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This category contains articles related to the native trees of Puerto Rico, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
Pedro Acevedo Rodríguez and Franklin S. Axelrod (1999). "Annotated Checklist for the Tracheophytes of Río Abajo Forest Reserve, Puerto Rico". Caribbean Journal of Science. 35 (3– 4): 262– 285. Three endemic Puerto Rican ferns
Roystonea borinquena is known as the "mountain-cabbage", "Puerto Rico royal palm" or simply "royal palm" in English, [3] palmiste in Haiti, [4] palma real puertorriqueña, [9] manacla, palma caruta, palma de cerdos, palma de grana, palma de yagua, palma real, yagua and other names in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as Maga, and also referred to as Maga Colorada ("Red Maga") and Puerto Rican hibiscus, [2] is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade [2] endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of the archipelago.
The Puerto Rican parrot or Puerto Rican Amazon is a little parrot that measures 11.0–11.8 in (28–30 cm). The bird is a predominantly green parrot with a red forehead and white rings around the eyes. The species is the only remaining native parrot in Puerto Rico.
Trees at middle elevations reach a height of 34 m (112 ft) and a diameter of 2.5 m (8.2 ft). Common trees of the Sierra de Luquillo include Cyathea arborea, Prestoea acuminata, Cecropia peltata, and Ocotea species. Weinmannia pinnata, Brunellia comocladifolia, and Podocarpus coriaceus are found in the cloud forests of the highest peaks. [2]
Didymopanax morototoni [21] – Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Trinidad. Introduced to Windward Islands; Frodinia. Frodinia gleasonii [22] – Puerto Rico; Frodinia tremula [23] – Hispaniola; Oreopanax. Oreopanax capitatus [24] Oreopanax dussii [25] Oreopanax ramosissimus [26] Sciodaphyllum
Some of the most common trees are flamboyant (Delonix regia), pink trumpet tree or Puerto Rican oak (Tabebuia heterophyll) and the invasive African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata). Due to its secondary origin, most of the plant species in the forest are of exotic origin, although the species found in higher areas such as in the mogote are ...