Flora of Leeward Islands

Agave eggersiana, or Eggers' century plant, is an endangered species of spiky plant which grows in the Virgin Islands, in dry, exposed areas. Agave eggersiana is a perennial herb known in the wild only from the island of St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USFWS 1998a). A small number of plants remain on private land and are threatened by tourist development (USFWS 1998b). Other threats include feral pigs and goats on National Park Service land (USFWS 1998b). Research needs include distribution and abundance, general biology and ecology (USFWS 1998a). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Solanum conocarpum, commonly known as marron bacoba, is a vascular plant species in the family Solanaceae found in the US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands.

Pitcairnia bifrons is a species of bromeliad found in Guadeloupe.

Machaonia woodburyana, the alfilerillo, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands and Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

Xylosoma serrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to the island of Montserrat. It was known from only a single location on the south of the island, and this has now been covered by pyroclastic flows from the volcanic eruption. It is therefore possibly extinct, but marked by IUCN as critically endangered because of the lack of data.

Peperomia truncigaudens is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia found in Guadeloupe. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Metastelma anegadense is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae endemic to the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and sandy shores. Due to habitat loss it has been listed as endangered by the IUCN.

Rubus ferrugineus is a Caribbean species of brambles in the rose family. It has been found only on the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies, part of the French Republic. Rubus ferrugineus is a perennial shrub or small tree with stems up to 6 meters (20 feet) tall, with curved prickles. Stems are covered with wool and armed with curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets. Flowers are white. Fruits are black and egg-shaped.

Myrcia neothomasiana, commonly known as Thomas' lidflower, is a rare species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found on three Caribbean islands. There are fewer than 250 individuals total divided amongst the islands of Vieques in Puerto Rico, St. John in the United States Virgin Islands, and Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. It has been extirpated from the wild on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where it was first described in 1855, and now only grows there in cultivation. The plant is a member of the islands' montane flora. It occurs on one mountain peak on each of the

Myrcia neokiaerskovii is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tabebuia pallida is a species of Tabebuia native to the Caribbean (Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and Puerto Rico).

Magnolia dodecapetala is a species of plant in the genus Magnolia, family Magnoliaceae. It was described by a French naturalist named Lamarck, and it obtained the name from a Belgian botanist named Rafaël Herman Anna Govaerts.

Erythrina eggersii is a vine or tree in the family Fabaceae which is commonly known as cock's-spur, espuelo de gallo, or pinon espinoso. It is native to Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands (Jost Van Dyke) and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is threatened by the act of habitat loss.

Cyperus unifolius is a species of sedge that is native to some islands in the Caribbean. The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1870.

Catesbaea melanocarpa is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name tropical lilythorn. It is native to five Caribbean islands: Puerto Rico, St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbuda, and one island in Guadeloupe. The plant is threatened by habitat loss. This is a shrub which can reach three meters in height, its spreading branches lined with spines up to two centimeters long. Between the spines are clusters of green leaves with blades up to 2.5 centimeters long by 1.5 wide. Flowers are solitary or grow in pairs from the leaf axils.

Buxus vahlii, or Vahl's boxwood, is a rare species of plant in the boxwood family. It is native to Puerto Rico and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is known from no more than four populations in total. It has probably never been very common, but its distribution has been reduced by deforestation and other human disturbance of its habitat. At the time it was listed as an endangered species of the United States in 1985, it was thought to be endemic to Puerto Rico. Reports that it existed in Jamaica have not been confirmed. A few individuals have been located in St. Croix, some of

Begonia obliqua is the type species of the genus Begonia and the species to which Plumier first gave the name Begonia. It is native to Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe. The name has been misapplied to Begonia grandis by Thunberg, to Begonia minor by L'Héritier, and to Begonia fischeri by Vellozo.

Agave missionum of the West Indies is a succulent plant of the family Agavaceae. Its common names include corita and karata. It is exceptionally large; with leaves up to 4.50 m (14.8 ft) in length and up to 50 cm (20 in) wide, equaled only by Agave atrovirens.

Aechmea smithiorum is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It is a medium-sized bromeliad with broad green leaves and a striking white rosette. Aechmea smithiorum is a rare bromeliad that grows as an epiphyte and sometime terrestrially. It is indigenous to seasonal forest and lower montane rainforests of the Lesser Antilles: Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada.

Tolumnia urophylla is a species of orchid native to the Lesser Antilles.

Marcgravia umbellata, also called monkey paws, is a species of flowering vine in the family Marcgraviaceae. It is native to the Lesser Antilles islands in the eastern Caribbean and Anguilla. Marcgravia umbellata was the first member of the marcgraviaceae family to be described in modern botanical literature.

Manilkara pleeana, the zapote de costa, is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Leptocereus quadricostatus (also called sebucan) is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Helanthium zombiense is a species of plants in the Alismataceae. It is native to the islands of Jamaica and Guadeloupe in the West Indies.

Glomeropitcairnia penduliflora is a very large tank bromeliad native to the islands of Martinique and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. The tank can be as much as 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) high, up from the middle of which comes an inflorescence up to 3 m (9.8 ft) height. According to Newman, the tank can hold as much as 114 L (25 imp gal; 30 US gal) of rainwater.

Coccothrinax alta (also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as palma plateada or palma de abanico, or in the Virgin Islands as Tyre palm) is a palm which is native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Mitracarpus polycladus is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name cana gorda girdlepod. It is native to Puerto Rico, where it is known only to come from the Guánica Commonwealth Forest. It can also be found on the island of Saba. It grows in coastal scrub forest and dwarf forest with limestone gravel substrates. Other plants in the habitat include Bucida buceras, Bursera simaruba, Exostema caribaeum, Coccoloba microstachya, Plumeria alba, and Pilosocereus armatus (syn. P. royenii var. amatus). It is a perennial herb with many erect or spreading branches

Varronia rupicola, synonym Cordia rupicola, commonly known as the Puerto Rico manjack, is an endangered species of flowering shrub in the family Cordiaceae, that is native to the islands of Puerto Rico and Anegada.

Vachellia anegadensis, the pokemeboy, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pouteria semecarpifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.