B Family
Based on the Flora of the Cayman Islands by Dr. George Proctor.
BASELLACEAE
Anredera vesicaria syn. Anredera leptostachys / Texas Madeiravine
BATACEAE
Batis maritima / Saltwort
BIGNONIACEAE
Catalpa longissima / Haitian
Catalpa
Crescentia cujete / Gourd
Tree; Calabash
Spathodea campanulata / Flame-of-the-Forest; African Tulip Tree
Tabebuia heterophylla / Whitewood
Tecoma stans / Shamrock;
Cow-stick; Hemlock
BORAGINACEAE
Argusia gnaphalodes / Lavender;
Sea-lavender
Bourreria venosa / Bourreria;Strongbark
Cordia brownei / Black Sage
[JA]
Cordia dentata Changed to Cordia
alba
Cordia gerascanthus / Spanish
Elm
Cordia globosa var. humilis Changed to Cordia
bullata var. globosa / Black Sage; Butterfly Bush, Wild Sage[JA]
Cordia laevigata / Clamcherry
Cordia sebestena var. caymanensis
/ Broadleaf Endemic
Ehretia tinifolia /
Bastard Cherry, (McCoy's Villa tree)
Euploca humifusa / Matlike
Heliotrope
Euploca ternata Syn Heliotropium
ternatum / Bushy Heliotrope
Heliotropium angiospermum
/ Bastard Chelamella; Scorpion Tail
Heliotropium curassavicum
/ Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium humifusum Changed to Euploca
humifusa / Matlike Heliotrope
Nama jamaicense /Fiddleleaf
Formerly in HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Rochefortia acanthophora
/ Greenheart Ebony
Rochefortia barloventensis
sp. nov.
Tournefortia astrotricha var. astrotricha
Tournefortia astrotricha var. subglabra
Tournefortia minuta /
Tournefortia volubilis / Aunt
Eliza Bush
BRASSICACEAE
Cakile lanceolata / Coastal
Searocket
Lepidium virginicum / Pepperweed
BROMELIACEAE
Ananas comosus / Pineapple
Tillandsia balbisiana /
Northern Needleleaf
Tillandsia bulbosa
Tillandsia circinnata
Tillandsia fasciculata / Quill-leaf [Giant Airplant]
Tillandsia festucoides (K '02)
Tillandsia flexuosa
Tillandsia paucifolia
Tillandsia recurvata / Old
Man's Beard
Tillandsia setacea
Tillandsia utriculata / Giant Air Plant; Giant Wild Pine [Spreading
Airplant]
Tillandsia usneoides
Wittmackia caymanensis / Old George
Endemic
BURSERACEAE
Bursera simaruba / Red Birch;
Gumbo Limbo
BUXACEAE
Buxus bahamensis / Boxwood
