New El Verde Plant Name Codes                           May 1993







     These 6-letter codes are intended to standardize plant name

codes currently in use, to replace previous official and

unofficial codes, and to serve as a reference for current

nomenclature of the El Verde flora.  Equivalent 2-letter codes

(Odum & Pigeon, 1970) are indicated.  Note that the 4-letter

codes in informal use at El Verde have never been formally

codified; for this reason they should be regarded with caution,

because the same 4-letter code has been used for more than one

species in several cases.  Six letters are used here to

accommodate future additions to the flora, and to facilitate

learning or at least recognition of the complete plant names. 

Old codes that are superseded by this list are indicated in

parentheses after the new code.  Old scientific names that should

be updated are indicated in parentheses after the current name.  















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Asterisks (*) indicate the most commonly encountered species.



                             TREES (& SHRUBS)

*Alchornea latifolia - ALCLAT (Al)

*Alchorneopsis floribunda (= A. portoricensis)- ALCFLO (Ap)

 Andira inermis - ANDINE (Ai)

 Antirhea coriacea - ANTCOR

 Antirhea obtusifolia - ANTOBT

 Ardisia obovata - ARDOBO

 Ardisia glauciflora - ARDGLA (Ig)

 Artocarpus altilis - ARTALT

 Beilschmiedia pendula - BEIPEN

 Brunfelsia portoricensis - BRUPOR

*Buchenavia capitata - BUCCAP (Bc)

*Byrsonima spicata (= B. coriacea) - BYRSPI (Bs)

 Byrsonima wadsworthii - BYRWAD

 Calophyllum brasiliense (= Calophyllum calaba) - CALBRA 

*Calycogonium squamulosum - CALSQU (CSQ)

*Casearia arborea - CASARB (Ca)

 Casearia decandra - CASDEC

 Casearia guianensis - CASGUI

*Casearia sylvestris - CASSYL (Cs)

 Cassipourea guianensis - CSSGUI (Cpa)

*Cecropia schreberiana (= C. peltata) - CECSCH (Cep)

 Cestrum macrophyllum - CESMAC

*Chionanthus domingensis (= Linociera domingensis, 

   = Mayepea domingensis) - CHIDOM (Ld, Mc, Mpd)

 Chione venosa - CHOVEN

 Chlorophora tinctoria (= Maclura) - CHLTIN (Ome) 

*Chrysophyllum argenteum - CHRARG

 Citharexylum caudatum - CITCAU

 Clusia clusioides - CLUCLU

 Clusia rosea - CLUROS

 Coccoloba diversifolia - COCDIV

 Coccoloba pyrifolia - COCPYR

 Coccoloba swartzii - COCSWA

 Comocladia glabra - COMGLA (Cog)

*Cordia borinquensis - CORBOR (Cb)

 Cordia sulcata - CORSUL (Csl)

*Croton poecilanthus - CROPOE (Cp)

 Cyathea arborea - CYAARB

*Cyrilla racemiflora - CYRRAC (Cr)

*Dacryodes excelsa - DACEXC (De)

 Daphnopsis philippiana - DAPPHL (Dp)

 Dendropanax arboreus - DENARB (Da)

*Didymopanax morototoni - DIDMOR (Dm)

 Ditta myricoides - DITMYR

*Drypetes glauca - DRYGLA (Dg)

 Eugenia domingensis - EUGDOM

*Eugenia stahlii - EUGSTA (Es)

 Faramea occidentalis - FAROCC

 Ficus citrifolia - (= F. laevigata) - FICCIT (Fi, Fo)

 Ficus sintenisii (= F. perforata) - FICSIN (f)

 Genipa americana - GENAME

 Gonzalagunia spicata - GONSPI (Dh)

*Guarea glabra (= G. ramiflora) - GUAGLA (Gr)

*Guarea guidonia (= G. trichilioides) - GUAGUI (Gg)

 Guatteria caribaea (= Cananga caribaea) - GUTCAR

 Guettarda valenzuelana - GUEVAL

 Haenianthus salicifolius - HAESAL

 Hedyosmum arborescens - HEDARB

 Henriettea fascicularis (= Henrietella fascicularis)- HENFAS(Hf)

 Hibiscus elatus - HIBELA

*Hirtella rugosa - HIRRUG (hr) 

 Homalium racemosum - HOMRAC (Hor)

 Ilex sideroxyloides - ILESID

*Inga laurina (= I. fagifolia) - INGLAU (Ie)

*Inga vera - INGVER (Iv)

 Ixora ferrea - IXOFER (If)

*Laetia procera (= Casearia bicolor) - LAEPRO (Cbi)

 Laplacea portoricensis - LAPPOR

 Lasianthus lanceolatus - LASLAN (Lm)

 Lonchocarpus domingensis - LONDOM

 Magnolia splendens - MAGSPL (Mgs)

 Malpighia furcata - MALFUR

 Mangifera indica - MANIND

*Manilkara bidentata - (= M. nitida) - MANBID (Mn)

 Margaritaria nobilis (= Phyllanthus nobilis) - MARNOB

*Matayba domingensis - MATDOM (Md)

 Maytenus elongata (?) - MAYELO

 Mecranium amygdalinum - MECAMY

 Meliosma herbertii - MELHER (Mh)

*Miconia prasina - MICPRA (Mp)

 Miconia racemosa - MICRAC

 Miconia sintenisii - MICSIN

*Miconia tetrandra - MICTET (Mt)

 Micropholis chrysophylloides - MIRCHR

*Micropholis garciniifolia - MIRGAR (Mg)

 Musa spp. - MUSSPP

*Myrcia deflexa - MYRDEF (Mdf)

*Myrcia leptoclada - MYRLEP (Mre, Msp)

 Myrcia splendens - MYRSPL (Mys, Ms)

 Myrciaria floribunda - MYCFLO

 Ocotea floribunda - OCOFLO

*Ocotea globosa (= Nectandra antillana) - OCOGLO

*Ocotea leucoxylon - OCOLEU (Ol)

 Ocotea membranacea (= Nectandra membranacea) - OCOMEM

*Ocotea moschata - OCOMOS (Om)

 Ocotea portoricensis - OCOPOR

 Ocotea spathulata - OCOSPA

 Ocotea sintenisii - (= Nectandra sintenisii) - OCOSIN

*Ormosia krugii - ORMKRU (Ok)

 Oxandra lanceolata - OXALAN

 Oxandra laurifolia - OXALAU

*Palicourea riparia - (= Palicourea croceoides) - PALRIP (Pr)

 Persea urbaniana - PERURB

*Piper aduncum - PIPADU

 Piper amalago - PIPAMA (Pa)

 Piper blattarum - PIPBLA

*Piper glabrescens (= Piper treleaseanum) - PIPGLA (Pt)

 Piper hispidum - PIPHIS (Ps)

 Pisonia subcordata - PISSUB

*Prestoea montana - (= Euterpe globosa) - PREMON (Eg)

 Pseudolmedia spuria - PSESPU

*Psychotria berteriana - PSYBER (Pb)

 Psychotria maleolens - PSYMAL

 Psychotria patens - PSYPAT

 Pterocarpus indicus - PTEIND

 Quararibaea turbinata - QUATUR

 Rheedia portoricensis - (= R. acuminata) - RHEPOR

 Rondeletia portoricensis - RONPOR

 Roystonea borinquena - ROYBOR

 Samyda spinulosa - SAMSPI

*Sapium laurocerasus - SAPLAU (Sl)

*Sloanea berteriana - SLOBER (Sb)

 Swietenia macrophylla - SWIMAC

 Symplocos martinicensis - SYMMAR (Cg)

 Syzygium jambos - (= Eugenia jambos) - SYZJAM

*Tabebuia heterophylla - TABHET (Th)

 Tabernaemontana citrifolia (= T. oppositifolia) - TAECIT

 Ternstroemia luquillensis - TERLUQ

*Tetragastris balsamifera - TETBAL (Tb)

*Trichilia pallida - TRIPAL (Tp, Ao)

 Urera baccifera - UREBAC (Ub)

 Wallenia pendula - WALPEN (Wp, Pp)

 Zanthoxylum martinicense - ZANMAR



HERBS

 Anthurium domincense - ANHDOM (Ad)

 Desmodium barbatum - DESBAR

*Nepsera aquatica - NEPAQU

*Phytolacca icosandra - PHYICO (Pi)

 Pilea parietaria - PILPAR

 *Sauvesgia erecta - SAUERE



GRASSES

 Arthridostylidium sarmentosum - ARTSAR

*Ichnanthus pallens - ICHPAL (Ip)

 Paspalum conjugatum - PASCON

 

FERNS

*Blechnum occidentale - BLEOCC

 Cyathea arborea - CYAARB

*Cyathea borinquena - CYABOR (Ab)

*Thelypteris deltoidea (= Dryopteris deltoides) - THEDEL (Db)







VINES & LIANAS

 Cissampelos pareira - CISPAR

 Clusia gundlachii - CLUGUN (Clg)

 Eupatorium odoratum - EUPODO

*Forsteronia portoricensis (=F. corymbosa,=F. paniculata) -FORPOR

*Heteropteris laurifolia (= Banisteriopsis laurifolius) - HETLAU

 Hippocratea volubilis - HIPVOL

*Ipomoea repanda (= Exogonium repandum) - IPOREP (Er)

*Marcgravia rectiflora - MARREC (Mr)

 Marcgravia sintenisii - MARSIN

*Neorudolphia volubilis - NEOVOL (Nv)

 Paullinia pinnata - PAUPIN (Pp)

*Philodendron angustatum (= P. krebsii) - PHIANG (Pg)

*Philodendron lingulatum - PHILIN (Pl)

 Pinzona coriacea - (= Doliocarpus calineoides)- PINCOR (Css, Dc)

 Rajania cordata - RAJCOR (Rc)

*Rourea surinamensis (= R. glabra) - ROUSUR (Rg)

 Schlegelia brachyantha - SCHBRA (Sp)

*Securidaca virgata (= Elsota virgata) - SECVIR (Ev)

 Smilax domingensis - SMIDOM

 Smilax havanensis (= S. coriacea) - SMIHAV (Sc)