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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| American Mahogany | Central and South America |
| Amphitecna spp. (4) | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Annona spp. (4) | Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Venezuela |
| Banara spp. (2) | Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Puerto Rico |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ceratozamia spp. (3) | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico |
| Chase's Threeawn | Puerto Rico |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Copaifera spp. (1) | Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Panama, Sierra Leone, Suriname |
| 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 |
| Couratari spp. (2) | Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Crownbeard (1) | Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica |
| Cuban Mangosteen | Cuba |
| 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 |
| Daphnopsis spp. (2) | Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico |
| Dendropanax spp. (10) | China, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Malaysia, Panama, Peru |
| Dichapetalum spp. (1) | Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Sao Tome and Principe |
| Ekmanianthe longiflora | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Epidendrum spp. (2) | Cocos Island |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gordonia spp. (2) | Cuba, Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore |
| Guatemalan Fir | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras |
| Guayacan Blanco | Cuba |
| Guettarda spp. (2) | Jamaica, New Caledonia, Peru |
| Hampea spp. (3) | Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama |
| Henriettea spp. (4) | Cuba, Puerto Rico |
| Hernandia spp. (2) | Cuba, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Jamaica, Mauritius, Pitcairn |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jatropha spp. (1) | Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico |
| Juniper (6) | Bahamas, Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Spain (Canary Islands), West Indies (St. Lucia) |
| Lacunaria panamensis | Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama |
| Laetia micrantha | Panama |
| Lancepod (11) | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Lasiocroton spp. (3) | Jamaica |
| 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 |
| Luquillo Mountain Babyboot Orchid | Puerto Rico |
| Lyonia spp. (3) | Cuba, Puerto Rico |
| Machaerium spp. (3) | Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru |
| Magnolia (4) | Belize, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Panama, Taiwan |
| Maiden Fern (3) | Ecuador, Puerto Rico |
| Malouetia isthmica | Panama |
| 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 |
| Maxwell's Girdlepod | Puerto Rico |
| Maytenus spp. (6) | Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Thailand, Virgin Islands (British and US), Yemen |
| 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 |
| Milkwood (4) | Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island), Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico |
| Mitranthes spp. (3) | Jamaica |
| Monte Guilarte Hollyfern | Puerto Rico |
| Mouriri spp. (2) | Ecuador, Panama |
| Myrcia spp. (3) | Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Persea spp. (3) | Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Suriname |
| Phycolepidozia exigua | West Indies (Dominica) |
| Pilosocereus spp. (1) | Brazil, Cuba |
| Pimenta spp. (10) | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica |
| 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 |
| Podocarpus spp. (6) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Oceanic, South America |
| Psychotria spp. (11) | Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Kenya, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe, Sri Lanka, Tanzania |
| Puerto Rico Helmet Orchid | Puerto Rico |
| Quararibea spp. (11) | Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Peru |
| Radiator Plant (1) | Cameroon, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Puerto Rico |
| Rinorea spp. (1) | Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Mexico, Panama, Sao Tome and Principe, Venezuela |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Tectaria estremerana | Puerto Rico |
| Ternstroemia spp. (8) | Cameroon, Ecuador, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tanzania |
| 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 |
| Vernonia spp. (1) | Cameroon, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Yemen |
| Vitex spp. (4) | Belize, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam |
| West Indian Walnut | Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico |
| 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.
