Flora of Cuba explained

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) are marked by *. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses.

A

• Acacia belairioides
  • Acacia bucheri
  • Acacia cornigera
• Acacia daemon
  • Acacia roigii
  • Acacia zapatensis
  • Acoelorraphe wrightii
• Acrocomia crispa
  • Agave anomala
  • Ageratina riparia
• Albizia berteriana
• Allophylus roigii
  • Amyris cubensis
  • Amyris polymorpha
  • Ancistranthus harpochiloides
  • Annona cristalensis
  • Annona ekmanii
  • Ateleia gummifera
  • Ateleia salicifolia
  • Atkinsia cubensis
  • Avicennia germinans

Orchids are native

B

• Bactris cubensis
  • Banara wilsonii
  • Begonia cubensis
  • Behaimia cubensis
  • Belairia parvifolia
  • Brya ebenus
• Bucida ophiticola
  • Buddleja americana
• Bunchosia linearifolia
  • Bursera simaruba
• Byrsonima crassifolia (Nance)

C

Calopogon tuberosus Calycolpus excisus Calyptranthes arenicola Calyptranthes flavo-viridis Calyptranthes polyneura Calyptranthes pozasiana Calyptranthes rostrata Calyptronoma plumeriana Cameraria microphylla Capparis cynophallophora Caribea litoralis ^[1] Carpodiptera mirabilis Carpodiptera ophiticola Casearia crassinervis Catalpa brevipes Cedrela odorata Chamaecrista bucherae Chascotheca neopeltandra Chrysobalanus icaco Cissus trifoliata Clusia rosea Cnidoscolus regina (syn. Victorinia regina) Coccoloba diversifolia Coccothrinax acunana

Coccothrinax alexandri Coccothrinax baracoensis Coccothrinax bermudezii Coccothrinax borhidiana Coccothrinax camagueyana Coccothrinax clarensis Coccothrinax crinita Coccothrinax cupularis Coccothrinax elegans Coccothrinax fagildei Coccothrinax fragrans Coccothrinax garciana Coccothrinax guantanamensis Coccothrinax gundlachii Coccothrinax hioramii Coccothrinax leonis Coccothrinax litoralis Coccothrinax macroglossa Coccothrinax microphylla Coccothrinax miraguama Coccothrinax moaensis Coccothrinax munizii Coccothrinax muricata

Coccothrinax nipensis Coccothrinax orientalis Coccothrinax pauciramosa Coccothrinax pseudorigida Coccothrinax pumila Coccothrinax rigida Coccothrinax salvatoris Coccothrinax savannarum Coccothrinax saxicola Coccothrinax torrida Coccothrinax trinitensis Coccothrinax victorini Coccothrinax yunquensis Coccothrinax yuraguana Colpothrinax wrightii Copernicia baileyana Copernicia brittonorum Copernicia cowellii Copernicia curbeloi Copernicia curtissii Copernicia fallaensis Copernicia gigas Copernicia glabrescens

Copernicia hospita Copernicia humicola Copernicia longiglossa Copernicia macroglossa Copernicia molineti Copernicia rigida Copernicia roigii Copernicia yarey Cordia sebestena Crescentia cujete Cyathea balanocarpa Cyathea brooksii Cyathea fulgens Cyathea × boytelii Cynometra cubensis Cyrilla racemiflora

D

• Dorstenia crenulata
  • Dorstenia erythranda
• Dorstenia nummularia
  • Dorstenia peltata
• Dorstenia petraea
  • Dorstenia rocana
  • Dorstenia roigii
  • Dorstenia tuberosa

E

• Encyclia tampensis
• Erythrina elenae
  • Erythroxylum echinodendron
  • Euchorium cubense
  • Eugenia aceitillo
  • Eugenia acunai
  • Eugenia acutissima
  • Eugenia bayatensis

F

• Ficus meizonochlamys

G

• Garcinia aristata
  • Garrya fadyenii
• Gastrococos crispa see Acrocomia crispa
• Gaussia princeps
  • Gordonia curtyana
  • Gyminda orbicularis

H

• Harpalyce maisiana
  • Helietta glaucescens
  • Hemithrinax compacta
  • Hemithrinax rivularis
  • Henleophytum echinatum
  • Henriettea granularis
  • Henriettea punctata
  • Henriettea squamata
  • Hernandia cubensis
  • Hibiscus elatus (Blue Mahoe)
• Hieronyma crassistipula
  • Hildegardia cubensis
  • Hymenaea torrei

I

• Illicium cubense

J

• Jacaranda arborea
  • Jatropha integerrima
• Juglans insularis

K

• Krokia pilotoana

L

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

M

• Magnolia minor
  • Manilkara mayarensis
  • Manilkara valenzuelana
• Marcgravia evenia
  • Melocactus matanzanus
  • Miconia perelegans
  • Microcycas calocoma
  • Micropholis polita
  • Mozartia emarginata
  • Mozartia maestrensis
  • Mozartia manacalensis
  • Myrtus claraensis

N

• Nectandra coriacea ^[2]
• Nectandra hihua ^[2]
• Nectandra membranacea ^[2]
• Nectandra minima
• ^[2]
• Nectandra turbacensis ^[2]
• Neea ekmanii
  • Nowellia wrightii

P

• Pachyanthus pedicellatus
  • Phyla dulcis
• Picrodendron baccatum (Jamaica walnut)
• Pimenta adenoclada
  • Pimenta cainitoides
  • Pimenta ferruginea
  • Pimenta filipes
  • Pimenta odiolens
  • Pimenta oligantha
  • Pimenta podocarpoides
  • Pinguicula lithophytica
  • Pinguicula toldensis
  • 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

Q

• Quercus sagrana (=Quercus sagraeana)*

R

• Rheedia aristata see Garcinia aristata
• Rivea corymbosa see Turbina corymbosa

S

• Sabal palmetto
• Sabal yapa
• Sarcomphalus havanensis
  • Senna domingensis
• Sideroxylon acunae
  • Sideroxylon angustum
  • Sideroxylon cubense (syn. Sideroxylon confertum)
• Sideroxylon jubilla
  • Sideroxylon salicifolium
• 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 diptera syn. Terminalia intermedia^[3]
• Tetrazygia elegans
  • Thrinax ekmaniana
  • Trichilia pungens
  • Trichilia trachyantha
  • Tripsacum floridanum
• Turbina corymbosa

U

• Utricularia breviscapa
• Utricularia cornuta
• Utricularia incisa
  • Utricularia juncea
• Utricularia olivacea
• Utricularia purpurea
• Utricularia pusilla
• Utricularia resupinata
• Utricularia simulans

V

• Vaccinium bissei
  • Vitex acunae
  • Vitis tiliifolia

X

• Ximenia roigii
  • Xylopia ekmanii

Z

• Zamia integrifolia
• Zamia kickxii
  • Zamia pumila
• Zamia pygmaea

See also

• Cuban cactus scrub
• Cuban dry forests
• Cuban moist forests
• Cuban pine forests

External links

• Flora de la República de Cuba online
• The Spermatophyta of Cuba – A Preliminary Checklist

Bibliography

• Grisebach, August (1866). Catalogus plantarum cubensium (Catalog of Plants of Cuba). Engelmann, Leipzig. (available at Botanicus.org)
• Grisebach, A.[H.R.] 1862. Plantæ Wrightianæ e Cuba orientali, Pars II. (Monopetalae et Monocotyledones). Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser .2, 8: 503–536.
• Howard, R.A. 1988. Charles Wright in Cuba, 1856–1867. Chadwyck-Healey, Alexandria.
• León, H. (J. S. Sauget) & Alain, H. (E. E. Liogier) 1946-62 (4 volumes); suppl. 1969.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)

Notes and References

1. Douglas, N.A. &. P.S. Manos. Molecular phylogeny of Nyctaginaceae: Taxonomy, biogeography, and characters associated with a radiation of xerophytic genera in North America. American Journal of Botany. 2007. 94. 5. 859. 10.3732/ajb.94.5.856. 21636455.
2. Book: Rohwer, Jens G.. Lauraceae: Nectandra - Flora Neotropica Monograph #60. New York Botanical Garden. 1993. 0-89327-373-2.
3. Web site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Kew Science . Terminalia diptera (Sagra) Greuter & R. Rankin . Plants of the World Online . 24 November 2021 . en.