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Gentianaceae

Puerto Rico ghostplant

Voyria tenella Guilding ex Hook.

Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Voyria

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Puerto Rico ghostplant: Voyria tenella , Enziangewächse (Gentianaceae) - Costa Rica: Prov. Puntarenas, PN Piedras Blancas, Bosque Esquinas bei La Gamba
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.