Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some species are endangered.
- Chaetocarpus acutifolius(Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi - Sierra de Moa in Cuba
- Chaetocarpus africanusPax - C Africa
- Chaetocarpus castanocarpus(Roxb.) Thwaites - SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus cordifolius(Urb.) Borhidi - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
- Chaetocarpus coriaceusThwaites - Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus cubensisFawc. & Rendle - Cuba
- Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke - Bolivia, Brazil
- Chaetocarpus ferrugineusPhilcox - Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus gabonensisBreteler - Gabon
- Chaetocarpus globosus(Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle - Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
- Chaetocarpus myrsinitesBaill. - Bolivia, Brazil
- Chaetocarpus parvifoliusBorhidi - Cuba
- Chaetocarpus pearceiRusby - Bolivia
- Chaetocarpus pubescens(Thwaites) Hook.f. - Sri Lanka
- Chaetocarpus rabarabaCapuron - Madagascar
- Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus(Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, NW Brazil
Erythroxylum (Erythroxylon) is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many of the approximately 200 species contain the substance cocaine, and two of the species within this genus, Erythroxylum coca and Erythroxylum novogranatense, both native to South America, are the main commercial source of cocaine and of the mild stimulant coca tea. Another species, Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian drinks and herbal medicine.
Chionanthus, common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.
Auerodendron is a genus of plant in family Rhamnaceae.
Banara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.
Bucida is a genus of flowering plants in the Indian almond family, Combretaceae. It contains the following species :
Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case in Florida. Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.
Coccothrinax elegans is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Coccothrinax nipensis is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba. It was described by Attila Borhidi and O.Muñiz in the year 1981.
Harpalyce is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Chaptalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Thouinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is named for André Thouin, a French botanist. As of 2020 Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 27 species in the genus:
Callicarpa (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to east and southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar, southeast North America and South America.
Neobracea is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1905. It was first given the name Bracea, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. In other words, somebody else had already used it for another plant. Neobracea is native to Cuba and the Bahamas.
- Neobracea acunanaLippold - E Cuba
- Neobracea angustifoliaBritton - W Cuba
- Neobracea bahamensis(Britton) Britton - Bahamas, Cuba
- Neobracea ekmaniiUrb. - E Cuba
- Neobracea howardiiWoodson - EC Cuba
- Neobracea martianaBorhidi & O.Muñiz - E Cuba
- Neobracea susanninaBorhidi - E Cuba
- Neobracea valenzuelana(A.Rich.) Urb. - Cuba
Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.
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.
Shaferocharis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
