Ecological Services in the Caribbean
Oficina de Servicios Ecológicos del Caribe -- Southeast Region
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Endangered and Threatened Plant Species 
Plantas amenazadas y en peligro de extinción

Worldwide there are 1916 species protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands there are 78 protected species including 49 plants.

Recovery Plans for Animals in the Caribbean                                 Go to Plants

E = Endangered Species/Especies en peligro de extinción

T = Threatened Species/Especies amenazadas

T/E Scientific Name
Nombre Científico		 Picture
Fotos		 Common Name in English
Nombre Común en Español 		Fact Sheet
Información
Trees and Shrubs/Árboles y arbustos  (33)
E Aurodendron pauciflorum None
E Buxus vahlii view Vahl's boxwood/ Diablito de tres cuernos pdf (294 KB)
E Banara vanderbiltii view Palo de Ramón
E Callicarpa ampla view Capá rosa pdf (376 KB)
E Calyptranthes thomasiana None
T Calyptronoma rivalis view Palma de manaca 
E Catesbaea melanocarpa view None
E Chamaecrista glandulosa None pdf (222 KB)
E Cornutia obovata view Palo de nigua pdf (319 KB)
E Crescentia portoricensis view Higüero de sierra pdf (521 KB)
E Cordia belonis view None pdf (321 KB)
E Daphnopsis helleriana view None pdf (242 KB)
E Eugenia haematocarpa Uvillo 
E Eugenia woodburyana view None pdf (268 KB)
E Goetzea elegans view Beautiful Goetzea / Matabuey

 pdf (285 KB)
E Ilex cooki

 Cook's holly
E Ilex sintensii None
E Juglans jamaicensis West Indian / nogal walnut
E Lyonia truncata var. proctorii view None pdf (274 KB)
E Mitracarpus maxwelliae view None pdf (272 KB)
E Mitracarpus polycaldus view None pdf (246 KB)
E Myrcia paganii None
E Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon Palo de Rosa pdf (321 KB)
E Pleodendron macranthum Chupacallos
T Schoepfia arenaria None pdf (232 KB)
E Solanum drymophilum view Erubia pdf (315 KB)
E Stahlia monosperma view Cobana negra pdf (296 KB)
E Styrax portoricensis Palo de jazmín
E Ternstroemia luquillensis Palo Colorado pdf (761 KB)
E Trichilia  tricantha Bariaco pdf (233 KB)
E Ternstroemia subsessilis None
E Vernonia proctorii view None pdf (303 KB)
E Zanthoxylum thomasianum view St. Thomas prickly ash pdf (209 KB)
Ferns/Helechos (8)
E Adiatum vivesii

 None
E Eugenia woodburyana view Elfin Tree fern /Helecho arboreo pdf (688 kB)
E Elaphoglossum serpens None
E Polystichum calderonense None
E Tectaria estremerana view None
E Thelypteris inabonensis None
E Thelypteris verecunda None
E

Thelypteris yaucoensis

 None
Cacti /Cactus (2)
T

Harrisia portoricensis

 view Higo chumbo pdf (323 KB)
E Leptocereus grantianus view None
Orchids/ Orquídeas (2)
E

Cranichis ricartii

 None
E Lepanthes eltorensis None
Herbaceous Plants and Herbs / Hierbas (4)
E Aristida chaseae view None pdf (300 KB)
E Aristida portoricensis view Pelos del diablo
T Gesneria pauciflora None
E Peperomia wheeleri view Wheeler's peperomia pdf (209 KB)
Last updated: October 2, 2008