There are over 1400 species of vascular plants in the flora of the Lucayan Archipelago. The Lucayan Archipelago includes both The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands as a natural floristic unit. This flora includes native species as well as the invasive, naturalized, horticultural, and agricultural plants.
The Levy Preserve/Bahamas National Trust is working to fulfill Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation which calls for each nation to have an online flora. The current online flora has over 690 species (~49 % of the flora) with descriptions and pictures.
At the Levy Preserve there are 410 native species in the living collection including 46 of the 89 endemic species known to occur in the islands (Freid et. al. 2014). The original survey of the property listed 171 species as naturally occurring on the site. The increase in species number is due to a closer examination of the site revealing additional species as naturally occurring as well as live plant collections from Abaco, Andros, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Exumas, Grand Bahama, Great Inagua, Long Island, Mayaguana, New Providence, San Salvador, and elsewhere on Eleuthera. An additional 21 non-native fruiting trees, shrubs, and herbs were added to the Edible History section.
Many plant pages also have links to the herbarium specimens collected by the New York Botanical Gardens. Below is a list of the vascular plants of the Lucayan Archipelago currently in the Levy Preserve's online database. Click on the links below for information about each species.
Abarema glauca Abelmoschus esculentus Abildgaardia ovata Abrus precatorius Abutilon permolle Acacia acuifera Acacia choriophylla Acalypha alopecuroidea Acalypha arvensis Acalypha wilkesiana Achyranthes aspera Achyranthes indica Acrostichum danaeifolium Adiantum capillus-veneris Aechmea lingulata Agalinis maritima Agave ackliniola Agave bahamana Agave braceana Agave cacozela Agave inaguensis Agave indagatorum Agave millspaughii Agave nashii Agave sisalana Albizia lebbeck Aletris bracteata Aleurites moluccanus Allamanda blanchetii Aloe vera Alternanthera littoralis Alternanthera maritima Alvaradoa amorphoides Alysicarpus vaginalis Amaranthus cruentus Amaranthus spinosus Amaranthus viridis Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia hispida Ammannia coccinea Ammannia latifolia Amyris elemifera Ananas comosus Anastraphia pauciflosculosa Anemia adiantifolia Andropogon glomeratus Andropogon virginicus Anethum graveolens Angadenia berteroi Angadenia sagraei Annona glabra Annona muricata Annona squamosa Antigonon leptopus Antirhea lucida Antirhea myrtifolia Apium leptophyllum Arachis hypogaea Ardisia ellipitica Ardisia escallonioides Argemone mexicana Argusia gnaphalodes Argythamnia lucayana Argythamnia sericea Aristolochia passiflorifolia Aristolochia pentandra Arthrostylidium capillifolium Asclepias curassavica Asparagus densiflorus Asparagus setaceus Astraea lobata Aster subulatus Asystasia gangetica Ateleia gummifera Auerodendron northropianum Avicennia germinans Azadirachta indica Baccharis dioica Bacopa monnieri Badiera oblongata Banara minutiflora Barringtonia asiatica Basella alba Batis maritima Bernardia dichotoma Bidens alba Blechnum serrulatum Blechum brownei Bletia purpurea Blutaparon vermiculare Bocconia frutsecens Boerhavia diffusa Boerhavia erecta Bonania cubana Borreria felis-insulae Borreria laevis Borrichia arborescens Bothriochloa pertusa Bougainvillea sp. Bourreria succulenta Brassaia actinophylla Breynia disticha Broughtonia lindenii Bryophyllum delagoense Buchnera floridana Bucida buceras Bucida spinosa Bumelia americana Bumelia glomerata Bumelia salicifolia Bunchosia glandulosa Bursera frenningiae Bursera simaruba Buxus bahamensis Byrsonima lucida Caesalpinia bahamensis Caesalpinia bonduc Caesalpinia ciliata Caesalpinia murifructa Caesalpinia ovalifolia Caesalpinia pulcherrima Caesalpinia vesicaria Cajanus cajan Cakile lanceolata Calliandra formosa Callicarpa americana Callicarpa hitchcockii Callistemon viminalis Calophyllum inophyllum Calopogon tuberosus Calotropis procera Calyptocarpus vialis Calyptranthes pallens Calyptranthes zuzygium Campyloneurum phyllitidis Canavalia rosea Canella winterana Cannabis indica Cannabis sativa Capparis cynophallophora Capparis flexuosa Capraria biflora Capsicum annuum Caraxeron vermicularis Carica papaya Carissa macrocarpa Casasia clusiifolia Cascabela thevetia Casearia nitida Cassia alata Cassia bicapsularis Cassia chapmanii Cassia nictitans Cassia obtusifolia Cassia occidentalis Cassytha filiformis Cassia lineata Casuarina equisetifolia Catalpa longissima Catesbaea foliosa Catesbaea parviflora Catesbaea spinosa Catharanthus roseus Catopsis berteroniana Catopsis floribunda Cattleyopsis lindenii Cayaponia racemosa Cenchrus echinatus Cenchrus gracillimus Cenchrus incertus Centella asiatica Centrosema angustifolium Centrosema virginianum Cereus boeckmannii Cestrum diurnum Cestrum nocturnum Chamaecrista lineata Chamaecrista nictitans Chamaesyce mesembryanthemifolia Chaptalia dentata Cheilanthes microphylla Chenopodiastrum murale Chenopodium murale Chiococca alba Chiococca parvifolia Chromolaena corymbosa Chromolaena lucayana Chromolaena odoratum Chrysobalanus icaco Chrysophyllum oliviforme Cienfuegosia yucatanensis Cirsium horridulum Cissus intermedia Cissus sicyoides Cissus trifoliata Cissus verticillata Citharexlyum fruticosum Citrullus lanatus Cladium jamaicense Cladium mariscus Clematis plukenetii Cleome gynandra Clerodendrum splendens Clinopodium brownei Clitoria ternatea Clusia rosea Coccoloba diversifolia Coccoloba krugii Coccoloba swartzii Coccoloba tenuifolia Coccoloba uvifera Coccothrinax argentata Coccothrinax inaguensis Cocos nucifera Codiaeum variegatum Colubrina arborescens Commelina elegans Commelina erecta Commicarpus scandens Conocarpus erectus Consolea millspaughii Conzya canadensis Corchorus aestuans Corchorus hirsutus Corchorus siliquosus Cordia bahamensis Cordia brittonii Cordia sebestena Coreopsis leavenworthii Crescentia cujete Crinum asiaticum Crinum zeylanicum Crossopetalum aquifolium Crossopetalum coriaceum Crossopetalum ilicifolium Crossopetalum rhacoma Crotalaria incana Crotalaria pallida Crotalaria pumila Crotalaria verrucosa Croton discolor Croton eluteria Croton humilis Croton linearis Croton lobatus Croton lucidus Croton rosmarinoides Cryptostegia grandiflora Cuphea parsonsia Cuscuta americana Cyanthillium cinereum Cyclospermum leptophyllum Cymbopogon flexuosus Cynanchum angustifolium Cynanchum blodgettii Cynanchum eggersii Cynodon dactylon Cyperus alternifolius Cyperus correllii Cyperus croceus Cyperus esculentus Cyperus globulosus Cyperus ligularis Cyperus planifolius Cyperus polystachyos Cyperus rotundus Cyperus surinamensis Dactyloctenium aegyptium Delonix regia Dendropemon brevipes Dendropemon purpureus Desmanthus virgatus Desmodium canum Desmodium tortuosum Digitaria ciliaris Digitaria insularis Digitaria villosa Dioscorea microphylla Diospyros crassinervis Diplotaxis muralis Dodonaea ehrenbergii Dodonaea viscosa Dracaena hyacinthoides Drymaria cordata Duranta erecta Dyssodia tenuiloba Echinodorus berteroi Echites umbellatus Eclipta alba Eclipta prostrata Eleocharis caribaea Eleocharis cellulosa Eleocharis geniculata Eleocharis interstincta Eleusine indica Emilia fosbergii Encyclia altissima Encyclia boothiana Encyclia cochleata Encyclia correllii Encyclia fehlingii Encyclia gracilis Encyclia plicata Encyclia rufa Epidendrum nocturnum Epidendrum rigidum Eragrostis bahamensis Eragrostis ciliaris Erigeron quercifolius Erithalis diffusa Erithalis fruticosa Erithalis odorifera Ernodea cokeri Ernodea gigantea Ernodea littoralis Ernodea millspaughii Ernodea nashii Ernodea serratifolia Erythroxylum areolatum Erythroxylum rotundifolium Eugenia axillaris Eugenia foetida Eugenia uniflora Eulophia graminea Eupatorium corymbosum Eupatorium lucayanum Eupatorium odoratum Eupatorium villosum Euphorbia cayensis Euphorbia exumensis Euphorbia graminea Euphorbia gymnonota Euphorbia heterophylla Euphorbia hirta Euphorbia hyssopifolia Euphorbia lactea Euphorbia lecheoides Euphorbia longinsulicola Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia Euphorbia ophthalmica Euphorbia proctorii Euphorbia prostrata Euphorbia tirucalli Euphorbia tithymaloides subsp. bahamensis Euphorbia vaginulata Euphorbia wilsonii Eustoma exaltatum Evolvulus alsinoides Evolvulus nummularius Evolvulus squamosus Exostema caribeaum Exothea paniculata Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis Ficus benjamina Ficus carica Ficus citrifolia Ficus pumila Fimbrystylis cymosa Fimbrystylis ferruginea Fimbristylis ovata Flaveria linearis Flaveria trinervia Foeniculum vulgare Forestiera segregata Gaillardia pulchella Galactia bahamensis Galactia rudolphioides Galactia spiciformis Galium bermudense Galium hispidulum Galphimia gracilis Genipa clusiifolia Gochnatia paucifloscula Gossypium hirsutum Gouania lupuloides Grimmedodendron eglandulosum Guaiacum officinale Guaiacum sanctum Guapira discolor Guapira obtusata Guettarda elliptica Guettarda krugii Guettarda nashii Guettarda scabra Gundlachia corymbosa Gyminda latifolia Gymnanthes lucida Haematoxylum campechianum Hamelia patens Harrisia brookii Hedyotis callitrichoides Hedyotis nigricans Helianthus argophyllus Helicteres jamaicensis Helicteres semitriloba Heliotropium angiospermum Heliotropium curassavicum Hemionitis microphylla Herissantia crispa Heterosavia bahamensis Heterotheca graminifolia Hibiscus brittonianus Hibiscus clypeatus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus tiliaceus Hippomane mancinella Hura crepitans Hylocereus undatus Hymenocallis arenicola Hypelate trifoliata Hypericum hypericoides Hyptis pectinata Indigofera suffruticosa Ipomoea hederifolia Ipomoea carnea Ipomoea imperati Ipomoea indica Ipomoea microdactyla Ipomoea pes-caprae Ipomoea stolonifera Ipomoea triloba Iresine flavescens Iva imbricata Ixora chinensis Ixora coccinea Jacaranda caerulea Jacquemontia cayensis Jacquemontia havanensis Jacquinia berteroi Jacquinia keyensis Jasminum fluminense Jatropha gossypiifolia Jatropha integerrima Jatropha multifida Juniperus barbadensis Kalanchoe daigremontiana Kalanchoe delagoensis Kalanchoe pinnata Kalanchoe tubiflora Kallstroemia maxima Koanophyllon villosum Krugiodendron ferreum Lactuca intybacea Lagerstroemia indica Laguncularia racemosa Lantana x bahamensis Lantana balsamifera Lantana camara Lantana demutata Lantana involucrata Lasiacis divaricata Lasiocroton bahamensis Leiphaimos parasitica Lepidaploa arbuscula Lepidium virginicum Leptochloopsis virgata Leuceana leucocephala Leucothrinax morrisii Liatris garberi Linum bahamense Lithophila muscoides Lonchocarpus domingensis Lonchocarpus sericeus Ludwigia erecta Luffa aegyptiaca Lycopersicon esculentum Lysiloma latisiliquum Lysiloma sabicu Macroptilium atropurpureum Macroptilium lathyroides Mallotonia gnaphalodes Malpighia emarginata Malpighia polytricha Malvastrum corchorifolium Malvaviscus arboreus Mammea americana Mammillaria nivosa Mangifera indica Manihot esculenta Manilkara bahamensis Manilkara zapota Margaritaria scandens Marsilea nashii Mastichodendron foetidissimum Mecardonia vandellioides Megathyrsus maximus Melaleuca quinquenervia Melanthera nivea Melia azedarach Melicoccus bijugatus Melinis repens Melocactus intortus Melochia nodiflora Melochia pyramidata Melochia tomentosa Merremia dissecta Mesosphaerum pectinatum Metastelma angustifolium Metastelma blodgetti Metastelma eggersii Metopium toxiferum Mikania scandens Mimosa bahamensis Mimosa pudica Mitreola petiolata Momordica charantia Morella cerifera Morinda citrifolia Morinda royoc Moringa oleifera Mosiera longipes Mucuna pruriens Muhlenbergia capillaris Murraya paniculata Musa x paradisiaca Myrcianthes fragrans Myrica cerifera Myriopus poliochros Myriopus volubilis Myrsine cubana Myrsine floridana Nashia inaguensis Nectandra coriacea Neobracea bahamensis Neolaugeria densiflora Neptunia plena Nerium oleander Neuroleana lobata Nymphaea ampla Nymphaea elegans Nymphoides grayana Ocotea coriacea Oeceoclades maculata Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides Oncidium ensatum Oncidium floridanum Oncidium lucayanum Oncidium sasseri Oplonia spinosa Opuntia cochenillifera Opuntia millspaughii Opuntia stricta Oxalis corniculata Oxypolis filiformis Palicourea pubescens Panicum adspersum Panicum amarulum Panicum amarum Panicum maximum Parkinsonia aculeata Parthenium hysterophorus Parthenocissus quinequefolia Paspalum arundinaceum Paspalum blodgettii Paspalum fimbriatum Passiflora bahamensis Passiflora cupraea Passiflora edulis Passiflora pectinata Passiflora suberosa Pavonia bahamensis Pecluma plumula Pectis glaucescens Pectis leptocephala Pedilianthus bahamensis Peltophorum adnatum Pentas lanceolata Pentalinon luteum Pera bumeliifolia Persea americana Persicaria glabra Petitia domingensis Petiveria alliacea Phaseolus lunatus Phialanthus myrtilloides Phlebodium aureum Phoradendron northropiae Phyla nodiflora Phyla stoechadifolia Phyllanthus acidus Phyllanthus amarus Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Phyllanthus pentaphyllus Phymosia abutiloides Physalis angulata Picramnia pentandra Picrodendron baccatum Pilea herniarioides Pilea microphylla Pilocereus millspaughii Pilocereus polygonus Pimenta dioica Pinguicula pumila Pinus caribaea var bahamensis Piriqueta carolininana Piriqueta cistoides Piscidia piscipula Pithecellobium glaucum Pithecellobium keyense Pityopsis graminifolia Pleopeltis polypodioides Pluchea rosea Plumbago auriculata Plumeria bahamensis Plumeria obtusa Plumeria pudica Plumeria rubra Polygala grandiflora Polygala oblongata Polygonum densiflorum Polypodium aureum Polypodium phyllitidis Polypodium plumula Polypodium polypodioides Polypremum procumbens Polystachya foliosa Ponthieva brittoniae Portulaca minuta Portulaca oleracea Portulaca rubricaulis Pouteria campechiana Priva lappulacea Prosthechea boothiana Prosthechea cochleata Pseudocarpidium wrightii Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides Pseudophoenix sargentii Psidium guajava Psidium longipes Psiguria pedata Psilotum nudum Psychotria ligustrifolia Psychotria nervosa Psychotria pubescens Pteridium aquilinum Punica granatum Rachicallis americana Rajania hastata Randia aculeata Raphanus raphanistrum Rauvolfia nitidia Rauvolfia tetraphyla Reynosia northropiana Reynosia septentrionalils Rhabdadenia biflora Rhizophora mangle Rhoeo spathacea Rhus radicans Rhynchelytrum repens Rhynchosia minima Rhynchospora floridensis Ricinus communis Rivina humilis Rochefortia spinosa Roystonea borinquena Roystonea hispaniolana Ruellia blechum Ruellia tuberosa Russelia equisetiformis Sabal palmetto Sabatia stellaris Sagittaria lancifolia Salicornia virginica Salmea petrobioides Salvia serotina Samolus ebracteatus Sansevieria hyacinthoides Sarcomphalus taylorii Satureja brownei Savia bahamensis Scaevola plumieri Scaevola taccada Schaefferia frutescens Schefflera actinophylla Schinus terebinthifolia Schizachyrium gracile Schoepfia obovata Scleria lithosperma Scolosanthus bahamensis Scutellaria havanensis Selaginella eatonii Selenicereus pteranthus Selenicereus undatus Senna alata Senna bicapsularis Senna chapmanii Senna obtusifolia Senna occidentalis Serjania diversifolia Sesuvium portulacastrum Setcreasea pallida Sida acuta Sida ciliaris Sideroxylon americanum Sideroxylon foetidissimum Sideroxylon horridum Sideroxylon salicifolium Simarouba glauca Sisyrinchium arenicola Sisyrinchium fuscatum Smilax havanensis Solandra maxima Solanum americanum Solanum bahamense Solanum erianthum Solanum didymacanthum Solanum lycopersicum Solanum microphyllum Solidago sempervirens Sophora tomentosa Spathelia bahamensis Spermacoce felis-insulae Spermacoce laevis Spermacoce tenuior Sphagneticola trilobata Sphenomeris clavata Spigelia anthelmia Spondias mombin Spondias purpurea Sporobolus domingensis Sporobolus virginicus Stachytarpheta fruticosa Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Stemodia maritima Stenaria nigricans Stenostomum densiflorum Stenostomum lucidum Stenostomum myrtifolium Stenotaphrum secundatum Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum Strumpfia maritima Stylosanthes hamata Suaeda linearis Suriana maritima Swietenia mahagoni Symphyotrichum lucayanum Tabebuia bahamensis Tabebuia lepidota Talinum fruticosum Talinum triangulare Tamarindus indica Tecoma stans Tephrosia cinerea Teramnus labialis Terminalia buceras Terminalia catappa Terminalia spinosa Tetrazygia bicolor Thelypteris kunthii Thelypteris reptans Thespesia populnea Thevetia peruviana Thouinia discolor Thrinax morrisii Thymophylla tenuiloba Tibisia farcta Tillandsia balbisiana Tillandsia bulbosa Tillandsia circinnata Tillandsia fasciculata Tillandsia flexuosa Tillandsia polystachia Tillandsia recurvata Tillandsia usneoides Tillandsia utriculata Tithonia diversifolia Tolumnia lucayana Tolumnia sasseri Tournefortia gnaphalodes Tournefortia poliochros Tournefortia volubilis Toxicodendron radicans Tradescantia pallida Tradescantia spathacea Trema lamarckiana Tribulus cistoides Trichachne insularis Tridax procumbens Triopteris jamaicensis Triumfetta semitriloba Turnera diffusa Turnera ulmifolia Typha domingensis Uniola paniculata Uniola virgata Urechites luteus Urochloa adspersa Utricularia gibba Utricularia purpurea Vachellia acuifera Vachellia choriophylla Vallesia antilleana Vanilla barbellata Vanilla correllii Vanilla poitaei Varronia bahamensis Varronia brittonii Vernonia arbuscula Vernonia bahamensis Vernonia blodgettii Vernonia cinerea Vitex trifolia Vitis munsoniana Vitis rotundifolia var. munsoniana Vittaria lineata Voyria parasitica Waltheria bahamensis Waltheria indica Wedelia bahamensis Wedelia trilobata Xylosma buxifolia Yucca aloifolia Zamia angustifolia Zamia integrifolia Zamia lucayana Zamia pumila Zanthoxylum coriaceum Zanthoxylum cubense Zanthoxylum fagara Zanthoxylum flavum Zanthoxylum rhodoxylon Zapoteca formosa Zea mays Zephyranthes citrina Zephyranthes puertoricensis Zephyranthes rosea Ziziphus jujuba Ziziphus taylorii Zoysia matrella Zoysia tenuifolia