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This is a list of the endemic flora of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses.

Apocynaceae

  • Forsteronia portoricensis, synonym of Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis
  • Tabernaemontana oppositifolia

Aquifoliaceae

  • Ilex cookii (Cook's holly)
  • Ilex sintenisii (Sintenis' holly)

Araliaceae

  • Dendropanax laurifolius
  • Frodinia gleasonii

Asclepiadaceae

  • Marsdenia elliptica
  • Matelea sintenisii
  • Matelea variifolia, syn. Matelea borinquensis

Asteraceae

  • Chromolaena borinquensis
  • Critonia portoricense
  • Koanophyllon dolicholepis
  • Koanophyllon polyodon
  • Mikania odoratissima
  • Mikania porosa
  • Vernonia proctorii

Begoniaceae

  • Begonia decandra

Bignoniaceae

  • Crescentia portoricensis (Higuero de sierra)
  • Tabebuia haemantha

Boraginaceae

  • Cordia bellonis
  • Cordia wagneriorum (Luquillo Mountain manjack)

Bromeliaceae

  • Hohenbergia antillana

Buxaceae

  • Buxus portoricensis

Cactaceae

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Harrisia portoricensis on Mona Island

Campanulaceae

  • Lobelia assurgens var. portoricensis

Canellaceae

Celastraceae

Clusiaceae

  • Clusia gundlachii

Cyatheaceae

Cyperaceae

  • Eleocharis sintenisii

Ebenaceae

  • Diospyros sintenisii

Ericaceae

  • Lyonia truncata var. proctorii

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

  • Calliandra locoensis
  • Neorudolphia volubilis
  • Poitea florida

Flacourtiaceae

  • Banara portoricensis

Gesneriaceae

  • Gesneria citrina
  • Gesneria cuneifolia
  • Gesneria pedunculosa

Icacinaceae

  • Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Palo de Rosa)

Lauraceae

  • Licaria brittoniana

Loranthaceae

  • Dendropemon bicolor

Magnoliaceae

Malpighiaceae

  • Heteropteris wydleriana
  • Stigmaphyllon floribundum

Malvaceae

Marcgraviaceae

  • Marcgravia sintenisii (Bejuco de palma, Bejuco de lira, Bejuco de rana, Lira del Yunque, Pegapalma)

Melastomataceae

  • Henriettea membranifolia
  • Heterotrichum cymosum
  • (?)Sagraea portoricensis (Puerto Rico hogwood)

Meliaceae

Moraceae

  • Ficus stahlii

Myrtaceae

Nyctaginaceae

  • Neea buxifolia

Orchidaceae

  • Brachionidium ciliolatum
  • Leochilus puertoricensis
  • Lepanthes caritensis
  • Lepanthes eltoroensis (Luquillo Mountain babyboot orchid)
  • Lepanthes woodburyana
  • Lepanthes caritensis
  • Psychilis kraenzlinii
  • Psychilis krugii
  • Psychilis monensis
  • Lepanthes stimsonii

Passifloraceae

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Passiflora tulae
  • Passiflora tulae

Phyllanthaceae

Piperaceae

  • Peperomia maxonii

Poaceae

Polygalaceae

  • Coccoloba rugosa
  • Polygala cowellii

Polygonaceae

  • Coccoloba pyrifolia
  • Coccoloba swartzii f. urbaniana

Polypodiales

Rhamnaceae

  • Reynosia krugii
  • Rhamnus sphaerosperma

Rubiaceae

  • Mitracarpus maxwelliae
  • Mitracarpus portoricensis
  • Randia portoricensis
  • Rondeletia inermis
  • Stenostomum obtusifolium (syn. Antirhea obtusifolia)
  • Stenostomum portoricense (syn. Antirhea portoricensis)
  • Stenostomum sintenisii (syn. Antirhea sintenisii)

Salicaceae

  • Xylosma pachyphylla (Spiny logwood)

Sapindaceae

  • Thouinia striata

Sapotaceae

  • Chrysophyllum pauciflorum
  • Manilkara pleeana
  • Micropholis garciniifolia
  • Sideroxylon portoricense

Schizaeaceae

  • Anemia portoricensis

Schoepfiaceae

  • Schoepfia arenaria

Selaginellaceae

  • Selaginella krugii
  • Selaginella laxifolia

Simaroubaceae

Simarouba tulae
Simarouba tulae
  • Simarouba tulae

Solanaceae

Styracaceae

Ternstroemiaceae

  • Ternstroemia luquillensis (Palo Colorado)
  • Ternstroemia subsessilis

Thymelaeaceae

  • Daphnopsis helleriana

Urticaceae

  • Pilea leptophylla

Verbenaceae

  • Cornutia obovata

Zamiaceae

  • Zamia ambiphyllidia
  • Zamia portoricensis

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