Flora of El Salvador

Hampea reynae, the majagua, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to the cloud forests of El Salvador, and was first described in 1980 by Paul Fryxell.

Tubella inconspicua is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is the sole species in genus Tubella. It is endemic to El Salvador.

Tubella inconspicua is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is the sole species in genus Tubella. It is endemic to El Salvador.

This page is about the Cassia tora described by Linnaeus. Later authors usually applied the taxon to Senna obtusifolia. Senna tora (originally described by Linnaeus as Cassia tora) is a plant species in the family Fabaceae and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Its name is derived from its Sinhala name tora (තෝර). It grows wild in most of the tropics and is considered a weed in many places. Its native range is in Central America. Its most common English name is sickle senna or sickle wild sensitive-plant. Other common names include sickle pod, tora, coffee pod and foetid cassia. It is often

Leucaena magnifica is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Guatemala.

Eugenia pachychlamys is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Alfaroa hondurensis is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. It is endemic to Honduras.

Sideroxylon retinerve is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Honduras.

Eugenia jutiapensis is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Cuscatlania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It contains a single species, Cuscatlania vulcanicola, a scrambling perennial native to El Salvador and Honduras in Central America.

Erigeron pacayensis is a Central American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Erigeron pacayensis is a perennial subshrub with a woody stem up to 55 cm (22 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. Leaves are very narrow, almost thread-like, though with a few teeth along the edges. The plant produces flower heads on long, thin stalks. Each head contains 50-120 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.

Cuscatlania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It contains a single species, Cuscatlania vulcanicola, a scrambling perennial native to El Salvador and Honduras in Central America.

Passiflora citrina is a species of passion flower (Passiflora) native to Central America. It is also grown as an ornamental plant. If grown outdoors it will make an edible red fruit used in desserts.

Ulmus ismaelis is a small tree discovered circa 1997 in southern Mexico by Ismael Calzada in riparian forest along the Mixteco River system in northeastern Oaxaca, where it grows among large boulders in the limestone canyons. The tree has since been found in Honduras and El Salvador. The tree is exceptional in its habitat: dry places, sometimes with less than 50 cm (19.7 in) per annum precipitation, and comparatively low altitudes of 450–750 m (1475–2460 ft).

Leucaena salvadorensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in the tropical parts of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. It was first published in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. vol.23 (Issue 2) on page 125 in 1928.

Begonia conchifolia, the zip begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is native to Central America; El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. As a houseplant it does best out of direct sunlight. 'Red Ruby' is the best known cultivar.

Lepanthes × stenosepala is a species of orchid native to Central America. Found in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras at elevations around 1600 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte. This species is a natural hybrid between L enca-barcenae and L tactiquensis and is intermediate in habit and flowers between the two.

Lepanthes papillipetala is a species of orchid found from Mexico (Chiapas) to El Salvador.

Nectandra ramonensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama.

Rubus costaricanus is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico and Central America, from Chiapas to Panama. Rubus costaricanus is a shrub sometimes more than 3 meters tall, with curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets.

Amolinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1972. There is only one known species, Amolinia heydeana, native to Chiapas and Guatemala.

Wimmeria acuminata is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Sapranthus palanga, commonly known as palanca, is a species of cauliflorous tree in the family Annonaceae, native to the tropical regions of Central America, especially Costa Rica. This species was recently separated from Sapranthus violaceus, on the basis of cauliflory (flowers emerging from the side of stem instead of shoots). The flowers are dark purple when mature and emit amines such as putrescine and cadaverine which mimic the smell of a rotting carcass to attract target pollinating agents such as flies.

Psittacanthus angustifolius is a species of hemiparasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae found in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

Buddleja euryphylla is a species endemic to cloud forest in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; it was first described and named by Standley and Steyermark in 1947.

Amphitecna molinae is an endangered species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is a tree or shrub native to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Deamia montalvoae is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to southeastern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. It was first described in 2018. It climbs or hangs from trees or rocks, and has large funnel-shaped flowers, mostly white, and pale red fruit, covered with bristles and hairs.

Tillandsia xerographica is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The name is derived from the Greek words ξηρός (xeros), meaning "dry", and γραφία (graphia), meaning "writing". It is included in Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia.

Rossioglossum grande, one of several species known as tiger orchids, is an epiphytic orchid native to the area from Chiapas to Costa Rica. The plant may grow four to eight flowers, each up to 13 inches in diameter. The flowers are a glossy bright golden yellow with brown barring. Larger petals are yellow with the lower half red-brown. The lip is white and sometimes flecked with red-brown. The pseudobulbs are gray-green in color, and grow from 4 to 10 cm, each with two leaves. Rossioglossum grande prefers hot, wet summers and cool, dry winters. It mainly flowers in the winter.

Acineta chrysantha is a species of orchid found in the forest of Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Panama.