L Family
Based on: The Flora of the Cayman Islands by Dr. George Proctor.
LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) a close relative to VERBENACEAE
Aegiphila caymanensis Endemic
Aegiphila elata / Spirit Vine
Aegiphila "Downy Form"
Hyptis pectinata / Comb Bushmint, Purple top
Hyptis suaveolens / Pignut, Spikenard
Leonotis nepetifolia / Lion's Ear; Ball Bush; Christmas Candlestick
Ocimum campechianum Syn.Ocimun micranthum / Wild Sweet Basil; Pimento Basil;
Salvia caymanensis / Cayman Sage Endemic
Salvia occidentalis / Field Basil; West Indian Sage
Salvia serotina / Chick Weed, Little Woman
Volkameria aculeata /Cat Claw
LAURACEAE
Cassytha filiformis / Old Man Berry
Damburneya coriacea Syn. Ocotea coriacea, Nectandra coriaceae
Licaria triandra / Licaria, Pepperleaf Sweetwood
Nectandra coriacea Changed to Damburneya coriacea / Sweetwood
Ocotea coriacea Changed to Nectandra coriaceae / Sweetwood
Persea americana / Avocado Pear
LECYTHIDACEAE
Barringtonia asiatica / Barringtonia; Box Fruit; Sea Poison Tree - fruits can float for 2 years or more on ocean currents.
The family LEGUMINOSAE Changed to FABACEAE it has been subdivided into 3 families
All have a pod (a Legume) which splits longitudinally
CAESALPINIOIDEAE - Open flowers with 5 spreading petals
MIMOSOIDEAE- Tiny, tubular flowers in pom-pom-like clusters
FABOIDEAE - Pea/bean type flowers, 5 petals: standard & 4 others
CAESALPINIOIDEAE
Bauhinia divaricata / Bull Hoof
Caesalpinia bonduc Changed to Guilandina intermedia CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur, Yellow Nickel
Caesalpinia caymanensis Changed to Guilandina caymanensis CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE
Caesalpinia intermedia Changed to Guilandina intermedia CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur, Yellow Nickel
Caesalpinia pulcherrima / Pride of Barbados; Dwarf Poinciana
Caesalpinia wrightiana Changed to Guilandina wrightiana CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur, Yellow Nickel
Cassia fistula / Golden Shower
Chamaecrista lineata Syn. Chamaecrista clarensis
Chamaecrista nicitans / Wild Shame-face
Delonix regia / Poinciana; Flamboyant Tree
Chamaecrista sp.
Haematoxylum campechianum / Logwood
Hymenaea courbaril / Stinking Toe (New record 2004)
Senna alata / Candle Stick Bush
Senna ligustrina / Privet Wild Sensitive plant
Senna obtusifolia / Coffeeweed; Sicklepod; Wild Coffee
Senna occidentalis / Dandelion; Septic Weed
Senna pallida Syn. Peiranisia biflora syn.Cassia biflora
Senna surattensis / Scrambled Eggs, Kalamona
Senna uniflora Syn. Sericeocassia uniflora
Tamarindus indica / Tamarind
FABOIDEAE
Abrus precatorious / Licorice; John Crow Bead
Aeschynomene americana / Shyleaf
Aeschynomene sensitiva
Alysicarpus vaginalis / White Moneywort
Brya ebenus / West Indian Ebony, Coccus Wood, Jamaican Rain Tree
Cajanus cajan / Congo, Gungo, Pigeon Pea
Canavalia nitida / Horse Bean
Canavalia rosea / Sea Bean
Centrosema virginianum / Lady's Slipper
Clitoria ternatea / Bluebell
Crotalaria incana / Shake Shake
Crotalaria pumila / Low Rattlebox
Crotalaria retusa / Yellow Sweet Pea; Rattlebox
Crotalaria verrucosa / Sweet Pea
Dalbergia brownei / Cocoon; Brown's Indian Rosewood
Dalbergia ecastaphyllum / Coin Vine
Desmodium gangeticium / Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium incanum / Chick Weed
Desmodium tortuosum / Dixie Ticktrefoil
Desmodium triflorum / Threeflower Ticktrefoil
Erythrina velutina / Red Bean Tree
Galactia striata / Forida Hammock Milkpea
Gliricidia sepium / Quickstick; Aaron's Rod [JA]
Guilandina bonduc Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur; Grey Nickel
Guilandina caymanensis CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE
Guilandina intermedia CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur, Yellow Nickel
Guilandina wrightiana CAESALPINIACEAE Changed to FABACEAE Cockspur, Yellow Nickel
Indigofera suffruticosa / Wild Indigo
Indigofera tinctoria / Indigo
Lablab purpureus / Bonavist
Macroptilium lathyroides Syn. Phaseolus lathyroides / Wild Dolly
Moghania strobilifera Changed to Flemingia strobilifera / Wild Hops
Mucuna pruriens / Cow-itch
Phaseolus lathyroides Syn. Macroptilium lathyroides
Piscidia piscipula / Dogwood; Fish Poison Tree
Rhynchosia minima / Least Snoutbean
Sesbania grandiflora / Spanish Armada; Picashia
Sesbania sericea
Sophora tomentosa / Micar
Stylosanthes hamata / Lucy Julia; Pencil Flower
Tephrosia cinerea
Tephrosia senna
Teramnus labialis
Vigna luteola / Hairypod Cowpea
Vachellia farnesiana Syn. Acacia farnesiana / Sweet Acacia
MIMOSOIDEAE
Acacia farnesiana Changed to Vachellia farnesiana / Sweet Acacia
Acacia leptocarpa / Wattle
Adenanthera pavonina / Curly Bean
Calliandra cubensis
Desmanthus virgatus / Ground Tamarind
Leucaena leucocephala / Wild Tamarind; Lead Tree
Mimosa pudica / Shame-face, Sensitive Plant
Pithecellobium unguis-cati / Catclaw-Blackbead
PAPILIONOIDEAE
Christia vespertilionis / Red Butterfly wing
Teramnus uncinatus
LEMNACEAE Also look at ARACEAE
Lemna aequinoctalis / Duck Weed
Lemna obscura
LILIACEAE has been divided between AMARYLLIDACEAE and AGAVACEAE
LOGANIACEAE
Polypremun procubens / Polypremun
Spigelia anthelmia / Loggerhead weed; Pink Weed, Worm Grass
LORANTHACEAE
Dendropemon caymanensis Endemic
LYTHRACEAE
Ammania coccinea Changed to Ammannia octandra
Ammania latifolia Changed to Ammannia coccinea / Pink Redstem
Lawsonia inermis / Henna
