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Grimmeodendron eglandulosum ''Grimmeodendron'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1908. It is native to the West Indies. ;Species # '' Grimmeodendron eglandulosum'' (A.Rich.) Urb. - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Hait ...

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Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

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Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

)Freid, E.H. & Timyan, J. 2022. Grimmeodendron eglandulosum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T202825543A202880968. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202825543A202880968.en. Accessed on 24 July 2022. # ''

Grimmeodendron jamaicense ''Grimmeodendron jamaicense'' is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater An ...

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Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

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