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Pseudophoenix lediniana is a palm species endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula in southwestern Haiti.

Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist) is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea subgenera Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia." Lymania is a group of plants endemic to the Bahian coast of the Brazilian rainforest. Modern DNA analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades.

Gaussia maya is a palm which is native to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. The species grows in rocky areas on limestone soils. The species is classified as vulnerable, and is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation. Gaussia maya are 5 to 20 metres tall. Stems are gray, 10 to 15 (sometimes 30) centimetres in diameter. Trees have six to eight pinnately compound leaves. Fruit are red, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Stems are used for construction.

Aechmea digitata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.

Pritchardia waialealeana, the poleline pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii, United States. It inhabits wet forests on the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale at elevations of 500–700 m (1,600–2,300 ft). P. waialealeana, is a large palm, reaching a height of more than 20 m (66 ft).

Pitcairnia bifrons is a species of bromeliad found in Guadeloupe.

Lymania smithii is a plant species in the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.

Lymania alvimii is a plant species in the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.

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Hohenbergia castellanosii is a plant species in the genus Hohenbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.

Greigia tillettii is a plant species in the genus Greigia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Coccothrinax proctorii, the Cayman thatch palm or Proctor's silver palm, is a palm which is endemic to the Cayman Islands. Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. proctorii to be a synonym of Coccothrinax argentata.

Coccothrinax inaguensis, the thatch palm or Inagua silver palm, is a palm which is endemic to the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Henderson and colleagues also considered Coccothrinax victorinii to be a possible conspecific. If that is the case, the name C. victorini should be applied to the combined species, since that name was the first to be published.

Billbergia eloiseae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Billbergia. It is endemic to Colombia.

Vriesea sucrei is a plant species in the genus Vriesea. The bromeliad is endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira), located in southeastern Brazil.

Quesnelia marmorata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of southeastern Brazil. It was first described by Charles Antoine Lemaire in 1855 as Billbergia marmorata.

Pitcairnia nematophora is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Guzmania desautelsii is a species of Bromeliads in the genus Guzmania. A plant native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama, the species was originally described by Robert William Read and Lyman Bradford Smith in 1983.

Aechmea cathcartii is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is endemic to the Miranda region of Venezuela.

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Puya silvae-baccae is a species in the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Neoregelia cathcartii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neoregelia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Neoregelia burlemarxii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neoregelia. This species is endemic to Brazil.

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Vriesea incurva is a plant species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is an epiphyte native to Central America (Costa Rica and Panama), the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola), and South America (Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador).

Tillandsia adamsii is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Jamaica.

Pitcairnia curvidens is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. This species is native to Brazil.

Lymania marantoides is a plant species in the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.