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This is the original List of Endangered Plants and Animals of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Signed June 5th, 1991 by Commissioner Roy E. Adams.
This list is currently under revision.
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Federally Listed Species
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Animal
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Genus
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Species
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Common Name
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New Names
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Ameiva
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polops
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St. Croix Ground Lizard
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Chelonia
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mydas
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Green turtle
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Dermochelys
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coriacea
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Leatherback
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Epicrates
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monensis granti
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VI Tree Boa
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Eretmochelys
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imbricata
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Falco
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peregrinus
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Peregrine Falcon
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Pelecanus
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occidentalis
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Brown Pelican
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Storna
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dougallii
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Roseate Tern
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Plant
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Buxus
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vahlii
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Vahl's Boxwood
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Zanthoxyllum
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thomasianum
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Prickly Ash
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Catesbaea |
melanocarpa
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USVI Listed Species
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Mabuya
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mabouia
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Slipperyback Skink
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Otus
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nudipes newtoni
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VI Screech Owl
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Chordeiles
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gundlachii
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West Indian Nighthawk
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Anthracothorax
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dominicus
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Antillean Mango (Hummingbird)
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Podiceps
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dominicus
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Least Grebe
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Sterna
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antillarum
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Least Tern
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Phaethon
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lepturus
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White-tailed Tropicbird
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Ardea
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herodius
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Great Blue Heron
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Casmerodius
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albus
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Great (Common) Egret
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Egretta
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thula
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Snowy Egret
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Nycticorax
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nycticorax
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Black crowned Night Heron
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Ixobrychus
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exilis
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Least Bittern
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Anas
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bahamensis
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Bahama Duck
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Oxyura
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jamaicensis
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Ruddy Duck
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Rallus
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longirostris
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Clapper Rail
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Fulica
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caribea
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Caribbean coot
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Charadrius
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alexandrinus
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Snowy Plover
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Catoptrophorus
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semipalmatus
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Willet
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Puffinus
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iherminieri
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Audobon Shearwater
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Aratinga
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pertinax
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Brown-throated Parakeet
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Columba
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leucocephala
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White-crowned Pigeon
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Geotrygon
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mystacea
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Bridled Quail Dove
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Myiarchus
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stolidus
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Stolid Flycatcher
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Noctilio
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leporinus
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Fisherman Bat
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Stenoderma
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rufum
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Red Fruit Bat
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Brachyphylla
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cavernarum
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Cave Bat
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Epinephelus
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itajara
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Jewfish
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Black Coral
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Plant
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Agave
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eggersiana
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Egger's Agave
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Cypselia
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humifusa
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Ilex
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sideroxyloides
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Central American Oak
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Ilex
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urbanii
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Urban's Holly
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Tillandsia
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lineatispica
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Pinon
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Mammilaria
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nivosa
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Wooly Nipple
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Opuntia
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triacantha
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Maytenus
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cymosa
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Operculina
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triquetra
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Croton
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fishlockii
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Erythrina
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eggersii
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Egger's Cockspur
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Galactia
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eggersii
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Egger's Galactia
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Brysonima
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sp.
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Malpighia
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infestissima
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Stinging Bush
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Malpighia
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linearis
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Malpighia
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sp.
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Malpighia
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woodburyana
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Cowage Cherry
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Psidium
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amplexicaule
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Mountain Guava
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Psidium
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sp.
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Sida
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eggersi
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Calyptranthes
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thomasiana
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St. Thomas Lidflower
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Eugenia
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sp.
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Schoepfia
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schreberi
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Brassavola
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cuccullata
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Epidendrum
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bifidum
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Sandy Point Orchid
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Psychilis macconnelliea
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Epidendrum
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ciliare
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Cruzan Christmas Orchid
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Epidendrum
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cochleatum
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Habenaria
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alata
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Oncidium
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prionochilum
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Yellow Dancing Lady Orchid
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Oncidium
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variegatum
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White Dancing Lady Orchid
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Polystachya
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concreta
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Ponthieva
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racemosa
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Prescottia
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oligantha
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Prescottia
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stachyoides
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Spiranthes
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elata
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Tetramicra
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canaliculata
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Tetramicra
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canaliculata alba
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Vanilla
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barbellata
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Vanilla Orchid
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Peperomia
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myrtifolia
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Myrtle-leaved Pepermonia
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Coccoloba
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rugosa
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Catesbaea
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melanocarpa
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Machaonia
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woodburyana
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Manilkara
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bidentata
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Bulletwood
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Solanum
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conocarpum
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Solanum
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mucronatum
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Pilea
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richardii
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Richard's Clearwood
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Callicarpa
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ampla
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Capa Rosa
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Nashia
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inaguensis
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Guaiacum
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officinale
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Lignum Vitae
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