Endemics in Family Order

Acanthaceae
Justicia tobagensis
Odontonema brevipes

Annonaceae
Duguetia tobagensis

Apocynaceae
Gonolobus tobagensis

Bromeliaceae
Werauhia broadwayi

Celastraceae
Maytenus monticola

Cyclanthaceae
Dicranopygium insulare

Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora ebracteata

Gesneriaceae
Besleria seitzii
Besleria strigillosa

Myrsinaceae
Cybianthus pittieri

Myrtaceae
Eugenia cruegeri

Orchidaceae
Maxillaria broadwayi

Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus acacioides
Phyllanthus mimicus

Proteaceae
Roupala tobagensis

Rubiaceae
Rondeletia rohrii

Salicaceae
Xylosma sanctae-annae

Urticaceae
Pilea tobagensis

Verbenaceae
Aegiphila obovata


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Aegiphila obovata
Besleria seitzii
Besleria strigillosa
Cybianthus pittieri
Dicranopygium insulare
Duguetia tobagensis
Eugenia cruegeri
Gonolobus tobagensis
Justicia tobagensis
Maxillaria broadwayi
Maytenus monticola
Odontonema brevipes
Phyllanthus acacioides
Phyllanthus mimicus
Pilea tobagensis
Rhynchospora ebracteata
Rondeletia rohrii
Roupala tobagensis
Werauhia broadwayi
Xylosma sanctae-annae


Summary

Included here is the island of Tobago located in the southern Caribbean. It is the smaller of two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 20 species in 18 genera but no endemic genera.

References

Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson. 2008. "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago’s endemic plants and their conservation status", Oryx 42 : 400–407.