Flora of BES Islands

Melocactus macracanthos is a species of Melocactus found in Aruba.

Pilosocereus lanuginosus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Leeward Islands. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Cactus lanuginosus.

Wolffia elongata is a species of flowering plant within the family Araceae. It is native to Colombia, where it grows in the wet tropical biome.

Cyperus bonariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Venezuela and two groups of offshore Caribbean islands, the Netherlands Antilles and the Venezuelan Antilles. It was first described by Gordon C. Tucker in 2013.

Sabal causiarum, commonly known as the Puerto Rico palmetto or Puerto Rican hat palm, is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands. As its common and scientific names suggest, its leaves are used in the manufacture of "straw" hats.

Bromelia humilis, the dwarf bromelia, is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands Antilles.

Myrmecophila humboldtii is a species of orchid. The species is named after Alexander von Humboldt. Its natural distribution is from Venezuela and the ABC islands (Bonaire and Curaçao; apparently extinct in Aruba).

Uniostium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. It includes a single species, Uniostium velutinifolium, a tree native to tropical South America, ranging from Curaçao to Venezuela, northeastern Colombia, Guyana, and Roraima state of northern Brazil.

Uniostium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. It includes a single species, Uniostium velutinifolium, a tree native to tropical South America, ranging from Curaçao to Venezuela, northeastern Colombia, Guyana, and Roraima state of northern Brazil.

Chloroleucon tortum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Brazil and Curaçao.

Anthurium crassinervium is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Venezuela and Colombia in South America, and some Caribbean islands (the Netherlands Antilles, the southwest Caribbean and the Venezuelan Antilles). It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1791 as Pothos crassinervius and transferred to Anthurium in 1829 by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott.

Hohenbergia stellata is a perennial species of the genus Hohenbergia. It is native to Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Piauí etc.). Hohenbergia stellata exhibits sharp spines in its inflorescence. Flowers are purple-red and are present along the plant's strong stem, which grows up to 100 cm tall. In Brazil, this plant forms a microhabitat for the tarantula Pachistopelma bromelicola.

Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, spiny columnar cactus found in South America. It is also known as giant club cactus, hedge cactus, cadushi (in Papiamento and Wayuunaiki), and kayush. Cereus repandus is grown mostly as an ornamental plant, but has some local culinary importance. The Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia and Venezuela also use the inner cane-like wood of the plant in wattle and daub construction.

Opuntia caracassana is a species from the genus Opuntia. The species was originally described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.

Mammillaria mammilllaris, common name woolly nipple cactus, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is the type species of the genus Mammillaria. It has been described by Carolus Linnaeus as Cactus mammillaris in 1753. The specific epithet mammillaris comes from the Latin mammilla, meaning nipple, with reference to the characteristic tubercles.

Mosiera longipes is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. Its common names include mangroveberry, Bahama stopper, and long-stalked stopper. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and shows a declining population trend.

Acanthospermum humile is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the West Indies but naturalized in parts of South America, Central America, and North America.

Hohenbergia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the West Indies, the Yucatán Peninsula, and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil). The genus name is named after Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg, a German botanist and patron of botany who travelled to the Americas under the alias of Baron of Hohenberg. This genus has two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and Wittmackiopsis Mez. Recent DNA studies have shown the two subgenera are not monophyletic, and the species of subg. Wittmackiopsis have been transferred to the

Anthurium hookeri, commonly called a bird's nest anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium. Anthurium hookeri possesses some unique features which include, short internodes, dense roots, and lanceolate cataphylls. The leaves have triangular to D-shaped petioles 2–9 cm long, are rosulate, 10–26 cm wide, 35–89 cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries produced by the plant are white. Previously categorized in the Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium which has superficially

Cyperus subtenuis is a species of sedge that is native to parts of the Caribbean.

Gundlachia, commonly called goldenshrub, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Cyperus fuligineus is a species of sedge that is native to southern parts of North America and parts of the Caribbean.

Cyperus nanus, commonly known as the Indian flatsedge, is a species of sedge that is native to eastern parts of Mexico and islands of the Caribbean.

Furcraea foetida (Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and northern South America. It is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in many places (India, parts of Africa, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, Florida, New Zealand, and many oceanic islands).

Ficus pallida is a species of plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to eastern Bolivia, northern and west-central Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, and the Venezuelan Antilles. In Bolivia, it is one of a few closely related trees in the genus Ficus popularly known as bibosi. The species was first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.

Jacquinia arborea is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Primulaceae. Common names for this species is torchwood, azucares, barbasco, and braceletwood. The species is native to Aruba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

Phyllanthus pentaphyllus, commonly referred to as fivepetal leafflower, is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and south Florida.

Pectis linearis, the West Indian cinchweed, is a summer blooming annual plant in the genus Pectis. Its floral region is generally Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Chiococca parvifolia, commonly referred to as pineland milkberry, is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and south Florida.

Tabebuia heterophylla is a species of tree native to the Caribbean, and is also cultivated elsewhere. It is also known as roble blanco, pink manjack, pink trumpet tree, white cedar, and whitewood.