Flora of Turks-Caicos Islands

Coccothrinax inaguensis, the thatch palm or Inagua silver palm, is a palm which is endemic to the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Henderson and colleagues also considered Coccothrinax victorinii to be a possible conspecific. If that is the case, the name C. victorini should be applied to the combined species, since that name was the first to be published.

Thymopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the bahia tribe within the daisy family. Species Thymopsis brittonii Greenm. - Bahamas Thymopsis thymoides (Griseb.) Urb. - Cuba

Mammillaria nivosa is a species of cactus also known by the name woolly nipple cactus and is native to the Caribbean.

Melocactus intortus, also known as the Turk's head cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to the Caribbean.

Anastraphia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 33 species native to the Caribbean, including Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Several species formerly in Anastraphia have been transferred to the related genus Gochnatia.

Passiflora pectinata is a species of flowering plant native to the West Indies.

Coccothrinax argentata, commonly called the Florida silver palm, is a species of palm tree. It is native to south Florida, southeast Mexico, Colombia and to the West Indies, where it is found in the Bahamas, the southwest Caribbean and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its natural habitat is rocky, calcareous soil in coastal scrubland and hammock communities.

Casasia clusiifolia, also called the sevenyear apple, is a species of plant belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is common in Florida. It is native to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, and south Florida.

Angadenia berteroi, the pineland golden trumpet, is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1844. It is native to Florida (Monroe + Dade Counties), North Carolina (Washington County), Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Smilax havanensis, known as the everglades greenbrier, is a plant species native to Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and southern Florida. Smilax havanensis is a perennial vine armed with prickles. Flowers are small and green, berries dark purple with a waxy coating. Aprostocetus smilax, an Eulophid wasp, induces galls on this species.

Pilosocereus millspaughii, commonly called the Key Largo tree cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was also native to Florida, but is now locally extinct there due to sea level rise. It was first described by Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1909 as Cephalocereus millspaughii.

Anemotrochus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. Its native range is Caribbean. Species: Anemotrochus eggersii (Schltr.) Mangelsdorff, Meve & Liede Anemotrochus viridivenius (Alain) Mangelsdorff, Meve & Liede Anemotrochus yamanigueyensis Mangelsdorff, Meve & Liede

Angadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1878. It is native to Florida and the West Indies. Species Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Turks & Caicos Islands Angadenia lindeniana (Müll.Arg.) Miers - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica formerly included

Phialanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 20 species, 17 of which occur in Cuba. Species include: Phialanthus acunae Phialanthus alainii Phialanthus bissei Phialanthus ellipticus Phialanthus glaberrimus Phialanthus grandifolius Phialanthus guantanamensis Phialanthus hispaniolae Phialanthus inflatus Phialanthus jamaicensis Urb. Phialanthus linearis Phialanthus lineraris Phialanthus macrocalyx Phialanthus macrostemon Phialanthus marianus Phialanthus myrtilloides Phialanthus oblongatus Phialanthus parvifolius Phialanthus peduncularis Phialanthus

Oplonia spinosa, the pricklybush, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae, endemic to several Caribbean islands. It is a spiny shrub ranging in height from dwarf to 3 meters, with curved spines 4–12 mm long, and leaves variable in size and shape.

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.

Manilkara jaimiqui, commonly known as wild dilly, is a woody plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to tropical regions of North America, where it is found in the West Indies and south Florida. Its natural habitat is areas of coastal hammocks and pine rocklands. It is a small tree or shrub with thick evergreen leaves. It produces small yellow flowers throughout the year, and has large scaly fruits. This species is divided into four well-marked subspecies, which show little geographic overlap. They are: M. jaimiqui subsp. emarginata - The Bahamas and south Florida M. jaimiqui subsp.

Leucothrinax morrisii, the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States. Until 2008 it was known as Thrinax morrisii. It was split from the genus Thrinax after phylogenetic studies showed that its inclusion in Thrinax would render that genus paraphyletic. The generic name combines leuco (in reference to the whitish colour of its flowering stalks and the undersides of its leaves) with thrinax.

Croton linearis, commonly called pineland croton, is a flowering plant native to the Caribbean (including the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola) and south Florida.

Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case (Seven-year Apple, C. clusiifolia) in Florida. Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.

Badiera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. Its native range is the Caribbean.

Zanthoxylum spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known by the common name Biscayne prickly-ash. It is native to the West Caribbean, including South Florida and the Florida Keys, Cuba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Hispaniola. This species is a shrub or tree growing up to 7 meters tall, covered in prickles. The leaves are up to 18 centimeters long and are divided into several leaflets. Flowers are borne in cymes, each with three sepals and three petals. The round, glandular fruits are borne in clusters. This plant grows on coastal hammocks, beaches, maritime

Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort, or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras). In Florida, it grows in what remains of the state's pine rockland habitat where it is regarded as endangered. Koanophyllon villosum is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Flower heads contain up to 15 pink or white disc flowers but no ray flowers.

Rachicallis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It includes a single species, Rachicallis americana, a shrub native to southeastern Mexico and to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. The species was first described as Hedyotis americana by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760. In 1893 A. S. Hitchcock placed the species in genus Rachicallis as R. americana.

Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, is a species of Swietenia native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. Mahogany is grown as a plantation tree and sold in timber markets in Kerala, India. Swietenia mahagoni is listed as "Threatened" in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. It is the national tree of the Dominican Republic.

The Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) is a hard pine species native to Central America, southeastern Mexico, and the northern West Indies (in Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands). It belongs to subsection Australes in subgenus Pinus. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coniferous forests such as Bahamian pineyards, in both lowland savannas and montane forests.

Sabal palmetto (, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, palmetto palm, blue palmetto, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, and swamp cabbage, is one of 15 species of palmetto palm. It is native to the Southeast United States, the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, and the West Indies.

Pithecellobium keyense, commonly called Florida Keys blackbead or Florida Key apes-earring, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae).

Smilax auriculata is a North American plant species native to the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the southeastern United States. Common names include earleaf greenbrier and wild-bamboo, despite the fact that it is not closely related to bamboo. It is reported from Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It grows on coastal sand dunes and in sun-lit locations in sandy woodlands at elevations of less than 100 m (333 feet). Smilax auriculata is a perennial vine, producing underground rhizomes and sometimes tubers. Plants are climbers with

Jacquinia keyensis, commonly called Joewood, is a woody plant in the primrose family. It is native to the West Indies, where it is widespread on many islands. Its natural habitat is coastal strand, often on coral exposures with salt spray. It is a shrub or small tree with thick, saponaceous, evergreen leaves. It produces white flowers, primarily in the summer and fall. Jacquinia keyensis is listed as "Threatened" in the state of Florida.