endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''.
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fauna
Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...
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Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
Cyllopsis wellingi
''Cyllopsis'' is a genus of Satyrinae, satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. The genus was erected by Rudolf Felder in 1869.
Species
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*''Cyllopsis argentella'' (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
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Ageratum radicans
''Ageratum'' () (whiteweed in the USA) is a genus of 40 to 60 tropical and warm temperate flowering annuals and perennials from the family (biology), family Asteraceae, tribe (biology), tribe Eupatorieae. Most species are native plant, native t ...
Axonopus ciliatifolius
''Axonopus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass. They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island. They are ...
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Calyptranthes bartlettii
''Myrcia'' is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 765 species as of 2022. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Fore ...
Dalechampia schippii
''Dalechampia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Dalechampiinae. It is widespread across lowland tropical areas (generally below 2,000 m ASL) primarily in the Americas with smaller numbers of spec ...
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Dioscorea sandwithii
''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending ...
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Dorstenia belizensis
''Dorstenia belizensis'' is a plant species in the family Moraceae which is native to Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the ...
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Eugenia rufidula
''Eugenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, ...
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Galactia anomala
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
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Gymnanthes belizensis
''Gymnanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is found primarily in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (from Florida and Mexico south to Argentina), but with some ...
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Hypericum aphyllum
''Hypericum aphyllum'' is an annual herb in the genus ''Hypericum''. It is 0.4-0.65 meters tall. They have only been found in the area around Toledo District, Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on th ...
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Koanophyllon sorensenii
''Koanophyllon'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. They are perennials and shrubs (rarely vines or trees) and are native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, with a few species range extending into the United S ...
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Laubertia gentlei
''Laubertia'', a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, was first described 1844. They are native to Mexico, Central America, and South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Sout ...
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Louteridium chartaceum
''Louteridium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, s ...
Schippia concolor
''Schippia concolor'', the mountain pimento or silver pimeto, is a medium-sized palm species that is native to Belize and Guatemala. Named for its discoverer, Australian botanist William A. Schipp, the species is threatened by habitat loss. It i ...
Fauna of Belize
Belize is a country with a rich variety of Fauna (animals), wildlife, due to its unique position between North America, North and South America, and a wide range of climates and habitats for plant and animal life. Belize's low human population, and ...
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Flora of Belize The flora of Belize is highly diverse by regional standards, given the country's small geographical extent. Situated on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America the flora and vegetation have been intimately intertwined with Belize's history. ...
References
*Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L. (1981). A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize. ''Rhodora'' 83 (834): 161-236
**Endemism
Endemic species
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...