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Echites

Echites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida.

Species

Over 500 names have been published for species, subspecies, and varieties within Echites, but most have been relegated to synonymy or moved to other genera. 14 species are currently accepted.

  1. Echites agglutinatus <small>Jacq.</small> - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
  2. Echites asperoglottis – Mexico (México State, Michoacán, and Guerrero)
  3. Echites brevipedunculatus <small>Lippold</small> - Cuba
  4. Echites cajalbanicus <small>Lippold</small> - Cuba
  5. Echites candelarianus <small>J.F.Morales</small> - Costa Rica
  6. Echites darienensis <small>J.F.Morales</small> - Panama
  7. Echites panduratus – northeastern Mexico to Costa Rica
  8. Echites puntarenensis <small>J.F.Morales</small> - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  9. Echites speciosissimus – Costa Rica and Panama
  10. Echites turbinatus <small>Woodson</small> - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  11. Echites tuxtlensis <small>Standl.</small> - Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
  12. Echites umbellatus <small>Jacq.</small> - Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Turks & Caicos Islands, Colombian islands in the Western Caribbean
  13. Echites woodsonianus <small>Monach.</small> - Michoacán, Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  14. Echites yucatanensis <small>Millsp. ex Standl.</small> - Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Jalisco, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula

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