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Vitex lucida Moldenke = Vitex heptaphylla Juss.
Vitex multidens Urb. = Pseudocarpidium multidens (Urb.) Moldenke
Vitex negundo L., Sp. Pl. 638. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba; native to tropical Africa and Asia.
References: 3, 147.
Vitex parviflora A. Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 7: 76. 1806.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Common Names: Roble de Filipinas, Roble de olor, Roble filipino,
Roble guayo, Roble viti (Cuba), Molave (Puerto Rico).
References: 3, 58, 147.
Vitex praetervisa Borhidi, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 318. 1977
[“1976”].
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 39, 147, 149.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Vitex rigens Griseb. = Pseudocarpidium rigens (Griseb.) Britton
Vitex tomentulosa Moldenke, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 58. 1933.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Common Name: Roble güiro (Cuba).
References: 3, 147.
Vitex trifolia L., Sp. Pl. 938. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Bahamas and Cuba.
Common Name: Abrecamino (Cuba).
References: 45, 132, 147, 208.
Vitex umbrosa Sw., Prodr. 93. 1788.
Distribution: Endemic to Jamaica.
Common Name: Box wood (Jamaica).
References: 2, 132, 147.
Volkameria aculeata L. = Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl.
Volkameria aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 637. 1753; Clerodendrum aculeatum
(L.) Schltdl., Linnaea 6: 750. 1831.
Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl. var. gracile Griseb. ex Moldenke,
Caribbean Forest. 2: 13. 1940.
Clerodendrum angustifolium (Poir.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 2: 758.
1825, nom. illeg.; Volkameria angustifolia Poir. in J.B.A.P.M. de
Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 688. 1808.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Anegada, Guana, Jost van
Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda),
Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica,
Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique,
Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia,
St. Martin, St. Vincent), Mexico, and South America.
Common Names: Prickly myrtle (Bahamas), Clavellina espinosa
(Cuba), Corazón de paloma, Uña de gato (Dominican Republic),
Amourette, Prayer berry, Pree-bree, Privet, Privy hedge, Thé bord
de mer (Lesser Antilles), Botón de oro, Descamisador, Escambrón
blanco (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 19, 45, 58, 61, 131, 624.
Volkameria angustifolia Poir. = Volkameria aculeata L.
Volkameria buchananii Roxb. = Clerodendrum buchananii (Roxb.) Walp.
DOUBTFUL SPECIES
Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch in W.C.H. Peters, Naturw. Reise
Mossambique: 257. 1861.
Distribution: Exotic in Hispaniola.
Reference: 147.
Note: A name accepted by World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
(147) but not used by modern botanists.
Salvia obtusifolia Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 1, 10. 1893.
Note: Reported for Cuba by IPNI but not known to us.
Salvia purpurea Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 1, 9. 1893.
Note: Reported for Cuba by IPNI but not known to us.
Lauraceae
Genera. Total: 9; native: 9; endemic: 0.
Taxa. Total: 75; native: 71; endemic: 61.
Acrodiclidium dominicense Meisn. = Licaria sericea (Griseb.) Kosterm.
Acrodiclidium jamaicense (Spreng.) Nees = Licaria triandra (Sw.)
Kosterm.
Acrodiclidium jamaicense sensu Griseb. = Ocotea wrightii (Meisn.) Mez
Acrodiclidium salicifolium (Sw.) Griseb. = Licaria parvifolia (Lam.)
Kosterm.
Acrodiclidium sericeum Griseb. = Licaria sericea (Griseb.) Kosterm.
Acrodiclidium wrightii Meisn. = Ocotea wrightii (Meisn.) Mez
Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 66.
1889; Aydendron bracteatum Nees, Syst. Laur. 256. 1836.
Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez var. l’herminieri (Meisn.) Mez, Jahrb.
Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 67. 1889.
Aydendron argenteum Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 285. 1860.
Goeppertia argentea (Griseb.) Meisn. var. l’herminieri Meisn. in A.L.P.P.
de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 174. 1864.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Puerto Rico and Lesser
Antilles (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent).
Common Names: Bois jaune, Bois-la-colique, Laurier isabelle, Laurier
jaune, Laurier rouge, Red sweetwood (Lesser Antilles), Canelillo
(Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 58.
Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez var. l’herminieri (Meisn.) Mez = Aniba
bracteata (Nees) Mez
Aniba ramageana Mez, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 494. 1889.
Distribution: Endemic to Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia).
Common Name: Laurier falaise (Lesser Antilles).
Reference: 1.
Aydendron argenteum Griseb. = Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez
Aydendron bracteatum Nees = Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez
Aydendron cubense A. Rich. = Licaria triandra (Sw.) Kosterm.
Aydendron sericeum (Nees) Griseb. = Endlicheria sericea Nees
Beilschmiedia pendula (Sw.) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3(14): 70.
1882; Laurus pendula Sw., Prodr. 65. 1788; Hufelandia pendula
(Sw.) Nees, Hufeland. Ill. 22. 1833.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), and Lesser
Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante,
Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent).
Common Names: Aceitunillo, Aguacatillo, Boniato laurel, Cabeza
de toro, Carne de doncella, Cubanacá, Curavara, Laurel de
loma Mulato, Pata de gallina (Cuba), Aguacatillo, Caraqueño,
Carrasqueño, Cigua amarilla, Colorado, Laurel colorado, Olive
(Dominican Republic), Bois noir (Haiti), Slogwood, Slugwood
(Jamaica), Isabella blanc, Laurier madame, Laurier rouge, Red
sweetwood, Sweetwood, Zaboca (Lesser Antilles), Aguacate
cimarrón, Cedro macho, Guajón, Palo colorado (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 58, 61.