Flora of Windward Islands

Aechmea serrata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. It was reportedly originally from Martinique in the West Indies, but now extinct in the wild. It does survive as a cultivated ornamental.

Inga martinicensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Martinique.

Hymenocallis speciosa, the green-tinge spiderlily, is a species of the genus Hymenocallis that is native to the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. It is cultivated as an ornamental in some areas, and reportedly naturalized in Cuba and the Bahamas. Hymenocallis speciosa is a bulb-forming perennial. Stipe can attain a height of up to 50 cm. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 50 cm long and 10 cm across, narrowing to a petiole below. One umbel can produce as many as 20 flowers. Flowers are white with a slight greenish tinge, the tepals reflexed (curling backwards) at flowering time.

Anthurium acaule, the martinican anthurium, is a herbaceous plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Martinique. The plant has a complicated taxonomic history, and the name Anthurium acaule has been applied to several other plants.

Poitea carinalis (also known as Carib wood or bwa kwaib) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae that is endemic to Dominica, where it is the national flower.

Pitcairnia spicata is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. It is endemic to the Island of Martinique in the West Indies.

Inga dominicensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Dominica.

Peperomia vincentiana is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel and published in the book "London Journal of Botany 4: 415. 1845.". Its etymology came from "Saint Vincent".

Sciodaphyllum urbanianum is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Martinique.

Arthrostylidium obtusatum is a species of Arthrostylidium bamboo in the grass family.

Myrcia neoelegans, the bashy guava, is a species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the Lesser Antilles.

Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. Chromolaena macrodon is a shrub lacking hairs on its herbage. It has opposite leaves with distinct petioles but without glands on the blades. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.

Chromolaena impetiolaris is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Dominica. Chromolaena impetiolaris is a shrub lacking hairs on its herbage. It has opposite leaves with no petioles but with numerous small glands on the blades. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.

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.

Euterpe broadwayi, the manac, or manicol, is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Stems usually grow in a cluster and are 8–20 metres tall and 20–25 centimetres in diameter and bear 10–16 leaves. It is sometimes harvested for palm heart.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Erithalis quadrangularis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Sebastiania hexaptera is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1902. It is native to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique.

Protium attenuatum is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Chromolaena trigonocarpa is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. Chromolaena trigonocarpa is a branching shrub or subshrub with curved hairs on the stem. It has opposite leaves with teeth and a pointed tip. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.

Chromolaena integrifolia is a Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found on the Islands of Dominica, Guadeloupe, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Montserrat, and St. Kitts in the Lesser Antilles.

Stelis scabrida is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands. It was first described by John Lindley in 1840.

Pilosocereus curtisii is a species of cactus (family Cactaceae) found in the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.

Plumeria alba is a species of flowering plant in the genus Plumeria native to Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. It is commonly known as West Indian jasmine, white frangipani plant, nosegay tree. It is a small deciduous tree and has been planted in tropical regions worldwide.