Taxa named by August Grisebach

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Catopsis is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus name is from the Greek “kata” (hanging down) and “opsis” (appearance). Catopsis is a genus of plants widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Brazil, plus Florida and the West Indies. One of the species, Catopsis berteroniana, is thought to be carnivorous.

species of plant, Cuban pine

Asyneuma is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia. Many are endemic to Turkey. Plants of the genus may be known commonly as harebells, but this name can also apply to the entire family. There are up to about 33 species.

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species of plant

Arctagrostis is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family, native to colder parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.

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species of plant

species of plant

Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.

Schlagintweitia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.

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Cnicothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its species are small trees which can reach 5m in height, bearing alternate ovate and dentate leaves with a whitish pubescence. The inflorescences, borne at branch tips, are bell-shaped capitula of a bright orange colour, and usually appear during local winter. Their fruit (which can be described as a cypsela) bears a rough plume.

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Calyptronoma is a genus in the palm family, native to the Greater Antilles. They have pinnately compound leaves with short petioles. The name was coined by August Grisebach who first described the genus in his 1846 Flora of the British West Indian Islands.

Paratheria is a genus of African and Caribbean plants in the grass family.

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Hyaloseris is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.

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species of plant

Lithodora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers. The Greek literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats. The genus Glandora was split from Lithodora in 2008.

Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described with this name in 1859. It is native to Colombia, Mexico and the Greater Antilles.

Lantanopsis is a genus of Caribbean flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).

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Mniochloa is a genus of Cuban plants in the grass family. The only known species is Mniochloa pulchella, native to eastern Cuba near Guantánamo.

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species of plant

Blepharandra is a genus in the family Malpighiaceae. It comprises 6 species of trees and shrubs native to sandy savannas and scrub forests of Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Amazonian Brazil.

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Gyminda (false box) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes four species native to Mexico, Central America, Florida, and the Caribbean Islands. Gyminda fimbrillata Gyminda latifolia Gyminda orbicularis Gyminda tonduzii

Ditta is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861. It is native to the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.

Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861. The entire genus is endemic to Cuba. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Garciadelia and Lasiocroton. Species in this alliance are dioecious.

Reynosia is a genus of plant in family Rhamnaceae. Darlingplum is a common name for this genus.

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Micropholis is genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described in 1891.

Phialanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 20 species, 17 of which occur in Cuba.

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species of plant

species of plant

Heptanthus is a genus of Cuban flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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species of plant

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species of plant

species of plant

species of plant

species of plant

species of plant

species of plant

Acoelorraphe is a genus of palms with a single species Acoelorraphe wrightii, known as the Paurotis palm, Everglades palm or Madeira palm in English and cubas, tique, and papta in Spanish. The genus name is sometimes spelt as Acoelorrhaphe or Acoelorhaphe, which are treated as orthographical variants by the International Plant Names Index.

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Dicella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae.

Pittoniotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.

Diacidia is a genus in the family Malpighiaceae. It comprises 11 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Ten species (subg. Sipapoa) are found on the mountains of southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil; one species (D. galphimioides) is widespread in the drainages of the Rio Negro and the Río Vaupés in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.

Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Garciadelia. Species in this alliance are dioecious.