.
- Cordia bellonis
- Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)
- Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis
- Lyonia truncata var. proctorii [2]
- Heteropteris wydleriana
- Stigmaphyllon floribundum
- Marcgravia sintenisii (Bejuco de palma, Bejuco de lira, Bejuco de rana, Lira del Yunque, Pegapalma)
- Brachionidium ciliolatum[9]
- Leochilus puertoricensis
- Lepanthes caritensis
- Lepanthes eltoroensis (Luquillo Mountain babyboot orchid)[10]
- Lepanthes woodburyana
- Lepanthes caritensis
- Psychilis kraenzlinii
- Psychilis krugii[11]
- Psychilis monensis[12]
- Lepanthes stimsonii[13]
- Coccoloba rugosa
- Polygala cowellii
- Coccoloba pyrifolia
- Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana
- Reynosia krugii
- Rhamnus sphaerosperma
- Selaginella krugii
- Selaginella laxifolia
See also
Further reading
- 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
Notes and References
- Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/q/saqa9.html.
- Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the Sierra Bermeja. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/q/saqa5.html.
- 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
- http://www.fws.gov/southeast/es/pdf/CL.PDF Calliandra locoensis
- Puerto Rico's national flower.
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/34042/all The records for this species are questionable
- This species was formerly classified as Clidemia portoricensis and Clidemia pusilliflora.
- A federally listed endangered species. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/q/saq4q.html
- 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.
- http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PSKR2 Formerly Encylcis krugii and Epidendrum krugii
- 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
- http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/q/saqa1.html Known only from two sites in southwestern Puerto Rico
- http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/i/q/saq6b.html Known from only two locations in southwestern Puerto Rico
- Known only from a single site at the Guánica Commonwealth Forest. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/q/saqcs.html
- Román Guzmán, Javier A. 2006. A study of Randia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & Standley [Rubiaceae]: A rare species. MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
