Endemics in Family Order

Acanthaceae
Dicliptera aripoensis
Justicia flaviflora

Apocynaceae
Cynanchum freemani
Gonolobus tobagensis

Araceae
Philodendron simmondsii

Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia boosii

Asteraceae
Mikania broadwayi

Begoniaceae
Begonia eciliata
Begonia mariannensis

Bromeliaceae
Aechmea downsiana
Werauhia broadwayi

Burmanniaceae
Marthella
Marthella trinitatis

Celastraceae
Maytenus monticola
Maytenus reflexa

Clusiaceae
Clusia aripoensis
Clusia intertexta
Clusia tocuchensis

Cucurbitaceae
Sicana trinitensis

Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora aripoensis
Rhynchospora ierensis
Scleria orchardii

Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon caesium

Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha grisebachiana
Croton aripoensis

Fabaceae
Macrolobium trinitense

Gesneriaceae
Besleria strigillosa

Lauraceae
Ocotea trinidadensis

Loranthaceae
Phoradendron hartii

Marcgraviaceae
Marcgravia elegans

Myrsinaceae
Cybianthus cruegeri

Myrtaceae
Eugenia cruegeri

Orchidaceae
Cochleanthes trinitatis
Epidendrum fusiforme
Epidendrum hombersleyi
Epidendrum lanceolatum
Microchilus schultesianus

Poaceae
Neurolepis virgata

Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus trinitensis

Polygalaceae
Polygala exserta
Securidaca lophosoma

Polygonaceae
Coccoloba nigrescens

Rubiaceae
Psychotria rufidula
Rondeletia hispidula
Rondeletia rohrii

Salicaceae
Xylosma sanctae-annae

Verbenaceae
Aegiphila obovata

Xyridaceae
Xyris grisebachii


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Acalypha grisebachiana
Aechmea downsiana
Aegiphila obovata
Aristolochia boosii
Begonia eciliata
Begonia mariannensis
Besleria strigillosa
Clusia aripoensis
Clusia intertexta
Clusia tocuchensis
Coccoloba nigrescens
Cochleanthes trinitatis
Croton aripoensis
Cybianthus cruegeri
Cynanchum freemani
Dicliptera aripoensis Epidendrum fusiforme
Epidendrum hombersleyi
Epidendrum lanceolatum Eriocaulon caesium
Eugenia cruegeri
Gonolobus tobagensis
Justicia flaviflora
Macrolobium trinitense
Marcgravia elegans
Marthella
Marthella trinitatis
Maytenus monticola
Maytenus reflexa
Microchilus schultesianus
Mikania broadwayi
Neurolepis virgata
Ocotea trinidadensis
Philodendron simmondsii
Phoradendron hartii
Podocarpus trinitensis
Polygala exserta
Psychotria rufidula
Rhynchospora aripoensis
Rhynchospora ierensis
Rondeletia hispidula
Rondeletia rohrii
Scleria orchardii
Securidaca lophosoma
Sicana trinitensis
Werauhia broadwayi
Xylosma sanctae-annae
Xyris grisebachii


Summary

Included here is the island of Trinidad located in the southern Caribbean. It is the larger 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 47 species in 38 genera and 30 families. There is 1 endemic genus (marked red) but no endemic families.

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.