Plumeria Species

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Accepted species

  1. Plumeria alba L. – Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles
  2. Plumeria clusioides Griseb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
  3. Plumeria cubensis Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
  4. Plumeria ekmanii Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
  5. Plumeria emarginata Griseb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
  6. Plumeria filifolia Griseb. – Cuba
  7. Plumeria inodora Jacq. – Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela (incl Venezuelan islands in Caribbean)
  8. Plumeria krugii Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Puerto Rico
  9. Plumeria lanata Britton (a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
  10. Plumeria magna Zanoni & M.M.Mejía – Dominican Republic
  11. Plumeria montana Britton & P.Wilson (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
  12. Plumeria obtusa L. – West Indies including Bahamas; southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Florida; naturalized in China
  13. Plumeria pudica Jacq. – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (incl Venezuelan islands in Caribbean)
  14. Plumeria rubra L. – Mexico, Central America, Venezuela; naturalized in China, the Himalayas, West Indies, South America, and numerous oceanic islands
  15. Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. (now demoted to Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
  16. Plumeria × stenopetala Urb.
  17. Plumeria × stenophylla Urb. – Mexico and Central America
  18. Plumeria subsessilis A.DC. – Hispaniola
  19. Plumeria trinitensis Britton (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
  20. Plumeria tuberculata G.Lodd. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Hispaniola, Bahamas
  21. Plumeria venosa Britton (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba

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