Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region, South and Northeastern part of India and Bangladesh. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5–2 m (1.6–6.6 ft) tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas. The generic name originated in Late Latin, where it refers to the unrelated Viburnum lantana.
Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay.
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
Acidoton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America.
Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 10 species which range from southeastern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and to Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas.
Sideroxylon is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (sideros), meaning "iron", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood."
Aegiphila is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1763. It was formerly classified in the Verbenaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and Florida.
Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.
Hedyosmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae. There are about 40 to 45 species. They are distributed in Central and South America and the West Indies, and one species also occurs in southeastern Asia. They are mostly dioecious, except for H. nutans and H. brenesii which are exclusively monoecious, and H. scaberrimum and H. costaricense with both monoecious and dioecious individuals.
Pouteria dominigensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rondeletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Neotropics. There are around 160 species.
Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 12 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Cleyera is a plant genus consisting of 21 species of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native to Mexico and Central America, and one from Eastern Asia. In the APG III system it is placed in the family Pentaphylacaceae.
Haenianthusis a genus of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It is native to the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. It contains 3 species:
- Haenianthus incrassatus(Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica
- Haenianthus salicifoliusGriseb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
- Haenianthus variifoliusUrb. - Cuba
Rajania is a genus of plants in the Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the West Indies, with 14 of the 17 known species found in Cuba.
Rhabdadenia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.
- Rhabdadenia barbata(Desv. ex Ham.) Miers = Pentalinon luteum(L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Rhabdadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia campestris(Vell.) Miers = Mandevilla hirsuta(Rich.) K.Schum.
- Rhabdadenia corallicolaSmall = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia cubensisMüll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia laxifloraMiers = Pentalinon luteum(L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Rhabdadenia lindenianaMüll.Arg. = Angadenia lindeniana(Müll.Arg.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia lucidaMiers = Odontadenia nitida(Vahl) Müll.Arg.
- Rhabdadenia polyneuraUrb = Odontadenia polyneura(Urb.) Woodson
- Rhabdadenia sagrae(A.DC.) Müll.Arg. ex Griseb. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia wrightianaMüll.Arg. = Neobracea valenzuelana(A.Rich.) Urb.
Angadenia berteroi, the pineland golden trumpet, is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1844. It is native to Florida, North Carolina, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Bisgoeppertia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.
Coeloneurum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It contains a single species, Coeloneurum ferrugineum, a shrub or tree endemic to Hispaniola.
