Checklist of the Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons

 (excluding the Orchidaceae and Poaceae)

 of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

 

 

Native and naturalized taxa are in bold face type, cultivated taxa in brackets.

 

1. GYMNOSPERMS

 

[ARAUCARIACEAE]          

[Agathis robusta (F.J. Müll.) F.M. Bailey, native to Australia]

[Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze, native to Brazil]

[Araucaria bidwillii Hook. ,native to Australia]

            [Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco, native to the Norfolk Islands]

 

 

[CUPRESSACEAE]

            [Chamaecyparis funebris (Endl.) Franco, native to China]

            [Cupressus arizonica Greene, native to Arizona, U.S.A.]

            [Cupressus lusitanica Mill., native to Mexico and Central America]

            [Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw., native to California, U.S.A.]

            [Cupressus sempervirens L., native to southern Europe]

 

 

PINACEAE

Pinus caribaea Morelet

    

 

PODOCARPACEAE

Podocarpus coriaceus Rich. & A. Rich.

            [Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki Endl., a native of China]

 

 

ZAMIACEAE

Zamia amblyphyllidia D.W. Stev.                                                                                                        

Zamia portoricensis Urb.                                                                              

Zamia pumila L.

 

 

 

2. MONOCOTYLEDONS

 

AGAVACEAE

[Agave americana L., a Mexican species]

[Agave beauleriana Jacobi]

[Agave fourcroydes Lem., of Yucatan]

Agave eggersiana Trel.

[Agave evadens Trel., native of Trinidad]

[Agave jacquiniana Schult., endemic to Florida, U.S.A.]

Agave minor Proctor

Agave missionum Trel.

[Agave neglecta Small, endemic to Florida, U.S.A.]

Agave sisalana Perrine

            Agave vivipara L.

[Furcraea andina Trel., native to Peru]

Furcraea antillana A. Álvarez

[Furcraea elegans Tod. had been planted in St. Thomas]

            [Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.]

[Furcraea macrophylla Baker, of the Bahamas]

[Furcraea selloa K. Koch cv. “marginata”]

Furcraea stratiotes J. B. Petersen

            Furcraea tuberosa (Mill.) W.T. Aiton

[Polianthes tuberosa L., a native of Mexico]

Yucca aloifolia L.

[Yucca gloriosa L., a native of the southeastern United States]

Yucca guatemalensis Baker

 

 

ALISMATACEAE

Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

Echinodorus bolivianus (Rusby) Holm-Niels.

        Sagittaria intermedia Micheli

Sagittaria lancifolia L.

   Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

 

 

[ALLIACEAE]

            [Allium ascalonium Bory & Chaub., of Syrian origin]

            [Allium cepa L., a native of Persia]

            [Allium fistulosum L., from Siberia]

            [Allium porrum L., European]

            [Allium sativum L., European]

            [Allium scorodoprasum L., of European origin]

 

 

AMARYLLIDACEAE

            [Amaryllis belladonna L., from South Africa]

            [Crinum americanum L.]

Crinum asiaticum L.

[Crinum erubescens Aiton]

[Crinum giganteum Andr.]

Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L.

[Cyrtanthus uniflorus Ker Gawl., from South Africa]

ucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch.

Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze

Hymenocallis caribaea (L.) Herb. 

Hymenocallis latifolia (Mill.) M. Roem.                                                                                

[Hymenocallis praticola Britton & P. Wilson]

Hymenocallis speciosa (L.f. ex Salisb.) Salisb.          

[Hymenocallis undulata Herb.]

[Molineria hortensis Britton]

[Narcissus tazetta L., native to Europe]

[Sprekelia formosissima (L.) Herb.]     

Zephyranthes citrina Baker

Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindl.                                                                                

Zephyranthes proctorii Acev.-Rodr. & M. T. Strong

Zephyranthes puertoricensis Traub

          Zephyranthes rosea Lindl.

 

 

ARACEAE

            [Aglaonema commutatum Schott]

            [Aglaonema pictum Kunth]

Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don                                                                                       

Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte

            [Anthurium andreanum Linden, native to South America]                                                                              

            Anthurium cordatum (L.) Schott

   Anthurium crenatum (L.) Kunth                                                                                            

            Anthurium dominicense Schott

            [Anthurium longilaminatum Engl., native to South America]

Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl.

            Anthurium × selloum K. Koch

Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

[Calla palustris L.]

            Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott                                                                                             

Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott,

            Dracontium asperum K. Koch

Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.

Epipremnum pinnatum 'Aureum' Nicolson

Monstera adansonii Schott

            [Monstera deliciosa Liebm.]

            [Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.]

Philodendron consanguineum Schott

                Philodendron giganteum Schott

            Philodendron hederaceum (Jacq.) Schott

Philodendron lingulatum (L.) K. Koch

Philodendron ornatum Schott

[Philodendron radiatum Schott]

Pistia stratiotes L.                                                                             

Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel

[Syngonium auritum (L.) Schott]

Syngonium podophyllum Schott

Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engl.

[Xanthosoma caracu K. Koch & Bouché]          

Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott  

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott                                                                                   

Xanthosoma undipes (K. Koch) K. Koch                                                                             

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott                                                                                              

[Zantedeschia aetiopica (L.) Link] .      

 

 

ARECACEAE (PALMAE)

Acrocomia media O. F. Cook

            [Actinophloeus macarthurii (H. Wendl.) Becc., native to Australia]

   Aiphanes acanthophylla (Mart.) Burret

[Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. & Drude]

[Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc.]

            [Areca catechu L., Asiatic]

            [Areca madagascariensis Mart., native of Madagascar]

[Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.]

            [Arenga saccharifera Labill., East Indian]

[Arikuryroba schizophylla (Mart.) L. H. Bailey]

[Astrocaryum standleyanum L. H. Bailey]

[Bactris gasipaes Kunth]

            [Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., from Brazil]

            [Borassus flabellifer L., East Indian]

Calyptronoma rivalis (O. F. Cook) L. H. Bailey

            [Caryota urens L., Asiatic]

[Chamaedorea elegans Mart.]

[Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis Becc.]

Coccothrinax alta (O. F. Cook) Becc.             

Cocos nucifera L.      

[Corypha elata Roxb., native of India]

[Corypha umbraculifera L.]

[Cryosophila warscewiczii (H. Wendl.) Bartlett]

[Dictyosperma album (Bory) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Scheff.]

            [Dictyosperma rubrum H. Wendl. & Drude, East Indian]

            [Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf. (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendl.), from Madagascar]

            [Elaeis guineensis Jacq., of African origin]

[Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés ex Prain]

            Gaussia attenuata (O. F. Cook) Becc.

[Howea belmoreana (C. Moore & F. Muell.) Becc., native of Lord Howe’s Island in the Pacific Ocean]

[Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl., of the Mascarene Islands]

[Latania loddigesii Mart.]

            [Licuala grandis H. Wendl., native of New Britain Island]

            [Livistona chinensis R. Br., from China]

            [Martinezia caryotifolia Kunth, from South America]

            [Phoenix canariensis Chabaud, of the Canary Islands]

            [Phoenix dactylifera L., from Africa]

            [Phoenix reclinata Jacq., native of Africa]

[Phoenix roebelinii O’Brien]

            [Phoenix rupicola T. Anderson, East Indian]

[Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.]

[Pinanga kuhlii Blume]

   Prestoea montana (Graham) G. Nicholson

            [Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl., native of the Fiji Islands]

Pseudophoenix sargentii H. Wendl. ex Sarg.

            [Pseudophoenix vinifera (Mart.) Becc.]

[Ptychosperma elegans (R. Br.) Blume]

[Ptychosperma macarthurii (H. Wendl. ex H.J. Veitch) H. Wendl. ex Hook. f.]

            [Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.]

[Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A. Henry ex Rehder (Rhapis flabelliformis L’Hér.), native of western Asia]

[Rhopadostylis baueri (Hook.) H. Wendl. & Drude, native of the Norfolk and Chatham Islands]

            Roystonea borinquena O. F. Cook,

            [Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook., the Cuban Royal Palm]

  Sabal bermudiana L. H. Bailey

Sabal causiarum (O. F. Cook) Becc.

            [Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. f.]

[Syagrus coronata (Mart.) Becc.]

[Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman (Cocos plumosa Lodd. ex Hook.), native of Brazil]

Thrinax morrisii H. Wendl.

            [Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H. E. Moore]

[Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl. (Neowashingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) Sud.), native of southern California, U.S.A.]

[Washingtonia robusta H. Wendl. (Neowashingtonia robusta (H. Wendl.) Britton), native of southern California, U.S.A.]

 

 

ASPARAGACEAE

Asparagus aethiopicus L.

[Asparagus officinalis L.]

[Asparagus plumosus Baker, a native of South Africa]

            Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

 

 

ASPHODELACEAE

[Aloe arborescens Mill., from South Africa]

[Aloe ciliaris Haw., from South Africa]

[Aloe ferox Mill., from South Africa]

[Aloe grandidentata Salm-Dyck, from South Africa]

[Aloe greenii Baker, from South Africa]

[Aloe obscura Mill., from South Africa]

Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.

            [Haworthia tessellata Haw., from Africa]

 

 

BROMELIACEAE

            Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker

            Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker                                                                       

            Aechmea nudicaulis (L.) Griseb.       

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

[Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl.]    

        Bromelia pinguin L.                                                               

            Catopsis floribunda L. B. Sm.,

            Catopsis nitida (Hook.) Griseb.         

Catopsis sessiliflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez

Guzmania berteroniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Mez

            Guzmania lingulata var. concolor Proctor & Cedeńo-Mald.                                                  Guzmania monostachia (L.) Rusby ex Mez                                                                            Hohenbergia antillana Mez

Hohenbergia portoricensis Mez

            [Neoregelia carolinae (Beer) L. B. Sm.]

[Neoregelia marmorata (Baker) L. B. Sm.]

Pitcairnia angustifolia Aiton

            Pitcairnia angustifolia var. angustifolia

            Pitcairnia angustifolia var. simplicior Proctor & Cedeńo-Mald.

Pitcairnia jareckii Proctor & Cedeńo-Mald.                                                              

            Tillandsia ariza-juliae L. B. Sm. & Jiménez

            Tillandsia borinquensis Cedeńo-Mald. & Proctor

            Tillandsia bulbosa Hook.

Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

            Tillandsia festucoides Brongn. ex Mez            

Tillandsia flexuosa Sw.

            Tillandsia × lineatispica Mez

Tillandsia polystachia (L.) L.            

Tillandsia pruinosa Sw.

Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

Tillandsia setacea Sw.

            Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

            Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.

Tillandsia utriculata L.                                                                                                          

            Tillandsia variabilis Schltdl.

            Vriesea macrostachya (Bello) Mez

Werauhia proctorii Cedeńo-Mald.

Werauhia ringens (Griseb.) J. R. Grant

            Werauhia sintenisii (Baker) J. R. Grant

 

 

BURMANNIACEAE

Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small

            Burmannia capitata (J. F. Gmel.) Mart.

Gymnosiphon niveus (Griseb.) Urb.

            Gymnosiphon sphaerocarpus Urb.

 

 

CANNACEAE

[Canna edulis Ker Gawl.]

Canna glauca L.

Canna indica L.

Canna jaegeriana Urb.,

            [Canna lutea Mill.]

 

 

[COLCHICACEAE]

            [Gloriosa superba L., native of the Old World tropics]

 

 

COMMELINACEAE

            Aploleia monandra (Sw.) H. E. Moore

            Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson                                                                                        

            Callisia repens (Jacq.) L.

            Commelina benghalensis L.

   Commelina diffusa Burm. f.

            Commelina erecta L.             

   Commelina rufipes var. glabrata (D. R. Hunt) Faden & D. R. Hunt

            Gibasis geniculata (Jacq.) Rohweder                                    

            Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan                                                                  

            Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D. R. Hunt

            Tradescantia spathacea Sw.

            Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw.                                                                                              

            Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.                                                 

            Tripogandra serrulata (Vahl) Handlos

 

 

[CONVALLARIACEAE]

            [Aspidistra lurida Ker Gawl., of Chinese origin]

 

 

COSTACEAE

Costus guanaiensis var. macrostrobilus (K. Schum.) Maas

Costus malortieanus H. Wendl.

Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.,

Costus speciosus (J. König) Sm.                                                                                           

            Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw.

 

 

 

CYMODOCEACEAE          

            Halodule beaudettei (Hartog) Hartog,

            Halodule wrightii Asch.

Syringodium filiforme Kütz.

 

 

[CYCLANTHACEAE]

            [Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav., native of Peru]

 

 

CYPERACEAE

Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral     

Bulbostylis antillana (Britton) Fernald

Bulbostylis capillaris subsp. insulana M.T. Strong

Bulbostylis curassavica (Britton) Kük. ex Ekman.

Bulbostylis pauciflora (Liebm.) C. B. Clarke                                                             

Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük.

Bulbostylis subaphylla C. B. Clarke


Bulbostylis vestita (Kunth) C. B. Clarke       

Carex longii Mack.

Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb.                                     

Cladium jamaicense Crantz

Cyperus aggregatus (Willd.) Endl.

Cyperus articulatus L.

Cyperus brunneus Sw.

Cyperus compressus L.

Cyperus confertus Sw.

Cyperus croceus Vahl

Cyperus difformis L.

Cyperus digitatus Roxb.

Cyperus distans L.f.

Cyperus eggersii Boeck.

Cyperus elegans L.                                                                                                               

Cyperus esculentus L.

Cyperus filiformis Sw.

Cyperus flavescens L.

Cyperus flexuosus Vahl

Cyperus floridanus Britton

Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

Cyperus giganteus Vahl

Cyperus haspan L.

Cyperus imbricatus Retz.

Cyperus involucratus Rottb.

Cyperus iria L.

Cyperus laevigatus L.

Cyperus ligularis L.                                                                                                               

Cyperus mutisii (Kunth) Andersson

Cyperus nanus Willd.                                                                                    

Cyperus ochraceus Vahl

Cyperus odoratus L.

Cyperus papyrus L.

Cyperus planifolius Rich.

Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

Cyperus pulguerensis M.T. Strong                                                                                       

Cyperus rotundus L.

Cyperus sphacelatus Rottb.

Cyperus squarrosus L.

Cyperus subtenuis (Kük.) M.T. Strong

Cyperus surinamensis Rottb.

Cyperus swartzii Boeck.,

Cyperus tenuis Sw.

Cyperus unifolius Boeck.

Cyperus unioloides R. Br.

Cyperus urbanii Boeck.

Cyperus virens Michx.

Eleocharis cellulosa Torr.

Eleocharis debilis Kunth

Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

Eleocharis fallax Weath.

Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb.

Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.                                                                           

Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

Eleocharis minutiflora Boeck.

Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult.


Eleocharis oligantha C. B. Clarke

Eleocharis pachystyla (C. Wright) C. B. Clarke

Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb.

Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link

Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br.


Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl                                                                   

Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl

Fimbristylis inaguensis Britton

Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich.


Fimbristylis quinquangularis (Vahl) Kunth

Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl

Fuirena robusta Kunth

Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

Kyllinga nemoralis (J. R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalz.

Kyllinga odorata Vahl

Kyllinga pumila Michx.

Kyllinga tibialis Poit. ex Ledeb.


Kyllinga vaginata Lam.

Lagenocarpus guianensis Nees

Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. C. Tucker

Machaerina restioides (Sw.) Vahl                                                                            

Remirea maritima Aubl.                                                                                

Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl                                                                                    


Rhynchospora berteroi (Spreng.) C. B. Clarke

Rhynchospora brachychaeta C. Wright

Rhynchospora breviseta (Gale) Channell

Rhynchospora ciliata (Vahl) Kük.                                                     

Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiff.

Rhynchospora contracta (Nees) J. Raynal

Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton

Rhynchospora depressirostris M.T. Strong                                                              

Rhynchospora divaricata (Ham.) M. T. Strong

Rhynchospora domingensis Urb.

Rhynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl,


Rhynchospora fascicularis subsp. fascicularis var. fascicularis. 

Rhynchospora fascicularis subsp. fascicularis var. distans (Michx.) Chapm.

Rhynchospora filiformis Vahl

Rhynchospora gigantea Link

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter

Rhynchospora jamaicensis Britton

Rhynchospora lindeniana Griseb.

Rhynchospora marisculus Nees


Rhynchospora microcarpa Baldwin ex A. Gray

Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

Rhynchospora odorata C. Wright ex Griseb.

Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott

Rhynchospora pusilla Chapm. ex M. A. Curtis

Rhynchospora racemosa C. Wright

Rhynchospora radicans subsp. microcephala (Bertero ex Spreng.) W.W. Thomas

Rhynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Elliott

Rhynchospora recognita (Gale) Kral

Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale

Rhynchospora tenerrima Nees ex Spreng.

Rhynchospora uniflora Boeck.

Rhynchospora velutina (Kunth) Boeck.

Rhynchospora wrightiana Boeck.

Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

Schoenoplectus validus (Vahl) Á. Löve & D. Löve   

Scleria brittonii Core

Scleria canescens Boeck.                                                      


Scleria ciliata Michx.

Scleria distans Poir.

Scleria eggersiana Boeck.

Scleria georgiana Core

Scleria havanensis Britton

Scleria hirtella Sw.

Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw.

Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham.

Scleria microcarpa Nees ex Kunth

Scleria mucronata Poir.

            Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

Scleria scindens Nees ex Kunth                                                                                 

Scleria secans (L.) Urb.                                 

Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

 

 

DIOSCOREACEAE

Dioscorea alata L.

Dioscorea altissima Lam.

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

[Dioscorea cayennensis Lam.]

[Dioscorea esculenta (Lam.) Burkill]

[Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti]

[Dioscorea friedrichsthalli R. Knuth]

[Dioscorea latifolia Benth.]

Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng.

Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

[Dioscorea rotundata Poir.]

[Dioscorea sativa L.]

Dioscorea trifida L. f.

Rajania cordata L.

 

 

DRACAENACEAE

[Dracaena draco (L.) L., of the Canary Islands]

Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.

Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.

[Dracaena goldieana Bullen ex Mast. & T. Moore]

[Dracaena surculosa Lindl.]

Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook.

Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce

Sansevieria cf. pearsonii N. E. Br.

Sansevieria trifasciata Prain

 

 

HAEMODORACEAE

Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl.

 

 

HELICONIACEAE

[Heliconia acuminata Rich.]

Heliconia bihai (L.) L.

Heliconia caribaea Lam.

[Heliconia irrasa R. R. Sm.]

[Heliconia latispatha Benth.]

[Heliconia marginata (Griggs) Pittier]

[Heliconia platystachys Baker]

Heliconia psittacorum L. f.

Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.

Heliconia stricta Huber

 

 

HYDROCHARITACEAE

Elodea canadensis Michx.

Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp.

Halophila baillonis Asch.

Halophila decipiens Ostenf.

Halophila engelmannii Asch. ex Neumayer

Limnobium spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden

Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus                     

Najas marina L.

            Thalassia testudinum Banks & Sol. ex K. D. Koenig

 

 

HYPOXIDACEAE

Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze                                                              

            Curculigo scorzonerifolia (Lam.) Baker                                            

            Hypoxis decumbens L.

Hypoxis wrightii (Baker) Brackett

 

 

IRIDACEAE

Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex E. Morren) N. E. Br.                                                    Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.

[Gladiolus communis L.]

[Gladiolus cuspidatus Jacq.]

[Gladiolus x gandavensis Van Houtte]

Neomarica northiana (Schneev.) Sprague

Sisyrinchium rosulatum E.P. Bicknell

[Tigridia pavonia (L. f.) DC]

            Trimezia steyermarkii R. C. Foster

 

 

 

JUNCACEAE

Juncus tenuis Willd.                                                                           

            Juncus tenuis Willd. var. tenuis

            Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus (Elliott) A. W. Wood

 

 

LEMNACEAE

Lemna aequinoctialis Welw.                                                                         

Lemna minuscula Herter

            Lemna valdiviana Phil.

            Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.

            Spirodela punctata (G. Mey.) C. H. Thomps.

  Wolffia brasiliensis Wedd.

            Wolffiella welwitschii (Hegelm.) Monod

 

 

[LILIACEAE]

            [Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques, native to South Africa]

            [Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L., native to Europe]

            [Lilium auratum Lindl., native to Japan]

            [Lilium lancifolium Thunb., native to Japan]

            [Lilium longiflorum Thunb., native to Japan and China]

            [Lilium regale E. H. Wilson, native to China]

 

 

LIMNOCHARITACEAE

            Hydrocleys nymphoides (Willd.) Buchenau

 

 

MARANTACEAE

Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.           

Calathea crotalifera S. Watson         

Calathea lutea (Aubl.) Schult.

[Calathea zebrina (Sims) Lindl., a native of Brazil]

Maranta arundinacea L.

Maranta gibba Sm.

[Myrosma cannifolia L. f.]

Thalia geniculata L.

 

 

MUSACEAE

1. AA group. A sterile diploid commonly known as Guineito, Datil, or Nińo.

2. AAA group. Includes the Guineo gigante or Guarán, the Monte cristo, the Monte cristo enano, the Guineo enano, the Morado or Colorado, and the Morado verde or Colorado blanco.

3. AAB group (Fig. 63. H). Includes the Manzano (the type of Musa sapientum), the Plátano común, Cuarenteno, Hartóm, or Maricongo, the Plátano enano, and the Plátano congo (the type of Musa paradisiaca).

4. ABB group (Fig. 63. G). Includes the Chamaluco, Piche, Mafafo, Malango, Cuatrofilos, or Forrongo, the Chamaluco enano, and the Cenizo.

            [Musa velutina H. Wendl. & Drude]

 

 

[NOLINACEAE]

[Dasylirion glaucophyllum Hook., native of Mexico]

 

 

PANDANACEAE

[Pandanus baptistii Hort., native to New Britain Island]

            [Pandanus odoriferus (Forssk.) Chiov., native to southeast Asia and the Philippines]

            [Pandanus pacificus J. H. Veitch, native to New Guinea, Moluccas and Marianas]

            [Pandanus tectorius Du Roi, native to southeast Asia, Australia, Philippines and Tahiti]

            [Pandanus utilis Bory, native to Madagascar, also planted in St. Croix and St. Thomas]

            [Pandanus veitchii Dalličre, native to Polynesia]

 

 

PONTEDERIACEAE

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms                                                                           

            Eichhornia diversifolia (Vahl) Urb.

            Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

            Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav.

            [Pontederia cordata L.]

 

 

POTAMOGETONACEAE

Potamogeton foliosus Raf.

Potamogeton illinoensis Morong

Potamogeton nodosus Poir.

 

 

RUPPIACEAE

Ruppia didyma Sw. ex Wikstr.

Ruppia maritima L.

 

 

SMILACACEAE

Smilax coriacea Spreng.

Smilax domingensis Willd.

 

 

[STRELITZIACEAE]

            [Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.]

            [Strelitzia reginae Aiton]

 

 

[TACCACEAE]

            [Tacca chantrieri André, native to Malesia]

 

 

TYPHACEAE

Typha domingensis Pers.

 

 

XYRIDACEAE

Xyris curtissii Malme

            Xyris elliottii Chap.                           

Xyris jupicai Rich.

 

     

ZINGIBERACEAE

[Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum. (syn: Guillainia purpurata Vieill.), native of Polynesia]

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.

            [Curcuma longa L., native to Asia]

            Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.

            Hedychium coronarium J. König

            [Kaempferia rotunda L., native to the East Indies]

            Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas

            Renealmia aromatica (Aubl.) Griseb.

Renealmia jamaicensis var. puberula (Gagnep.) Maas

            Zingiber montanum (J. König) Link ex Dietr.

            [Zingiber officinale Roscoe, native to Asia]

            Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.