Gentianaceae
Puerto Rico ghostplant
Voyria tenella
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Voyria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Puerto Rico ghostplant
Synonyms
- Biglandularia azurea H.Karst.
- Leiphaimos azurea (H.Karst.) Gilg
- Leiphaimos brachyloba (Griseb.) Urb.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. albissima Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. alboflava Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. coerulea Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cremea Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cyanea Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cyanescens Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. flavescens Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. flavidula Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. glauca Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. nivea Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba f. striata Cif.
- Leiphaimos brachyloba var. albida Urb. & Ekman
- Leiphaimos brachyloba var. cumbrensis Urb. & Ekman
- Leiphaimos brachyloba var. linearipetala Cif.
- Leiphaimos disadenantha (Griseb.) Alain
- Leiphaimos nuda (Splitg.) Miq.
- Leiphaimos nuda Gilg
- Leiphaimos nudus (Splitg.) Miq.
- Leiphaimos portoricensis Britton
- Leiphaimos simplex (Griseb.) Standl.
- Leiphaimos simplex (Griseb.) Gilg
- Leiphaimos tenella (Hook.) Miq.
- Leiphaimos tenellus (Guilding ex Hook.) Miq.
- Vohiria tenella Hook.
- Voyria brachyloba Griseb.
- Voyria disadenantha Griseb.
- Voyria nuda Splitg.
- Voyria simplex Griseb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.