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The Candidate Red List:<br />
AGAVACEAE<br />
Agave missionum Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11: 37 (1913).<br />
LOCAL NAME: century plant.<br />
Synonym: A. portoricensis Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11: 38 (1913).<br />
DESCRIPTOR: stemless succulent herb; leaves lanceolate, 90 – 275 × 13 – 23 cm;<br />
inflorescence an elongate panicle to 5 – 7 m; flowers yellow or greenish-yellow.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: PUE-OO (incl. Culebra & Vieques), LEE-VI, LEE-BV.<br />
LEE-VI: St. Thomas, St. John.<br />
LEE-BV: Tortola, <strong>Virgin</strong> Gorda, Anegada.<br />
HABITAT: sandy dunes.<br />
IUCN: VU.<br />
ARACEAE<br />
Anthurium × selloum K. Koch, Index Sem. Hort. Berol. App. 8 (1855).<br />
DESCRIPTOR: glabrous terrestrial or occasionally epiphytic herb, 0.5 – 1 m tall;<br />
leaves 30 – 70 × 13 – 26 cm; peduncle 60 – 103 cm long; spa<strong>the</strong> to 15 cm long;<br />
spadix 15 – 40 cm long, dark brown, cylindrical, sterile, not producing berries.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: LEE-VI, LEE-BV.<br />
LEE-VI: St. John.<br />
LEE-BV: Tortola.<br />
HABITAT: understorey of shaded moist <strong>for</strong>ests.<br />
IUCN: EN.<br />
BROMELIACEAE<br />
Pitcairnia jereckiae Proctor ined.<br />
DESCRIPTOR: an undescribed species.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: LEE-BV.<br />
LEE-BV: Guana Island.<br />
HABITAT: rocky ground.<br />
IUCN: CR.<br />
CACTACEAE<br />
Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Saff. Annual Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst.<br />
553 (1909).<br />
Synonyms: Cereus trigonus Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 181 (1812). Type: St. Croix, Plum.,<br />
Pl. Amer. t. 200, fig. 2 (1758). Cereus napoleonis Graham in Hook., Bot. Mag.<br />
63: pl. 3458 (1836). (Type: Loc cit. pl. 3458). Hylocereus napoleonis<br />
(Graham) Britton & Rose, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429 (1909). Type as<br />
above. Hylocereus antiguensis Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 193 (1920). Type:<br />
Antigua, Rose, Fitch & Russell 3297 (NY).<br />
DESCRIPTOR: stem elongate, 2–4 cm across, thickly 3-angled, margins not horny;<br />
spines 2, 4, or 8, 4–7 mm, turning dark brown; flowers 14–25 cm; inner perianth<br />
segments white; fruits oblong-ovoid, 7–10 × 3–5 cm, red.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: PUE-OO (Mona), LEE-VI, LEE-BV, Lesser Antilles.<br />
LEE-VI: St. John, St. Thomas.<br />
LEE-BV: Tortola, <strong>Virgin</strong> Gorda.<br />
LESSER ANTILLES: LEE-SM, LEE-AB, LEE-NL (Saba, St. Eustatius), LEE-SK<br />
(Nevis), LEE-MO, LEE-GU (Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante), WIN-MA, WIN-<br />
SV, WIN-GR.<br />
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