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| TABLE 41. FLORATATISTICS OF INDIGENOUS AND NATURALIZED VASCULAR PLANTS FOR SOME CARIBBEAN ISLANDS | ||||
| A. Phanerograms | ||||
| Island |
Total Indigenous |
Endemic |
% Endemic |
Naturalized |
| Cuba | 6015 | 3193 | 53 | 376 |
| Hispaniola | c.4685 | c.1400 | 30 | c.350 |
| Jamaica | 2746 | 852 | 31 | 374 |
| Puerto Rico | 2128 | 215 | 10 | 386 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1982 | 215 | 11 | c.300 |
| Guadeloupe | 1400 | 19 | 1 | 283 |
| Martinique | 1287 | 24 | 2 | 262 |
| Dominica | 1027 | 10 | 1 | 120 |
| Bahamas | 1068 | 117 | 11 | 203 |
| St Vinvent | 696 | 20 | 2 | 155 |
| St Lucia | 909 | 11 | 1 | 153 |
| Grenada | 838 | 3 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Antigua | 808 | 0 | 70 | |
| Montserrat | 554 | 2 | 0.4 | 128 |
| St Kitts | 533 | 0 | 69 | |
| Barbados | 542 | 3 | 0.6 | 151 |
| Cayman Islands | 521 | 19 | 4 | 61 |
| Saba | 435 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Tortola | 484b | 2b | 0.4 | |
| Grenadines | 467 | 0 | ||
| Bermuda | 147 | 11 | 8 | 303 |
| St Eustatius | 427 | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao | 460 | 25 | 5 | |
| St Martin | 431 | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Mona | 412 | 5 | 1 | |
| Vergin Gorda | 397 | 1 | 0.3 | |
| St Barthélemy | 336 | 0 | ||
| Anguilla | 321 | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Nevis | 182 | 0 | 15 | |
| Barbuda | 229 | 0 | ||
| Anegada | 198 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jost Van Dyke | 73c | 1c | 1 | |
| B. Pteridophytes | ||||
| Island |
Total Indigenous |
Endemic |
% Endemic |
Naturalized |
| Cuba | 490 | 31 | 6 | 10 |
| Hispaniola | c.450 | c.45 | 10 | c.15 |
| Jamaica | 558 | 71 | 13 | 21 |
| Puerto Rico | 364 | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 277 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
| Guadeloupe | 272 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Martinique | 218 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dominica | 200 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bahamas | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| St Vinvent | 165 | 0 | 3 | |
| St Lucia | 119 | 0 | 5 | |
| Grenada | 152 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| Antigua | 37 | 0 | 1 | |
| Montserrat | 116 | 0 | 2 | |
| St Kitts | 126 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Barbados | 30 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cayman Islands | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saba | 69 | 0 | ||
| Tortola | ||||
| Grenadines | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bermuda | 19 | 4 | 21 | 3 |
| St Eustatius | 37 | 0 | ||
| Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao | ||||
| St Martin | 15 | 0 | ||
| Mona | 5 | 0 | ||
| Vergin Gorda | 6 | 0 | ||
| St Barthélemy | 8 | 0 | ||
| Anguilla | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nevis | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Barbuda | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anegada | ||||
| Jost Van Dyke | ||||
| C. Rare or Threatened | ||||
| Island |
Total vascular plants |
Rare or threatened |
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| Cuba | 6891 | 960 | ||
| Hispaniola | C.5500 | 276 | ||
| Jamaica | 3699 | 428 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2891 | 515 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2568 | 863 | ||
| Guadeloupe | 1959 | 13a | ||
| Martinique | 1772 | 13a | ||
| Dominica | 1352 | 25 | ||
| Bahamas | 1316 | 21 | ||
| St Vinvent | 1292 | |||
| St Lucia | 1186 | 19 | ||
| Grenada | 1094 | |||
| Antigua | 916 | |||
| Montserrat | 800 | |||
| St Kitts | 731 | |||
| Barbados | 728 | |||
| Cayman Islands | 601 | 6 | ||
| Saba | 504 | |||
| Tortola | 484b | |||
| Grenadines | 473 | |||
| Bermuda | 472 | 14 | ||
| St Eustatius | 464 | |||
| Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao | 460 | |||
| St Martin | 446 | |||
| Mona | 417 | 43 | ||
| Vergin Gorda | 403 | |||
| St Barthélemy | 344 | |||
| Anguilla | 321 | |||
| Nevis | 276 | |||
| Barbuda | 230 | |||
| Anegada | 198 | |||
| Jost Van Dyke | 73c | |||
| Notes: | ||||
| a A combined figure is
given for rare and threatened plants of Guadeloupe and Martinique. b The figures for Torola refer to dicotyledons only. c The figures for Jost Van Dyke refer to trees only. Many of the publications from which these data have been obtained may be found in references of Table 38. |
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