Myrica is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australia. Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treating the others in Morella.
Bonania is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850. It is native to the West Indies.
- Bonania cubanaA.Rich. - Bahamas, Cuba
- Bonania domingensis(Urb.) Urb. - Haiti, Dominican Rep
- Bonania ellipticaUrb. - Cuba
- Bonania emarginataC.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
- Bonania erythrosperma(Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba
- Bonania linearifoliaUrb. & Ekman - Haiti
- †Bonania myricifolia(Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Guantánamo but extinct
Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoe, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. The center of diversity is the Amazon rainforest. Phoradendron is the largest genus of mistletoe in the Americas, and possibly the largest genus of mistletoes in the world. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in the family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research acknowledged by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae.
Pectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.
Maytenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of Maytenus was paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia and Gymnosporia.
Picramnia, the bitterbushes, is a genus of plant considered to be in the family Picramniaceae, but sometimes placed in Simaroubaceae. The name is conserved against the genera Pseudo-brasiliumAdans., and TaririAubl., both which have been rejected.
Sarcomphalus is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae.
Rondeletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Neotropics. There are around 160 species.
Galactia is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perennial herbs or subshrubs with prostrate, climbing, or erect forms.
Daphnopsis is a plant genus in the family Thymelaeaceae. There are 50 to 65 species distributed in the Neotropics. They are shrubs and small trees with tubular or bell-shaped flowers. Individuals are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate trees.
Varronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, found throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and in the US states of Texas and Florida. They were resurrected from Cordia in 2007.
Antidaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.
Caiophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loasaceae.
Cladocolea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oryctanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oryctina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
