Flora of Panamá

Chrysophyllum cainito is a tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. It has spread to the Greater Antilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including Southeast Asia. It grows rapidly and reaches 20 meters in height.

Parmentiera cereifera, the candle tree, is a species of tree in the family Bignoniaceae. It is endemic to Panama, but it is also a commonly cultivated specimen in botanical gardens. This tree grows up to 6 m tall. The leaves are arranged oppositely, each made up of three leaflets. They are borne on winged petioles up to 5 cm long. The flower is solitary or borne in a cluster of up to four. The five-lobed corolla is greenish white. The fruit is a taper-shaped berry up to 60 cm long. The record is 120 cm long while only 2.5 cm wide. It is green, ripening yellow, and waxy in texture. The fleshy

Zamia pseudoparasitica is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Panama.

Zamia skinneri is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the coastal area of mainland Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Its common name is cebolla roja. This has long been considered to be a variable plant that was likely a species complex, with individuals actually belonging to several undescribed species. In 2008 some populations were studied, characterized as new species, and renamed Zamia hamannii, Zamia imperialis, and Zamia nesophila. This recategorization reduced the size of the population of actual Z. skinneri to fewer than 500.

Zamia dressleri is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Eastern Panama, where it grows in rainforest habitat.

Pohlidium is a genus of Panamanian plants in the family Poaceae. The only known species is Pohlidium petiolatum, native to Coclé Province in central Panama.

Zamia cunaria (also obset) is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the area of Comarca Guna Yala, Panama.

Sobralia callosa is a species of Sobralia.

Quercus panamandinaea is a species of oak tree native to Costa Rica and Panama. It belongs to Quercus sect. Lobatae within Quercus subg. Quercus and is named after its distribution in Panama and the Andean region. It prefers a wet, tropical biome.

Philodendron gigas is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Panama, first described in 1997.

Peperomia valliculae is a species of epiphyte and herb from the genus 'Peperomia'. Peperomia valliculae can mostly be found in Central America. It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes.

Miconia santaritensis is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Miconia centrosperma is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Inga spiralis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Panama.

Inga cuspidata is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Panama.

Cryosophila bartlettii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Panama. It is known from a single location near Lake Alajuela in central Panama, where it grows in lowland rain forest.

Ardisia maxonii is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is named for the botanist William Ralph Maxon.

Acianthera juxtaposita is a species of orchid plant native to Panama.

Zamia ipetiensis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Panama, where it is found near the town of Ipetí, Kuna de Madugandí. It is threatened by habitat loss. Only two wild subpopulations remain.

Utricularia panamensis is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. panamensis, a lithophyte, is endemic to Panama and is only known from the type location and other collections in the same area. It was first described by Peter Taylor in 1977 as Utricularia sp. and later published as U. panamensis in 1986.

Stanhopea avicula is a species of orchid endemic to Panama.

Rinorea brachythrix is a species of plant in the Violaceae family and is endemic to Panama.

Paphinia vermiculifera is a species of orchid found in 2003. It is endemic to Panama. It gains its name from the Latin word vermiculus meaning worm due to two distinctive worm-shaped emergences at the base of its labellum. The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6, 2002. The holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.

Iogeton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It only contains one known species, Iogeton nowickeanus, known only from San Blas Province in Panama. The genus name of Iogeton is in reference to the Greek mythology character of Io (a goddess associated with rivers) and -geton (the Greek word meaning neighbour) and which is because the plant is found near streams.

Inga portobellensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Panama.

Blakea brunnea is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is found in Honduras and Panama.

Ardisia opaca is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ardisia jefeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Aechmea haltonii is a bromeliad, a flowering plant in the genus Aechmea which is endemic to Panama.

Zamia hamannii is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. The only known population grows in a small area on an island on the northwestern Caribbean coast of Panama. Most plants of the species grow in forest, but some live on sandy beaches. It was named and described in 2008.