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Vines and Climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

This guide is based on Vines and Climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez. There's also a brief guide with the most commonly encountered species. The pdf of the ...more ↓

Abrus precatorius 1
Katch and Keep 2
Acacia retusa
Agdestis clematidea 3
Purple Allamanda 3
Allamanda blanchetii
Allamanda cathartica 3
Rugged Stonewort 3
Allotoonia agglutinata
Pepper Vine 4
Ampelopsis arborea
Amphilophium paniculatum 3
Natal Plum 3
Anechites nerium
Aniseia martinicensis 3
Anredera cordifolia 5
Anredera vesicaria
anturio 6
Anthurium scandens
Antigonon guatimalense 3
Antigonon leptopus 7
Purple Morning-glory 5
Argyreia mollis
Argyreia nervosa 3
Aristolochia anguicida 3
Aristolochia elegans 8
Aristolochia grandiflora 3
Baltic Stonewort 3
Aristolochia oblongata subsp. calceiformis
Aristolochia odoratissima 9
Aristolochia ringens 3
Aristolochia trilobata 3
Arrabidaea chica 10
Climbing Bamboo
Arthrostylidium farctum
Woodland Climbing Bamboo 3
Arthrostylidium multispicatum
Arthrostylidium sarmentosum 3
espárrago 11
Asparagus setaceus
Asystasia gangetica 12
Barbieria pinnata 3
Basella alba 13
Berylsimpsonia vanillosma 3
Bidens squarrosa tereticaulis 3
Bidens urbanii 14
Blechnum fragile 15
Bougainvillea glabra 16
Bougainvillea spectabilis 17
Buddleja madagascariensis 3
Grey nicker 18
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia ciliata 3
Caesalpinia culebrae 3
cats claw 18
Caesalpinia decapetala
Caesalpinia globulorum 19
Caesalpinia portoricensis 3
Calopogonium caeruleum 3
Calopogonium mucunoides 20
canavalia 21
Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia nitida 3
Beach Bean 22
Canavalia rosea
Cardiospermum corindum 3
Cardiospermum grandiflorum 11
Cardiospermum halicacabum 23
Cardiospermum halicacabum microcarpum
Cassytha filiformis 24
Cayaponia americana 3
Cayaponia racemosa 3
Celosia nitida 25
Celtis iguanaea 3
Centrosema plumieri 6
Centrosema pubescens 9
Centrosema virginianum 26
Chamissoa altissima 3
canchak-ché 27
Chiococca alba
Chromolaena borinquensis 3
Chusquea abietifolia 3
Cissampelos pareira 28
Cissus erosa 29
Cissus intermedia
Cissus obovata 3
Cissus rotundifolia 30
Cissus trifoliata 31
Cissus verticillata 5
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
Citrulus lanatus 30
Clematis dioica 32
Clematis flammulastrum 3
Clematis polygama 3
Clerodendrum speciosum 5
Clerodendrum thomsoniae 33
Clitoria falcata 3
Clitoria ternatea 5
Clusia gundlachii 3
Coccinia grandis 3
Combretum grandiflorum 3
Combretum indicum 5
Commicarpus scandens 31
Congea tomentosa 5
Convolvulus nodiflorus 3
Cryptostegia grandiflora 7
teresita 5
Cryptostegia madagascariensis
Cucumis anguria 11
Cucumis dipsaceus 5
Cucumis melo 34
Cucurbita moschata 33
Cuscuta americana 35
Cydista aequinoctialis 36
Cynophalla flexuosa 3
Dalbergia ecastaphyllum 3
Dalbergia monetaria 3

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