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A Field Guide To The Plants and Flowers of Panama

Explore the incredible biodiversity of plants in Panama's tropical rainforests.

Some of the most exotic and prized flowering plants in Panama are the Hotlips, Heliconia and the Poor Man's Umbrella.

Over 10,000 species of native plants and 1,500 types of trees, many found nowhere ...more ↓

Ilex costaricensis
Ilex pallida
Inga allenii
Inga cuspidata
Inga dwyeri
Inga mucuna
Inga portobellensis
Inga saffordiana
Inga spiralis
Iogeton
Iryanthera megistocarpa
Laetia micrantha
Lonchocarpus calcaratus
Lonchocarpus chiricanus
Machaerium chambersii
Machaerium glabripes
Maclurolyra
Macrolobium pittieri
Magnolia panamensis
Mammea immansueta
Meliosma cordata
Meliosma linearifolia
Miconia albicans 1
Miconia lacera 2
Mouriri completens
Mouriri panamensis
Nectandra ramonensis
Ocotea glaucosericea
Ocotea viridiflora
Oenocarpus bataua 3
Ormosia cruenta 4
Ormosia panamensis
Otoba acuminata
Papaya 5
Carica papaya
Parathesis seibertii
Parmentiera dressleri
Parmentiera morii
Passiflora guatemalensis 6
Perrottetia excelsa
Phytelephas seemannii 7
Piper aduncum 8
Root Beer Plant 9
Piper auritum
Piper cordulatum
Piper darienense
Piper distigmatum
Piper lucigaudens
Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum
Pouteria chiricana
Pouteria euryphylla
Pouteria leptopedicellata
Prioria copaifera 10
Psittacanthus schiedeanus 11
Quararibea aurantiocalyx
Quararibea gomeziana
Quararibea pendula
Quararibea platyphylla
Quararibea pterocalyx
Quararibea sanblasensis
Costa Rican Oak 12
Quercus costaricensis
Quercus humboldtii 13
Quercus rapurahuensis 14
Quercus benthamii
Quiina colonensis
Renealmia alpinia 15
Rhamnidium caloneurum
Rogiera amoena 1
Rondeletia odorata 16
Rosenbergiodendron formosum 17
Rubus vulcanicola
Rustia occidentalis
Sabinaria 18
Delta Arrowhead 19
Sagittaria platyphylla
Salvia polystachya 20
scullcap 21
Scutellaria costaricana
Senna caudata
walking palm 22
Socratea exorrhiza
nipplefruit 8
Solanum mammosum
Snow Flower (Peace Lily) 23
Spathiphyllum floribundum
Spathiphyllum montanum 24
Stenanona panamensis
Swartzia nuda
horse balls 25
Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii
Tabernaemontana panamensis
Tachigali versicolor 26
Tetrorchidium microphyllum
Trichilia acuminata
Mexican Elm 1
Ulmus mexicana
Utricularia endresii 27
Utricularia jamesoniana
Utricularia praetermissa 28
Utricularia pubescens 29
Tiny Bladderwort
Utricularia pusilla
Utricularia unifolia 30
Vantanea depleta
Viola stipularis
Virola elongata
Virola megacarpa
Virola sebifera
Vitis tiliifolia 31
Wittmackanthus stanleyanus 13
Xylopia longifolia

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