Endangered Plants of Central America
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Common Name Range ***
Abarema spp. (3) Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Sri Lanka
Acacia spp. (7) Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Yemen
Acidocroton spp. (1) Colombia, Jamaica
Adelobotrys panamensis Panama
Adiantum spp. (1) China, Puerto Rico
Aegiphila spp. (4) Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Agonandra spp. (2) Costa Rica, Honduras
Aiouea spp. (1) Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica
Albizia spp. (2) Angola, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Dominican Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela
Alfaroa spp. (1) Honduras, Mexico
Alfilerillo Virgin Islands (British and US)
Allenanthus hondurensis Honduras
Allophylus spp. (2) Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ecuador, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Alvaradoa jamaicensis Jamaica
Amarillo Guayaquil Panama
American Mahogany Central and South America
Amphitecna spp. (4) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Amyris polymorpha Cuba
Anaxagorea phaeocarpa Costa Rica, Honduras
Annona spp. (4) Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Anthodiscus spp. (1) Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama
Antirhea spp. (4) Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico
Aspidosperma spp. (2) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru
Ateleia spp. (2) Cuba
Atkinsia cubensis Cuba
Auerodendron jamaicense Jamaica
Bactris spp. (3) Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Jamaica, Panama
Banara spp. (2) Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Puerto Rico
Barrel Palm Cuba
Bauhinia spp. (1) Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, Kenya, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania
Beautiful Goetzea Puerto Rico
Beautiful Leaf (1) Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka
Belairia parvifolia Cuba
Beruquillo Puerto Rico
Big Leaf Mahogany Central America
Bitterwood Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Blakea spp. (1) Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama
Blepharidium guatemalense Guatemala, Honduras
Bombacopsis quinata Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Borhidi's Guano Palm Cuba
Bourreria velutina Jamaica
Browneopsis spp. (1) Ecuador, Panama
Brunellia spp. (2) Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
Brunfelsia spp. (4) Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Brymela tutezona Panama
Bucida ophiticola Cuba
Bully Tree (14) Belize, Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Yemen
Bunchosia spp. (2) Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica
Bursera spp. (2) Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Jamaica, Vietnam
Buxus spp. (2) Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Puerto Rico, Tanzania
Calliandra spp. (3) Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru
Calycolpus excisus Cuba
Calypogeia rhynchophylla Costa Rica
Cameraria microphylla Cuba
Cana Gorda Girdlepod Puerto Rico, Saba
Candle Tree (3) Colombia, Panama
Capa rosa Puerto Rico
Caper Shrub (2) Ecuador, Hawaii, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru
Carica spp. (1) Ecuador, Jamaica
Carossier Haiti
Carpodiptera spp. (2) Cuba
Casearia spp. (3) Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Cassipourea spp. (3) Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Jamaica, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia
Catalpa brevipes Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Cecropia spp. (1) Ecuador, Panama, Peru
Cedro Misionero Central America
Ceiba rosea Costa Rica, Panama
Central American Walnut Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Ceratozamia spp. (3) Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Chamaecrista bucherae Cuba
Chase's Threeawn Puerto Rico
Chodanthus montecillensis Honduras
Chrysophyllum spp. (2) Brazil, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ghana, Peru, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Chupacallos Puerto Rico
Cigar-box Wood Central America
Cinnamodendron spp. (2) Cuba, Jamaica
Cinnamomum spp. (1) China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
Citharexylum spp. (1) Cuba, Ecuador, Peru
Clerodendrum spp. (2) Cameroon, Cuba, Gabon, Yemen
Clethra spp. (1) Ecuador, Indonesia, Panama
Cleyera spp. (2) Dominican Republic, Haiti
Clusia spp. (7) Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru
Cobana Negra Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Coccoloba spp. (7) Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico
Coccothrinax pauciramosa Cuba
Colubrina hondurensis Honduras
Colubrina obscura Jamaica
Commoner Lignum Vitae Central and South America, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US)
Comocladia spp. (2) Jamaica
Connarus spp. (2) Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Malaysia
Conostegia spp. (3) Colombia, Jamaica, Panama
Copaifera spp. (1) Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Panama, Sierra Leone, Suriname
Copernicia spp. (3) Cuba, Haiti
Coralberry (15) Cameroon, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Philippines
Cordia spp. (13) Africa, Central America, South America
Cornus spp. (1) China, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Couepia spp. (1) Brazil, Ecuador, Panama
Couratari spp. (2) Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Crownbeard (1) Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica
Cryosophila spp. (4) Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Cuban Mangosteen Cuba
Cucarron Panama
Cyathea spp. (1) Ecuador, Puerto Rico
Cymbopetalum spp. (2) Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama
Cynometra spp. (1) Cuba, Fiji, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Tanzania
Dactylolejeunea acanthifolia West Indies (Dominica)
Daphnopsis spp. (2) Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico
Decatropis paucijuga Guatemala, Honduras
Decazyx spp. (2) Guatemala, Honduras
Dendropanax spp. (10) China, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Malaysia, Panama, Peru
Desmopsis dolichopetala Honduras
Dichapetalum spp. (1) Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Sao Tome and Principe
Doerpfeldia cubensis Cuba
Drepanolejeunea spp. (1) Brazil, Cuba, Philippines
Ekmanianthe longiflora Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Epidendrum spp. (2) Cocos Island
Erithalis quadrangularis Jamaica
Erythrina spp. (2) Cuba, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Tanzania, Virgin Islands
Erythroxylum spp. (3) Cuba, Ecuador, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Jamaica, Malaysia, Peru, Sri Lanka, Yemen
Eschweilera spp. (2) Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Euchorium cubense Cuba
Eugenia spp. (30) Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka
Exostema spp. (2) Jamaica
Fig Tree (1) Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, India, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania
Forestiera hondurensis Honduras
Fraxinus spp. (1) Afghanistan, Honduras
Freziera spp. (3) Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Martinique - West Indies, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, West Indies (Dominica)
Fringe Tree (3) Brazil, Florida, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Peru, Venezuela, Zambia
Fulfordianthus evansii Belize, Costa Rica
Garcinia spp. (1) Benin, Cameroon, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam
Gaussia spirituana Cuba
Gavilan Blanco Costa Rica, Panama
Gentlea molinae Honduras
Gloeospermum boreale Honduras
Gordonia spp. (2) Cuba, Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore
Grimmeodendron jamaicense Jamaica
Guarea spp. (4) Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Guatemalan Fir El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Guatteria spp. (2) Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Guayacan Blanco Cuba
Guettarda spp. (2) Jamaica, New Caledonia, Peru
Gustavia spp. (3) Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela
Gyminda orbicularis Cuba
Gymnanthes glandulosa Cuba, Jamaica
Hamelia papillosa Jamaica
Hampea spp. (3) Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama
Harpalyce maisiana Cuba
Hedyosmum spp. (3) Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama
Helietta glaucescens Cuba
Henriettea spp. (4) Cuba, Puerto Rico
Hernandia spp. (2) Cuba, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Jamaica, Mauritius, Pitcairn
Hieronima spp. (1) Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador
Higuero de sierra Puerto Rico
Hildegardia spp. (1) Cuba, India, Somalia
Holly (12) Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Venezuela
Holywood Lignum Vitae Central and South America, Puerto Rico
Honduras Mahogany Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Huertea cubensis Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Hyeronima jamaicensis Jamaica
Hymenaea torrei Cuba
Hyperbaena spp. (1) Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama
Inga spp. (21) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Martinique - West Indies, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, West Indies (Dominica)
Iryanthera spp. (1) Brazil, Panama
Jacaranda spp. (2) Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama
Jamaican Broom Puerto Rico
Jatropha spp. (1) Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico
Juglans insularis Cuba
Jumagua Palm Cuba
Juniper (6) Bahamas, Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Spain (Canary Islands), West Indies (St. Lucia)
Koanophyllon panamensis Panama
Krokia pilotoana Cuba
Lacunaria panamensis Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Laetia micrantha Panama
Lancepod (11) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Lasiocroton spp. (3) Jamaica
Leafflower (4) Cameroon, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Jamaica, Liberia, Mauritius, Panama
Lennea viridiflora Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
Leucaena spp. (2) Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Licania spp. (2) Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru
Licaria spp. (1) Cuba, Mexico
Lidflower (17) British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Llume Palm Puerto Rico
Logwood (2) Colombia, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Philippines, Puerto Rico
Lunania spp. (5) Cuba, Jamaica
Luquillo Mountain Babyboot Orchid Puerto Rico
Luteolejeunea herzogii Panama
Lyonia spp. (3) Cuba, Puerto Rico
Machaerium spp. (3) Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
Macrocarpaea spp. (1) Ecuador, Jamaica
Macrolobium spp. (1) Panama, Peru, Suriname
Magnolia (4) Belize, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Panama, Taiwan
Maiden Fern (3) Ecuador, Puerto Rico
Malouetia isthmica Panama
Malpighia spp. (4) Jamaica
Mammea spp. (1) Indonesia, Malaysia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania
Manilkara Tree (6) Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Venezuela
Mappia racemosa Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico
Matisia spp. (1) Ecuador, Panama, Peru
Maxwell's Girdlepod Puerto Rico
Maya Palm Belize, Guatemala
Maytenus spp. (6) Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Thailand, Virgin Islands (British and US), Yemen
Megalopanax rex Cuba
Meliosma spp. (1) Ecuador, Panama, Peru
Meriania spp. (2) Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama
Metastelma spp. (1) British Virgin Islands, Ecuador
Mexican Pistachio Guatemala
Miconia spp. (5) Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru
Microcycas calocoma Cuba
Micropholis spp. (1) Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela
Milkwood (4) Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island), Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico
Mitranthes spp. (3) Jamaica
Molinadendron hondurense Honduras
Mollinedia spp. (2) Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua
Monte Guilarte Hollyfern Puerto Rico
Mountain Pimento Belize
Mouriri spp. (2) Ecuador, Panama
Mozartia spp. (3) Cuba
Myrcia spp. (3) Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico
Myrtus claraensis Cuba
Nectandra spp. (11) Antigua, Barbuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, West Indies
Neea spp. (4) Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Nowellia wrightii Cuba
Ocotea spp. (5) Africa, Central America, Mexico, South America
Oreopanax spp. (6) Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru
Ormosia spp. (1) Jamaica, Malaysia
Ouratea spp. (3) Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania
Palicourea spp. (1) Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru
Palo de nigua Puerto Rico
Palo de rosa Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Parathesis spp. (4) Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Pelos del diablo Puerto Rico
Perrottetia excelsa Panama
Persea spp. (3) Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Suriname
Phialanthus spp. (2) Jamaica
Phycolepidozia exigua West Indies (Dominica)
Pilosocereus spp. (1) Brazil, Cuba
Pimenta spp. (10) Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
Pinus tecunumanii Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Pisonia spp. (2) Cuba, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Guatemala, Hawaii, Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Pithecellobium spp. (4) Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Paraguay
Platymiscium spp. (2) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru
Pleurothyrium spp. (2) Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama
Plinia rupestris Cuba
Podocarpus spp. (6) Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Oceanic, South America
Portlandia spp. (2) Jamaica
Pourouma spp. (1) Ecuador, Panama
Pouteria Tree (25) Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, North America, South America
Povedadaphne quadriporata Costa Rica
Protium spp. (3) Costa Rica, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines
Pseudophoenix spp. (2) Dominican Republic, Haiti
Pseudosamanea cubana Cuba
Psidium spp. (2) Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico
Psychotria spp. (11) Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Kenya, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
Pterandra isthmica Panama
Puerto Rico Helmet Orchid Puerto Rico
Quararibea spp. (11) Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Peru
Quercus spp. (8) Alabama, Arkansas, Belize, California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panama, South Carolina, Texas
Quiina spp. (2) Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Radiator Plant (1) Cameroon, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Puerto Rico
Rapanea spp. (1) India, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Panama, South Africa, Sri Lanka
Ravenia swartziana Jamaica
Reynosia jamaicensis Jamaica
Rhamnidium dictyophyllum Jamaica
Rinorea spp. (1) Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Mexico, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Venezuela
Rochefortia acrantha Jamaica
Rondeletia spp. (13) Jamaica, Mexico, Peru
Rosewood (2) Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam
Roystonea spp. (3) Cuba, Honduras
Samyda spp. (2) Jamaica
Sarcomphalus havanensis Cuba
Saurauia spp. (3) China, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama
Schoepfia spp. (2) Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Scolosanthus howardii Jamaica
Sebastiania spp. (5) Jamaica, Peru
Sebucan (2) British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Senna spp. (2) Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama
Sloanea spp. (1) Honduras, New Caledonia, Suriname
Solanum spp. (2) Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Panama, Puerto Rico
Sophora spp. (1) Chile, French Polynesia, India, Jamaica
Souari Tree (2) Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama
Spachea correae Costa Rica, Panama
Spathelia coccinea Jamaica
Spirotecoma spp. (2) Cuba
Stemmadenia pauli Costa Rica
Stenanona panamensis Costa Rica, Panama
Strempeliopsis arborea Jamaica
Styrax spp. (1) Malaysia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Suriname, Texas, Vietnam
Swartzia spp. (1) Angola, Cameroon, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Panama, Republic of Congo, Suriname
Symplocos spp. (3) China, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Sri Lanka, Taiwan
Synapsis ilicifolia Cuba
Tabebuia spp. (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Panama
Tapura spp. (1) Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Republic of Congo
Tectaria estremerana Puerto Rico
Terminalia spp. (4) Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, South America
Ternstroemia spp. (8) Cameroon, Ecuador, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tanzania
Terua vallicola Honduras
Tessmannianthus spp. (2) Colombia, Panama
Tetragastris tomentosa Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
Tetrasiphon jamaicensis Jamaica
Tetrazygia spp. (2) Cuba, Jamaica
Tetrorchidium spp. (2) Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Tanzania
Ticodendron incognitum Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Tocoyena pittieri Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Tonguefern (1) Ecuador, Puerto Rico, St. Helena
Tontelea hondurensis Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
Trichilia spp. (7) Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Tanzania, Venezuela
Tropical Lilythorn Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Turtlefat Puerto Rico
Umbrella Tree (5) Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Indonesia, Oceanic, South America
Vaccinium spp. (1) Cuba, Malaysia
Vantanea spp. (1) Colombia, Panama, Peru
Vernonia spp. (1) Cameroon, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Yemen
Viburnum spp. (4) Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Peru
Victorinia regina Cuba
Virola spp. (2) Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama
Vismia spp. (1) Panama, Tanzania
Vitex spp. (4) Belize, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam
Vochysia aurifera Honduras
Wallenia spp. (5) Jamaica
Weinmannia spp. (1) Ecuador, Fiji, Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island), Jamaica, New Caledonia, Peru
Wercklea spp. (3) Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama
West Indian Walnut Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
White Rock Palm Guatemala
Ximenia roigii Cuba
Xolocotzia asperifolia Honduras
Xylopia spp. (2) Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ghana, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius, Nigeria, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Vietnam
Zamia spp. (25) Central America, North America, South America
Zanthoxylum spp. (10) Africa, Central America, Hawaii, South America

**What plants are listed here?:

The Central America section of this site lists the folllowing plants appearing on select endangered species lists:
  • Plants that dwell in or migrate to any region found in Central America and any nearby islands between North and South America.
  • Plants of the Caribbean Islands or Caribbean Sea.
  • Plants that dwell in or migrate to the West Indies (Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad, etc.).

Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.


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