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Latin name	Gaultheria erecta Vent.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW MC SC South America (Colombia to N Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr (used as cough-remedy in Peru) fd (fruits)
Synonym	Brossea bracteata (Cav.) Kuntze Brossea bracteata var. brevifolia Kuntze Brossea bracteata var. cordifolia (Kunth) Kuntze Brossea erecta (Vent.) Kuntze Brossea formosa (J.Remy) Kuntze Brossea hirtiflora (Benth.) Kuntze Brossea loxensis (Benth.) Kuntze Brossea odorata (Kunth) Kuntze Brossea roraimae (Klotzsch ex Meisn.) Kuntze Brossea trichocalycina (DC.) Kuntze Brossea vestita (Benth.) Kuntze Gaultheria antioquiensis A.C.Sm. Gaultheria apiculata Sleumer Gaultheria coccinea Kunth Gaultheria conzattii Camp var. conzattii Gaultheria conzattii var. mijorum Camp Gaultheria cordata M.Martens & Galeotti Gaultheria cordifolia Kunth Gaultheria cordifrons Sleumer Gaultheria costaricensis (Donn.Sm.) Small Gaultheria cumingii Sleumer Gaultheria donnellii Sleumer Gaultheria fendleri Rusby Gaultheria formosa J.Remy Gaultheria glandulifera B.Fedsch. & Basil. Gaultheria glandulifera Small Gaultheria glandulosissima Sleumer Gaultheria hartwegiana Klotzsch ex Loes. Gaultheria hidalgensis Loes. Gaultheria hirtiflora Benth. Gaultheria jelskii Szyszyl. Gaultheria lancifolia Small Gaultheria lancifolia var. dulcis Camp Gaultheria lepida A.C.Sm. Gaultheria longipes Small Gaultheria loxensis Benth. Gaultheria meridensis A.C.Sm. Gaultheria montana Brandegee Gaultheria odorata Bredem. ex Willd. Gaultheria odorata Kunth Gaultheria odorata var. costaricensis Donn.Sm. Gaultheria odorata var. mexicana DC. Gaultheria odorata var. ß leiocalyx Meisn. Gaultheria opaca Sleumer Gaultheria ornata A.C.Sm. Gaultheria parvifolia Small Gaultheria pennellii A.C.Sm. Gaultheria pilosa G.Fedtsch. & Basil. Gaultheria poasana Sleumer Gaultheria regia Sleumer Gaultheria roraimae Klotzsch ex Meisn. Gaultheria saltensis Sleumer Gaultheria scabra Willd. Gaultheria schiedeana Sleumer Gaultheria subrotunda Sleumer Gaultheria tacanensis Camp Gaultheria tatei A.C.Sm. Gaultheria tetriches Rusby Gaultheria trichocalycina DC. Gaultheria vegasana A.C.Sm. Gaultheria vestita Benth. Gaultheria weberbaueriana Sleumer
English name	erect wintergreen
French name	gaulthérie dressée
Spanish name	arrayar, axocopa (Mexico); cacaíto (Venezuela); cacao (Colombia); macha macha (Peru); melotera (Venezuela); monte pespita (Peru); mortiño, mortiño borachero azuloso (Colombia); mullaca (Peru); pachín (Colombia); pachyla-pachyla, pango mullaca, papacusa (Peru); pasas (El Salvador); pejoa (Peru); pejua macho, pesgua, pesjua macho, pesjúa, quemadero (Venezuela); tzobet (Mexico); urbalai, uva (Colombia)
Other name	ajaté es, ajate'es, an-dzits (Mexico)
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Latin name	Gaussia H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Opsiandra O.F.Cook
English name	llumepalm; llume (Puerto Rico); Maya palm
French name	gaussia
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Latin name	Gaussia attenuata (O.F.Cook) Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	pl (potential)
Synonym	Aeria attenuata O.F.Cook
English name	PuertoRico llumepalm; llume (Puerto Rico)
French name	gaussia de Porto Rico
Spanish name	palma de plavia
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Latin name	Gaussia maya (O.F.Cook) H.J.Quero & A.W.Read
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Quintana Roo; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti tx
Synonym	Opsiandra maya O.F.Cook
English name	Maya llumepalm; Maya palm
French name	gaussia des Mayas
Spanish name	cambo, la palma, palma cimarrona, palmasito (Belize)
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Latin name	Gaussia princeps H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
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English name	Cuban llumepalm
French name	gaussia de Cuba
Spanish name	palma barrigona de sierra, palma de sierra (Cuba)
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Latin name	Genipa L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Casasia A.Rich.
English name	genip; genipa
French name	genipa
Spanish name	jagua (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Genipa americana L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	cl (dye seen as body paint during and after ceremonial dances) dr (applied on skin, the trunk bark cured ulcers, edible fruits for dysentery, fruits rind decoction wash for syphilis and pharyngitis, gastric juice for digestion, asthma, anemia and dropsy, has purgative fonctions and diuretic, green fruits infusion for hemorrhage, pulverized seed emulsion with water as emetic, roots decoction as purgative, the creole of French Guiana made decoction out of grated roots as purgative while infusions of trunk bark healed diarrhea) fd (drink made with juice named genipapo, fruits can be eaten raw, fruits juice serves as cocktail mixer in some alcoholic drinks, juice, jelly or compote made with fruits) fr (fruits) ma (body dye made with fruits, seed was a source of dye for tattoos among the native Tainos, the fruits juice is used as corporal coloring and cloth dyeing) pl (live fence, ornamental) sa (shade tree) ti (cabinet work, wood carving, cots, door framing, fine work of carpentry, flooring, furniture, handles, interior construction, kitchen tools set, manual goods, plywood, shoes shape, tool handles, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Gardenia genipa Sw. Genipa americana L. var. americana Genipa americana var. caruto (Kunth) K.Schum. Genipa barbata Presl Genipa caruto Kunth Genipa codonocalyx Standl. Genipa cymosa Spruce Genipa excelsa K.Krause Genipa grandifolia Pers. Genipa humilis Vell. Genipa nervosa Spruce Genipa oblongifolia Ruiz & Pav. Genipa pubescens DC. Genipa spruceana Steyerm. Genipa venosa Standl.
English name	marmaladebox genip; genip (Trinidad); genipa (Guyana); genipap (British West Indies); genipap tree, genipot (Puerto Rico); genitree (Guyana); ibo-ink (Tobago); juniper p.p. (Trinidad, Tobago); lana (Guyana); marmalade box (Antilles); marmalade-box (British West Indies); marmelade-box genipe (Puerto Rico)
French name	genipa rose-marie; bois de fer (Antilles); gêne-pas (Haiti); genipa (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana); génipa; génipayer, resolu montagne, rose-marie (Haiti)
Spanish name	angelina (Colombia); bi, bicito, bigrande (Bolivia); brir (Costa Rica); ca ruto (Venezuela); caimito de monte (Ecuador); carcarutoto, caruto, caruto montañero (Venezuela); crayo (Guatemala); genipa (Dominican Republic, Honduras); genipap (Honduras, Panama); genipapo (Guatemala); gigualti, gigualtí, gigualtígua (Nicaragua); giraitil, guaitil (Costa Rica); guaitil blanco (Panama, Peru); guali (Guatemala); guayaltil blanco (Puerto Rico); guayatil blanco, guayatil colorado, guaytil blanco (Panama); huito, huitoc (Peru); igua, iguo (Colombia); irayol (El Salvador, Guatemala); irayol de loma (Guatemala); irayol tambor (El Salvador); jago (Colombia); jagua (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico); jagua amarilla, jagua amarillo (Panama); jagua azul (Mexico); jagua blanca (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua colorado (Panama); jagua de comer (Ecuador); jagua de montaña (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negra (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negro (Panama); jaguo (Colombia, Nicaragua); jajua (Cuba); jaqua (Nicaragua); jenipapé (Paraguay); jenipapo; jigua (Colombia); jigualté (Paraguay); majagua (Colombia); maluco (Mexico); manuc (Guatemala); nandipa (Argentina); ñandipá guazú (Paraguay); ñandipã, (Argentina); nandipaguazú (Argentina, Paraguay); palo colorado (Peru); palo sangre; rebalsero (Venezuela); tambor (El Salvador, Paraguay); tapaculo (Nicaragua, Paraguay); tina-dientes, tiñadientes (El Salvador); tira-dientes (Guatemala); totumillo (Bolivia); vaco-huito, vito, yaco huito (Peru); yaguà (Antilles); ygualti, yigualti (Nigaragua)
Other name	airo-toa (siona, Ecuador); ana (campa asháninca, Peru); arasaloe (Suriname); caruto; gêne-pas (creole, Haiti); genip (Trinidad); genipapa, genipapo (portuguese, Brazil); genipayer (creole, Haiti); handipá (Brazil); igualtil (Nicaragua); jenipá, jenipapeiro, jenipapo, jenipapo branco, jenipapo común, jenipapo de América (Brazil); jiffará (crossbred, Colombia); jinpa (creole, Haiti); juniper (Trinidad); kaguá; keou tse (China); nandipa (portuguese, Brazil); nané (chácobo, Bolivia); quaifit (Costa Rica); rebalseiro; sawa, tapoeripa, taproeja, taproepa (Suriname); tou kio tse (China); tsua (shuar, Ecuador)
Trade name	genipa, jagua

Latin name	Genipa curviflora Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	curved genip
French name	genipa à fleurs courbées
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Other name	acha caspi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Genipa williamsii Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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English name	Williams genip
French name	genipa de Williams
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Other name	padinawoqui (Peru)
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Latin name	Gentlea Lundell
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Ardisia subgen. walleniopsis Mez
English name	gentlea
French name	gentlea
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Latin name	Gentlea austinsmithii (Lundell) Lundell
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ardisia austinsmithii Lundell Ardisia minor Standl. Ardisia molinae (Lundell) Lundell Ardisia parvissima Lundell Gentlea minor (Standl.) Lundell Gentlea molinae Lundell Gentlea parviflora Lundell
English name	AustinSmith gentlea
French name	gentlea d'Austin-Smith
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Latin name	Gentlea micranthera (Donn.Sm.) Lundell
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ardisia cuneifolia (Lundell) Lundell Ardisia mcvaughii Lundell Ardisia micrantha Donn.Sm. non Kunth Ardisia morazanensis Lundell Ardisia parviauriculata Lundell Ardisia staminosa Lundell Gentlea auriculata Lundell Gentlea cuneifolia Lundell Gentlea maculata Lundell Gentlea mcvaughii (Lundell) Lundell Gentlea micrantha (Donn.Sm.) Lundell Parathesis micranthera Donn.Sm.
English name	smallflower gentlea
French name	gentlea à petites fleurs
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Latin name	Gentlea venosissima (Ruiz & Pav.) Lundell
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ardisia breviflora A.DC. Ardisia jitotolana Lundell Ardisia meiantha Donn.Sm. Ardisia meridensis Steyerm. Ardisia phaenostemona (Donn.Sm.) Lundell Ardisia propinqua Kunth Ardisia robinsonii Mez Ardisia venosissima (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr. Caballeria venosissima Ruiz & Pav. Gentlea propinqua (Kunth) Lundell Gentlea tenuis Lundell Myrsine venosissima (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. Stylogyne phaenostemona Donn.Sm. Tinus breviflora (A.DC.) Kuntze
English name	veined gentlea
French name	gentlea nervuré
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Latin name	Geonoma Willd.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Taenianthera Burret
English name	shadowpalm
French name	geonoma
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Latin name	Geonoma binervia Oerst.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	twonerved shadowpalm
French name	geonoma à deux nervures
Spanish name	surtuba (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Geonoma congesta H.Wendl. ex Spruce
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	crowded shadowpalm
French name	geonoma touffu
Spanish name	cortadera, guacamayo (Ecuador); rabo de dorada (Colombia)
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Latin name	Geonoma cuneata H.Wendl. ex Spruce
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Geonoma gibbosa Burret Geonoma gracilis H.Wendl. Geonoma procumbens H.Wendl. ex Spruce Geonoma sodiroi Dammer ex Burret
English name	cuneate shadowpalm
French name	geonoma cunéaire
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Latin name	Geonoma deversa (Poit.) Kunth
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Pará)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology
Use	ti (making the roots with the leaves, rustic houses)
Synonym	Geonoma desmarestii Mart. Geonoma kilippii Burret Geonoma longipetiolata Oerst. Geonoma myriantha Dammer Geonoma paniculigera var. papyracea Trail Gynestum deversum Poit.
English name	jatata shadowpalm; monkey tail palm (Belize)
French name	geonoma jatata
Spanish name	jatata (Bolivia)
Other name	uga (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Geonoma interrupta (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Haiti) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd ti
Synonym	Geonoma mexicana Liebm. ex Mart. Geonoma oxycarpa Mart. Geonoma polyclada Burret Martinezia interrupta Ruiz & Pav.
English name	monkeytail shadowpalm; monkey tail palm (Belize)
French name	geonoma macaque; bois macaque, coco macaque, macaque, palme macacque, panache macacque
Spanish name	manacle; pacaya (Belize)
Other name	cambuc (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Geonoma martinicensis Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	sci hyg
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Synonym	Geonoma dominicana L.H.Bailey Geonoma pinnatifrons var. vaga Burret Geonoma vaga Griseb. & H.Wendl.
English name	Martinique shadowpalm; goblet (St. Lucia)
French name	geonoma de la Martinique; aile à ravet, coco macaque (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
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Latin name	Geonoma orbignyana Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ma pl
Synonym	Geonoma cernua Burret Geonoma heinrichsiae Burret Geonoma lindeniana H.Wendl. Geonoma parvifrons Burret Geonoma pleioneura Burret Geonoma pulcherrima Burret Geonoma tenuifolia Burret
English name	D'Orbigny shadowpalm
French name	geonoma de D'Orbigny
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Latin name	Geonoma undata Klotzsch
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes sci
Use	ti
Synonym	Geonoma dussiana Becc. Geonoma macrosiphon Burret Geonoma margaritoides Engel Geonoma vaga Duss non Griseb. & Wendl. Geonoma hodgeorum L.H.Bailey ex Hodge Geonoma seleri Burret
English name	undulate shadowpalm
French name	geonoma ondulé; aile à ravet (Martinique); coco macaque (Guadeloupe)
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Latin name	Gesneria L.
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Corytholoma (Benth.) Decne Naegelia Regel
English name	gesneria; grassflower (Puerto Rico)
French name	gesnérie
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Latin name	Gesneria calycina Sw.
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Pentaraphia calycina (Sw.) Hanst.
English name	Jamaica gesneria
French name	gesnérie de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Gesneria calycosa (Hook.) Kuntze
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Conradia calycosa Hook.
English name	persistentcalyx gesneria
French name	gesnérie à calice persistant
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Latin name	Gesneria exserta Sw.
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	exserted gesneria
French name	gesnérie exserte
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Latin name	Gesneria fawcettii Urb.
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	hyg calc
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English name	Fawcett gesneria
French name	gesnérie de Fawcett
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Latin name	Gesneria hypoclada Urb. & Ekman
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Salle, Massif de la Hotte; Dominican Republic?)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Haiti gesneria
French name	gesnérie d'Haïti
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Latin name	Gesneria pedunculosa (DC.) Fritsch
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes->xer
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Synonym	Gesneria albiflora (Decne.) Kuntze Pentarhaphia albiflora Decne.
English name	manypeduncles gesneria
French name	gesnérie à plusieurs pédoncules
Spanish name	arbol de navidad (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Gesneria sylvicola Alain
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Cordillera Central, Sierra de Neiba, Cordillera del Baoruco)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	silvicolous gesneria
French name	gesnérie sylvicole
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