Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Müll. Arg. (in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 6(1): 175. 1860.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Icacos, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bejuce manglar (Haiti), Bejuco de manglar (Dominican Republic), Bejuco de mangle (Dominican Republic), Caoutchouc (Haiti), Cativo mangle (Cuba), Clavelitos (Cuba), Mangrove swamp vine (Bahamas), Mejuco de mangle (Dominican Republic), Palo de leche (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Echites biflorus Jacq. (Enum. Syst. Pl. 13. 1760.), Rhabdadenia paludosa (Vahl) Miers (Apocyn. S. Amer. 119. 1878.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 11). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 12). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. Last edited 31 Mar 09 |