PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL Francisco Manuel Blanco SPIDER LILY Hymenocallis littoralis Eric Guinther SHORELINE SEAPURSLANE Sesuvium portulacastrum SILVERHEAD Blutaparon vermiculare MPF Joaquim Alves Gaspar Dileepcyriac Joaquim Alves Gaspar OLEANDER Nerium oleander Ornamental, Poisonous, Long Caye AGAVE Agave sp. Ornamental, Long Caye Page 1
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PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS
OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
Francisco Manuel Blanco
SPIDER LILY Hymenocallis littoralis
Eric Guinther
SHORELINE SEAPURSLANE Sesuvium portulacastrum
SILVERHEAD Blutaparon vermiculare
MPF Joaquim Alves Gaspar Dileepcyriac Joaquim Alves Gaspar
OLEANDER Nerium oleander Ornamental, Poisonous, Long Caye
AGAVE Agave sp. Ornamental, Long Caye
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PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS
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BotBln
JUBA'S BUSH Iresine diffusa
MANGROVEVINE Rhabdadenia biflora
WHITE WEED Ageratum littorale
COASTAL RAGWEED Ambrosia hispida
TREE SEASIDE TANSY Borrichia arborescens
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J.M.Garg J.M.Garg J.M.Garg
FALSE DAISY Eclipta prostrata
RABBIT’S PAW Sphagneticola trilobata
Forest & Kim Starr Forest & Kim Starr
TURTLEWEED Batis maritima
SEA ROSEMARY Argusia gnaphalodes
SEA LAVENDER (FISHERMEN’S TOBACCO) Tournefortia gnaphalodes
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B.navez Tau’olunga Albert
BEACH MORNING GLORY Ipomoea pes-caprae
LIMESTONE SANDMAT Chamaesyce blodgettii
COASTAL BEACH SANDMAT Chamaesyce mesembrianthemifolia
SPURGE (smoothe leaf, upright) Euphorbia spA.
SPURGE (toothed leaf, creeping) Euphorbia spB.
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OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
Pancrat Pancrat Hans Hillewaert Pancrat
BAYBEAN Canavalia rosea
Maybe (FLORIDA KEYS BLACKBEAD Pithecellobium keyense )
Forest & Kim Starr Forest & Kim Starr
YELLOW NECKLACEPOD Sophora tomentosa
DEVIL'S GUT Cassytha filiformis Pest, Long Caye
W. J. Hayden
SALAT Neea psychotrioides
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PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS
OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
Albert Albert
CORKYSTEM PASSIONFLOWER Passiflora suberosa
Wibowo Djatmiko Tauʻolunga
GOLDEN LEATHERFERN Acrostichum aureum
BLACKTORCH Erithalis fruticosa
GOLDEN CREEPER Ernodea littoralis
Wilfredo Rodríguez
WEST INDIAN JASMINE Ixora coccinea Ornamental, Long Caye
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PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS
OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
Scott Zona
GOATWEED Capraria biflora
MULLEIN NIGHTSHADE Solanum donianum
B.navez B.navez
BAY CEDAR Suriana maritima
LIGHT-BLUE SNAKEWEED Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Starr Fepup Forest & Kim Starr Forest & Kim Starr
WAX MYRTLE Morella cerifera
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PICTURE GUIDE TO SHRUBS & HERBS
OF GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
James Bateman KENPEI
COW HORN ORCHID Myrmecophila tibicinis Ornamental, Long Caye
UNIDENTIFIED MINTY HERB Abundant, north shore of Middle Caye
For detailed species descriptions and information on habitat, life history, and distribution, go to
“THE PLANTS OF CAYE CAULKER” by J. Reitsma and D. Beveridge (Belize Tourism Industry Association)
or the web site “PlantBase” http://www.plantbase.net/
Images from Glover’s Reef Atoll are by Tom Bright and Alex Tilley
Wikimedia Commons Images http://commons.wikimedia.org/ are credited to the authors and used under their
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic licenses
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:CC-BY-SA
and the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
Some of the images herein are not from Glover’s Reef Atoll but illustrate species occurring there
This may be duplicated for educational purposes in compliance with the above licenses (November, 2010)
This Guide was created for WCS by biologist and former Glover’s Reef Research Station Manager Tom Bright
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Glover’s Reef Research Station, Belize
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