Flora of Guatemala

Magnolia guatemalensis is a tree found in the highlands and mountains of Guatemala, Chiapas, El Salvador, and Honduras. It is considered an indicator species of the cloud forest. It is known locally as mamey, a common name that is also used for the unrelated species Pouteria sapota from Cuba and the fruit tree Mammea americana from Central and South America.

Tillandsia harrisii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. The species is endemic to Guatemala.

Erythrina atitlanensis is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Mexico and Central America.

Zamia tuerckheimii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It was named after Hans von Türckheim, a German plant collector. It is endemic to Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Zamia monticola is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pouteria areolatifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala.

Dresslerella archilae is a species of orchid endemic to Guatemala. It is named after the american botanist Robert Dressler.

Carex caxinensis is a sedge that is native to parts of Guatemala.

Sideroxylon ibarrae is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala.

Salvia coriana is a perennial plant that is endemic to tropical cloud forest in Guatemala, growing at approximately 2,000 m (6,600 ft) elevation on the northwestern slopes of Pico Zunil in the Sierra Chuatroj range. S. coriana is a liana which grows up to 12 m (39 ft) into the tree canopy, with erect arching branches. Leaves are opposite, with 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) petioles and leaf blades that are 7 to 12 cm (2.8 to 4.7 in) long and 5 to 9 cm (2.0 to 3.5 in) wide. Inflorescences are lax 3–6 flowered verticillasters. The calyces are dark purple as they age. The corollas are sky blue, with

Symphoricarpos guatemalensis is a Central American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It has been found only in Guatemala. Symphoricarpos guatemalensis is an erect branching shrub sometimes as much as 2 meters (80 inches) tall. Leaves are tiny, rarely more than 6 mm (0.24 inch) long. It has white flowers and white fruits.

Sebastiania pubiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1975. It is native to Guatemala.

Ocotea amplifolia is a plant species in the family Lauraceae. It is a small tree endemic to Guatemala where it has only been found in the department Quiché.

Myrtillocactus eichlamii is a species of Myrtillocactus found in Guatemala.

Hymenocallis ornata is a bulb-forming herb native to Guatemala. It has showy white flowers and is frequently grown as an ornamental in many places. Hymenocallis ornata is a bulb-forming perennial with flowers in an umbel.

Dioscorea aguilarii is a herbaceous vine in the genus Dioscorea which is indigenous to El Salvador. The type specimen was collected in 1994 from an oak forest between Pena del Cuervo and Cerro El Yupe.

Sebastiania chahalana is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1968. It is native to Guatemala.

Neeopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. The only species is Neeopsis flavifolia. It is native to Guatemala. The genus name of Neeopsis is in honour of Luis Née (1734–1807), a French-born Spanish botanist and prolific collector of plant specimens who accompanied the Malaspina Expedition on its five-year scientific exploration of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands. The Latin specific epithet of flavifolia is a portmanteau word, with 'flavi-' from flavesco meaning light yellow and also '-folia' which refers to foliage. Both genus and species

Lepanthes oscarrodrigoi is an orchid species from Guatemala. It is the smallest known orchid. The stem is 2.5 to 3 mm long and bears a single leaf, 5 mm long and 5.5 mm wide.

Damburneya guatemalensis is a plant species in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Guatemala where it has only been found in the departments of Petén, Alta Verapaz and Izabal. It is a tree or shrub of up to 8 m that grows in tall broadleaf forest in association with Orbignya species.

Juniperus standleyi is a species of juniper native to Guatemala and the adjacent extreme southeast of Mexico (Volcán Tacaná in Chiapas), where it occurs at elevations of 3,000–4,250 metres (9,840–13,940 feet). Its local common names include huitó, ciprés, and huitum.

Juniperus comitana is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is a tree native to Guatemala and to Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Schippia concolor, the mountain pimento or silver pimento, is a medium-sized palm species that is native to Belize and Guatemala. Named for its discoverer, Australian botanist William A. Schipp, the species is threatened by habitat loss. It is the sole species in the genus Schippia.

Juniperus gamboana is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico, where it is threatened by habitat loss.

Salvia holwayi is a herbaceous perennial native to Guatemala at elevations of 3,000–9,000 feet and at similar elevations in the Mexican state of Chiapas, where it frequently makes an understory in mixed pine and oak forests and thickets. It was named after 19th century plant and fungi collector Edward Willet Dorland Holway. Salvia holwayi grows 3–5 feet tall and can easily spread to 8–10 ft in one year. Its long floppy stems grow over and into other shrubs and trees, with many 8 in inflorescences on each stem. The cardinal-red flowers are almost 1 inch long and inflated in the center. With

Cypripedium dickinsonianum is a species of orchid known as Dickinson's lady's slipper or Dickinson's cypripedium after American orchidist Stirling Dickinson.

Ceratozamia robusta is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico (in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Zamia standleyi (Yojrá unicej) is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Honduras, and is threatened by habitat loss.

Deamia chontalensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to southwestern Mexico and Guatemala. It has sprawling or pendent branched stems and fragrant white flowers.

Adenocritonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1976. The genus is native to Mesoamerica and the West Indies. Species Adenocritonia adamsii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Jamaica Adenocritonia heathiae (B.L.Turner) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Chiapas Adenocritonia steyermarkii H.Rob. - Guatemala