A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

192 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Tricera laevigata (Sw.) Sw. var. santicrusis Eggers, Vidensk. Meddel.
Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1876: 143. 1876.
Distribution: Endemic to Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands (St. Croix).
References: 2, 6, 30, 58, 61, 151, 152, 427, 633.
Note: Considered endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and
critically endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Buxus wrightii Müll. Arg. in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 17.
1869.
Tricera microphylla Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-
Univ. 1: 163. 1865.
Buxus leonii (Britton) Mathou, Rech. Fam. Buxac. 208. 1940; Tricera
leonii Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 502. 1915.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39, 74, 134, 152.
Note: Considered endangered by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Buxus yunquensis Eg. Köhler, Willdenowia 36: 480. 2006.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 149.
Crantzia laevigata Sw. = Buxus laevigata (Sw.) Spreng.
Crantzia laevigata sensu Vahl = Buxus vahlii Baill.
Tricera acuminata (Müll. Arg.) Griseb. = Buxus acuminata Müll. Arg.
Tricera bahamensis (Baker) Britton = Buxus bahamensis Baker
Tricera brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Britton. = Buxus brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Urb.
Tricera citrifolia Willd. = Buxus laevigata (Sw.) Spreng.
Tricera crassifolia Britton = Buxus crassifolia (Britton) Urb. var. crassifolia
Tricera cubana (Baill.) A. Rich. = Buxus cubana Baill.
Tricera fasciculata Griseb. = Buxus laevigata (Sw.) Spreng.
Tricera flaviramea Britton = Buxus flaviramea (Britton) Mathou
Tricera foliosa Britton = Buxus foliosa (Britton) Urb.
Tricera glomerata Griseb. = Buxus glomerata (Griseb.) Müll. Arg.
Tricera gonoclada Griseb. = Buxus gonoclada (Griseb.) Müll. Arg.
Tricera laevigata (Sw.) Sw. = Buxus laevigata (Sw.) Spreng.
Tricera laevigata (Sw.) Sw. var. santicrusis Eggers = Buxus vahlii Baill.
Tricera leonii Britton = Buxus wrightii Müll. Arg.
Tricera macrophylla Britton = Buxus macrophylla (Britton) Fawc. &
Rendle
Tricera marginalis Britton = Buxus marginalis (Britton) Urb.
Tricera microphylla Griseb. = Buxus wrightii Müll. Arg.
Tricera muelleriana Britton = Buxus muelleriana (Britton) Urb.
Tricera retusa Griseb. = Buxus retusa (Griseb.) Müll. Arg.
Tricera revoluta Britton = Buxus revoluta (Britton) Mathou
Tricera rotundifolia Britton = Buxus rotundifolia (Britton) Mathou
Tricera shaferi Britton = Buxus shaferi (Britton) Urb.
Tricera vaccinioides Britton = Buxus vaccinioides (Britton) Urb.
Tricera vahlii (Baill.) Britton = Buxus vahlii Baill.
Cabombaceae
Genera. Total: 2; native: 2; endemic: 0.
Taxa. Total: 3; native: 3; endemic: 0.
Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. = Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.
Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel., Syst. Nat. 2(1): 853. 1791.
Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp., Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 4: 312.
1874; Hydropeltis purpurea Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 324. 1803.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, North America,
Mexico, Central America, and Old World.
Common Names: Masamora, Mazamorra (Cuba), Batatillo (Dominican
Republic).
References: 2, 39, 132, 147.
Note: Considered threatened by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Cabomba furcata Schult. & Schult. f. in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes,
Syst. Veg. 7: 1379. 1830.
Cabomba piauhiensis Gardner, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 7: t. 641. 1844.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Trinidad, Central America, and South
America.
References: 3, 7, 147, 301, 360.
Cabomba haynesii Wiersema, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 1167. 1989.
Cabomba piauhiensis Gardner f. albida Fassett, Castanea 18: 123. 1953.
Cabomba piauhiensis sensu Liogier, Desc. Fl. Puerto Rico 1: 221. 1985.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Central America, and South America.
References: 58, 61, 147, 150, 360.
Cabomba piauhiensis Gardner = Cabomba furcata Schult. & Schult. f.
Hydropeltis purpurea Michx. = Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.
Cactaceae
Genera. Total: 21; native: 19; endemic: 2.
Taxa. Total: 110; native: 96; endemic: 71.
Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw.) Borg, Cacti 132. 1937; Cereus
baxaniensis Karw., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 109. 1837.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba; erroneously described as being from
Cuba; native to the Atlantic coast of Central America.
References: 57, 68, 149, 151, 478.
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose = Acanthocereus
tetragonus (L.) Humm.
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm., Succulenta (Netherlands) 20:
165. 1938; Cactus tetragonus L., Sp. Pl. 466. 1753.
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
12: 432. 1909; Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 180.
1812.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia), Tobago, Trinidad, Aruba,
Curaçao, Margarita, Mexico, Central America, and northern
South America; exotic in the Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St.
Thomas).
Common Names: Liane-raquette (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 3, 68, 150, 151, 230, 301, 323.
Acanthocereus undulosus (DC.) Croizat = Dendrocereus undulosus
(DC.) Britton & Rose
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A. Berger, Entwicklungslin. Kakt.
94. 1926; Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 79.
1819.
Distribution: Cultivated in Puerto Rico; native to South America.
References: 58, 68, 159.
Cactus alatus Sw. = Pseudorhipsalis alata (Sw.) Britton & Rose
Cactus antonii Britton = Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb. subsp.
intortus
Cactus bleo Kunth = Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC.