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Latin name	Loreya DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Heteroneuron Hook.f.
English name	loreya
French name	loreya
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Latin name	Loreya mespiloides Miq.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW South America (Venezuela, Guianas, N Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M [L?]
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Synonym	Bellucia mespiloides (Miq.) J.F.Macbr. Henriettea brunnescens Standl. Henriettea sagotiana Naud. Loreya brunescens (Standl.) Gleason
English name	falsemespilus loreya
French name	loreya faux-mespilus
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Latin name	Louteridium S.Watson
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution
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English name	louteridium
French name	louteridium
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Latin name	Louteridium donnell-smithii S.Watson
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	DonnellSmith louteridium
French name	louteridium de Donnell-Smith
Spanish name	carreton (Belize)
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Latin name	Louteridium mexicanum (Baill.) Standl.
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Louteridium conzattii Standl. Neolindenia mexicana Baill.
English name	Mexican louteridium
French name	louteridium du Mexique
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Latin name	Lozanella Greenm.
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution
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English name	lozanella
French name	lozanelle
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Latin name	Lozanella enantiophylla (Donn.Sm.) Killip & C.V.Morton
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	fw (firewood) ti (balls playing tables)
Synonym	Lozanella trematoides Greenm. Trema enantiophylla Donn.Sm.
English name	oppositeleaf lozanella
French name	lozanelle à feuilles opposées
Spanish name	ortiguillo (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Lozania Mutis
Family	Lacistemataceae
Distribution
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English name	lozania
French name	lozanie
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Latin name	Lozania mutisiana Schult.
Family	Lacistemataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Lozania bipinnata L.B.Sm. Lozania montana Standl. Lozania nemoralis A.DC. Monandrodendron peruvianum Mansf. Monandrodendron schultzei Mansf. Perrottetia costaricensis Lundell Perrottetia racemosa Standl. non Loes.
English name	Mutis lozania
French name	lozanie de Mutis
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Latin name	Lozania pittieri (S.F.Blake) L.B.Sm.
Family	Lacistemataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Lacistema pedicellatum Standl. Lacistema pittieri S.F.Blake Lacistema trichoneurum S.F.Blake ex Knuth Lozania pedicellata (Standl.) L.B.Sm.
English name	Pittier lozania
French name	lozanie de Pittier
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Latin name	Lubaria Pittier
Family	Rutaceae
Distribution
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English name	lubaria
French name	lubaria
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Latin name	Lubaria aroensis Pittier
Family	Rutaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Aroa lubaria
French name	lubaria d'Aroa
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Latin name	Ludwigia L.
Family	Onagraceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Jussiaea L.
English name	seedbox; primerose willow (USA)
French name	ludwigia
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Latin name	Ludwigia latifolia (Benth.) H.Hara
Family	Onagraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S?]
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Jussiaea geminiflora Donn.Sm. Jussiaea latifolia Benth.
English name	broadleaf seedbox
French name	ludwigia à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Ludwigia nervosa (Poir.) H.Hara
Family	Onagraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S?]
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Jussiaea maypurensis Kunth Jussiaea nervosa Poir. Jussiaea nervosa var. glaberrima Micheli Jussiaea nervosa var. pubescens Micheli Jussiaea nervosa var. typica Munz Jussiaea rigida Miq.
English name	nerved seedbox
French name	ludwigia nervuré
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Latin name	Luehea Willd.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution
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English name	whiptree
French name	luehea
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Latin name	Luehea candida (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Mart.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->mes
Use	fd (fruits used to make roast Indian meal) fw ma (leaves used to wrap cheese) ti (tool handles)
Synonym	Alegria candida Moç. & Sessé ex DC.
English name	shiningwhite whiptree
French name	luehea blanc
Spanish name	caulote blanco (Honduras); guácimo (Nicaragua); guácimo blanco (Venezuela); guácimo de molenillo (Nicaragua); guácimo molenillo, molenillo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Luehea seemanii Triana & Planch.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (boxes, cabinetwork, chests, cigaret boxes, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, light construction, match sticks, packaging, plywood, sawn timber, shoes heels, toothpicks, veneer)
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English name	Seemann whiptree
French name	luehea de Seemann
Spanish name	balamash (Belize); cablote blanco (Honduras); caulote (Belize, Honduras); caulote blanco (Honduras); cotonron (Guatemala, Honduras); guacimo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); guácimo (Colombia, Honduras); guacimo colorado (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); guácimo colorado (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama); guacimo macho (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); guácimo macho (Costa Rica); guacimo molenillo, guácimo molenillo (Panama); guacimo molinero (Nicaragua); guacimo pacheco, guácimo pacheco (Panama); guásimo colorado (Colombia); llayo (Honduras); malagano (Colombia); mapola (Belize); molenillo; molinillo (Nicaragua); tapacuiste (Honduras); tapasquit (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); yaya (Honduras); yayo (Guatemala, Honduras)
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Latin name	Luehea speciosa Willd.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D [E]
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc sili
Use	fr fw ma (ropes) pl ti (tool handles)
Synonym	Brotera mediterranea Vell. Luehea divaricata Mart. Luehea ferruginea Turcz. Luehea parvifolia Mart. non Huber Luehea platypetala A.Rich. Luehea tarapotina J.F.Macbr.
English name	showy whiptree; broadleaf bay cedar, male bay cedar, mountain moho (Belize)
French name	luehea éclatant
Spanish name	algodoncillo (Mexico); caulote mahaua (Belize); chakats, cuaulote blanco (Mexico); guácimo (Nicaragua, Panama); guacimo blanco (Honduras); guácimo molenillo (Panama); guásima amarilla, guasima varia, guásima verde (Cuba); moho (Belize); patashté, patashullo, pepecacao (Mexico); tapascuado (Honduras); tepecacao (Mexico); tepecaulote (El Salvador)
Other name	açoita-cavalo, açoita-cavalo-miúdo (Brazil); bala-max, c'am-pác (maya, Belize); caiboti, caoueti, estriveira, ibatingui, ivatingui, ivitinga (Brazil); ká askat (maya); kazcat (maya, Belize); ostriveira, pau-de-canga (Brazil); pixoi, pixoi bala-max (maya, Belize); putalar burwiguad, ushoon, visoon (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Lunania Hook.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
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English name	lunania
French name	lunania
Spanish name	mendrina (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Lunania cubensis Turcz.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Lunania grayi Griseb. Lunania racemosa auct. non Hook.
English name	Cuban lunania
French name	lunania de Cuba
Spanish name	lunania (Cuba)
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Latin name	Lunania dentata Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	dentate lunania
French name	lunania denté
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Latin name	Lunania dodecandra C.Wright
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	twelvestamen lunania
French name	lunania à douze étamines
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Latin name	Lunania ekmanii Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ex
Synonym	Lunania buchii Urb.
English name	Ekman lunania
French name	lunania de Ekman
Spanish name	aniceto, hoja de ñame (Dominican Republic); mendrina (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Lunania mexicana Brandegee
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg calc
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English name	Mexican lunania
French name	lunania du Mexique
Spanish name	chile de montaña, palo chito (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Lunania parviflora Spruce ex Benth.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
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Synonym	Lunania cuspidata Warb. Lunania pittieri Standl.
English name	smallflower lunania
French name	lunania à petites fleurs
Spanish name	blanquillo, blanquillo de la pampa, cusé blanco de la pampa, lecillo (Bolivia); purma caspi (Peru)
Other name	shaqui (campa asháninca, Peru)
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Latin name	Lunania piperoides Standl.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	pepperlike lunania
French name	lunania faux-poivrier
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Latin name	Lunania polydactyla Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Clarendon, Portland, St. Thomas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Use	ex
Synonym	Lunania racemosa auct. non Hook.
English name	Jamaica lunania
French name	lunania de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Lunania racemosa Hook.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: St. Ann, St. Mary, St. Thomas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ex
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English name	racemose lunania
French name	lunania à grappes
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Latin name	Lunania sauvalii Griseb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Lunania elongata Britton & P.Wilson
English name	Sauvalle lunania
French name	lunania de Sauvalle
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