Flora of Cuba

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This is a list of vascular plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic to Cuba. It excludes plants introduced by humans, including invasive species.

Contents

The list includes Cuban native plants identified by Plants of the World Online, unless otherwise noted. [1] This list is sorted in alphabetical order by plant family and then by binomial name. Endemic genera or species (native only to Cuba) are marked by *. Species believed extinct are indicated with †. Common names and native ranges are noted for some species.

Acanthaceae

Aizoaceae

Alismataceae

Alstroemeriaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Anacardiaceae

Annonaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Aquifoliaceae

Araceae

Araliaceae

Arecaceae

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Acrocomia crispa

Aristolochiaceae

Asparagaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

Balanophoraceae

Basellaceae

Bataceae

Begoniaceae

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Begonia cubensis

Bignoniaceae

Bixaceae

Bonnetiaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Bromeliaceae

Brunelliaceae

Burmanniaceae

Burseraceae

Buxaceae

Cabombaceae

Cactaceae

Calophyllaceae

Campanulaceae

Canellaceae

Cannabaceae

Cannaceae

Capparaceae

Caprifoliaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Celastraceae

Ceratophyllaceae

Cephaloziaceae

Chloranthaceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Cistaceae

Cleomaceae

Clethraceae

Clusiaceae

Combretaceae

Commelinaceae

Connaraceae

Convolvulaceae

Costaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cunoniaceae

Cupressaceae

Cyatheaceae

Cyclanthaceae

Cymodoceaceae

Cyperaceae

Cyrillaceae

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dichapetalaceae

Dilleniaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Droseraceae

Ebenaceae

Elaeocarpaceae

Elatinaceae

Equisetaceae

Ericaceae

Eriocaulaceae

Erythroxylaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Fagaceae

Garryaceae

Gentianaceae

Gesneriaceae

Gleicheniaceae

Goodeniaceae

Haemodoraceae

Haloragaceae

Heliconiaceae

Hernandiaceae

Hydrocharitaceae

Hydroleaceae

Hymenophyllaceae

Hypericaceae

Hypoxidaceae

Icacinaceae

Iridaceae

Isoetaceae

Juglandaceae

Juncaceae

Juncaginaceae

Lamiaceae

Lauraceae

Lentibulariaceae

Linaceae

Linderniaceae

Lindsaeaceae

Loasaceae

Loganiaceae

Lonchitidaceae

Loranthaceae

Lycopodiaceae

Lythraceae

Magnoliaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Marantaceae

Marattiaceae

Marcgraviaceae

Marsileaceae

Martyniaceae

Mayacaceae

Melastomataceae

Meliaceae

Menispermaceae

Menyanthaceae

Metteniusaceae

Microteaceae

Molluginaceae

Moraceae

Myricaceae

Myrtaceae

Nelumbonaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Nymphaeaceae

Ochnaceae

Olacaceae

Oleaceae

Onagraceae

Ophioglossaceae

Orchidaceae

Orobanchaceae

Osmundaceae

Oxalidaceae

Papaveraceae

Passifloraceae

Pentaphylacaceae

Peraceae

Petiveriaceae

Phyllanthaceae

Phytolaccaceae

Picramniaceae

Picrodendraceae

Pinaceae

Piperaceae

Plantaginaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Poaceae

Podocarpaceae

Podostemaceae

Polygalaceae

Polygonaceae

Polypodiaceae

Pontederiaceae

Portulacaceae

Potamogetonaceae

Primulaceae

Psilotaceae

Pteridaceae

Putranjivaceae

Ranunculaceae

Resedaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rhizophoraceae

Rosaceae

Rubiaceae

Ruppiaceae

Rutaceae

Sabiaceae

Saccolomataceae

Salicaceae

Salviniaceae

Santalaceae

Sapindaceae

Sapotaceae

Schisandraceae

Schizaeaceae

Schlegeliaceae

Schoepfiaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simaroubaceae

Smilacaceae

Solanaceae

Stegnospermataceae

Styracaceae

Surianaceae

Symplocaceae

Talinaceae

Tapisciaceae

Tetrachondraceae

Theaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Typhaceae

Ulmaceae

Urticaceae

Verbenaceae

Viburnaceae

Violaceae

Vitaceae

Xyridaceae

Zamiaceae

Zingiberaceae

Zygophyllaceae

See also

References

  1. Endemic plants of Cuba, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rohwer, Jens G. (1993). Lauraceae: Nectandra - Flora Neotropica Monograph #60. New York Botanical Garden. ISBN   0-89327-373-2.
  3. Douglas, N.A. &, P.S. Manos (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of Nyctaginaceae: Taxonomy, biogeography, and characters associated with a radiation of xerophytic genera in North America". American Journal of Botany. 94 (5): 859. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.5.856. PMID   21636455.

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