This list of vascular plants found in the Botanical Garden at the Tropical Audubon Society's Doc Thomas House was compiled by David L. Lysinger in August 2001. Our bookstore features selected Florida plant books.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACANTHACEAE | Ruellia | caroliniensis | Wild Petunia |
| AGAVACEAE | Yucca | aloifolia | Spanish Bayonet |
| ANACARDIACEAE | Metopium | toxiferum | Poisonwood |
| Rhus | copillina | Southern Sumac | |
| ANNONACEAE | Annona | glabra | Pond Apple |
| APOCYNACEAE | Vallesia | antillana | Pearl-berry |
| AQUIFOLIAEAE | Ilex | krugiana | Krug's Holly |
| ARECACEAE | Coccothrinax | argentata | Silver Palm |
| Cocos | nucifera | Coconut Palm | |
| Pseudophoenix | sargentii | Buccanneer Palm | |
| Roystonia | elata | Royal Palm | |
| Sabal | palmetto | Cabbage Palm | |
| Serenoa | repens | Saw Palmetto | |
| Thrinax | morrisii | Key Thatch Palm | |
| Thrinax | radiata | Florida Thatch Palm | |
| ASTERACEAE | Bidens | alba | Spanish Needle |
| Borrichia | arborescens | Sea Ox-eye | |
| Cirsium | horridulum | Bull Thistle | |
| BORAGINACEAE | Bourreria | cassinifolia | Smooth Strongbark |
| Bourreria | ovata | Bahama Strongbark | |
| Bourreria | radula | Rough Strongbark | |
| Cordia | globosa | Bloodberry | |
| Cordia | sebestena | Geiger Tree | |
| BROMELIACEAE | Tillandsia | balbisiana | Reflexed Wild-Pine |
| Tillandsia | fasciculata | Stiff-leaved Wild-Pine | |
| Tillandsia | flexuosa | Banded Wild-Pine | |
| Tillandsia | paucifolia | Twisted Wild-Pine | |
| Tillandsia | recurvata | Ball-Moss | |
| Tillandsia | usneoides | Spanish Moss | |
| Tillandsia | utriculata | Giant Airplant | |
| Tillandsia | variabilis | Soft-Leaved Airplant | |
| BURSERACEAE | Bursera | simaruba | Gumbo Limbo |
| CACTACEAE | Cereus | gracilis | Prickly Apple |
| Cereus | pentagonis | Dildo Cactus | |
| Cereus | robinii | Tree Cactus | |
| Opuntia | spinosissima | Semaphore Cactus | |
| Opuntia | stricta | Prickly Pear | |
| CANELLACEAE | Canella | winterana | Cinnamon Bark |
| CAPPARACEAE | Capparis | cynophallophora | Jamaica Caper |
| Capparis | flexuosa | Limber Caper | |
| CELASTRACEAE | Crossopetalum | ilicifolium | Quail-berry |
| Crossopetalum | rhacoma | Rhacoma | |
| Gyminda | latifolia | False Boxwood | |
| Schaefferia | frutescens | Florida Boxwood | |
| CHRYSOBALANACEAE | Chrysobalanus | icaco | Coco-plum |
| CLUSIACEAE | Clusia | rosea | Pitch Apple |
| COMBRETACEAE | Conocarpus | erectus | Buttonwood |
| EUPHORBIACEAE | Ateramnus | lucidus | Crabwood |
| Drypetes | diversifolia | Milk Bark | |
| Drypetes | lateriflora | Guiana Plum | |
| Euphorbia | heterophylla | Wild Poinsettia | |
| Rivina | humilis | Bloodberry | |
| Savia | bahamensis | Maiden Bush | |
| FABACEAE | Acacia | choriophylla | Cinnecord |
| Acacia | farnesiana | Sweet Acacia | |
| Acacia | pinetorum | Pineland Acacia | |
| Amorpha | herbacea | Crenulate Lead Plant | |
| Erythrina | herbacea | Coral Bean | |
| Lysiloma | latisiliquum | Wild Tamarind | |
| Piscidia | piscipula | Jamaica Dogwood | |
| Pithecellobium | guadalupense | Blackbead | |
| Pithecellobium | ungis-cati | Catclaw | |
| FABACEAE | Senna | mexicana | Bahama Senna |
| Sophora | tomentosa | Necklace-pod | |
| FAGACEAE | Quercus | virginiana | Live Oak |
| LAURACEAE | Licaria | triandra | Gulf Licaria |
| Nectandra | coriaceae | Lancewood | |
| LILIACEAE | Similax | auriculata | Greenbriar |
| Similax | havanensis | Greenbriar | |
| MALPIGHIACEAE | Byrsonima | lucida | Locust-berry |
| MALVACEAE | Gossypium | hirsutum | Wild Cotton |
| MELASTOMATACEAE | Tetrazygia | bicolor | West Indian Lilac |
| MELIACEAE | Swietenia | mahagoni | Mahogany |
| MORACEAE | Ficus | aurea | Strangler Fig |
| Ficus | citrifolia | Shortleaf Fig | |
| MYRICACEAE | Myrica | cerifera | Wax myrtle |
| MYRSINACEAE | Ardisia | escallonioides | Marlberry |
| Myrsine | floridana | Myrsine | |
| MYRTACEAE | Calyptranthes | pallens | Spicewood |
| Calyptranthes | zuzygium | Myrtle-of-the-River | |
| Eugenia | axillaris | White Stopper | |
| Eugenia | confusa | Red-berry Stopper | |
| Eugenia | foetida | Spanish Stopper | |
| Eugenia | rhombea | Red Stopper | |
| Myrcianthes | fragrans | Simpson Stopper | |
| Psidium | longipes | Long-stalked Stopper | |
| NYCTAGINACEAE | Guapira | discolor | Blolly |
| Pisonia | aculeata | Cockspur | |
| Pisonia | rotundata | Pisonia | |
| OLACACEAE | Schoepfia | chrysophylloides | Gulf Graytwig |
| Ximenia | americana | Hog Plum | |
| OLEACEAE | Forestiera | segregata | Florida Privet |
| Forestiera | segregata | Pineland Privet | |
| ORCHIDACEAE | Encyclia | tampensis | Butterfly Orchid |
| Vanilla | barbellata | Leafless Vanilla | |
| PASSIFLORACEAE | Passiflora | suberosa | Corky-stemmed Passion Flower |
| PHYTOLACCAC | Rivina | humilis | Rouge Plant |
| PINACEAE | Pinus | elliottii | Slash Pine |
| PIPERACEAE | Peperomia | obtusifolia | Peperomia |
| POACEAE | Lasiacis | divaricata | Wild Bamboo |
| Tripsacum | floridanum | Florida Gamma Grass | |
| POLYGONACEAE | Coccoloba | diversifolia | Pigeon Plum |
| PTERIDOPHYTA | Acrostichum | danaeifolium | Leather Fern |
| Adiantum | tenerum | Maidenhair Fern | |
| Anemia | adiantifolia | Pineland Fern | |
| Campyloneurum | phyllitidis | Strap Fern | |
| Nephrolepis | exaltata | Wild Boston Fern | |
| Phlebodium | aureum | Serpent Fern | |
| Pleopeltis | polypodioides | Ressurection Fern | |
| Psilotum | nudum | Whisk Fern | |
| Thelypteris | kunthii | Wood Fern | |
| RHAMNACEAE | Colubrina | elliptica | Soldierwood |
| Krugiodendron | ferreum | Black Ironwood | |
| Reynosia | septentrionalis | Darling Plum | |
| ROSACEAE | Prunus | myrtifolia | West Indian Cherry |
| RUBIACEAE | Casasia | clusiifolia | Seven-year Apple |
| Chiococca | alba | Snowberry | |
| Chiococca | parvifolia | Pineland Snowberry | |
| Erithalis | fruticosa | Black Torch | |
| Ernodia | littoris | Golden Creeper | |
| Guettarda | elliptica | Everglades Velvetseed | |
| Guettarda | scabra | Rough Velvetseed | |
| RUBIACEAE | Hamelia | patens | Firebush |
| Morinda | royoc | Mouse's Pineapple | |
| Psychotria | ligustrifolia | Wild Coffee | |
| Psychotria | nervosa | Wild Coffee | |
| Psychotria | punctata | Wild Coffee | |
| Randia | aculeata | Randia, White Indigoberry | |
| Strumphia | maritima | Pride-of-Big-Pine | |
| RUTACEAE | Amyris | elemifera | Torchwood |
| Zanthoxylum | coriaceum | Biscayne Prickly Ash | |
| Zanthoxylum | fagara | Wild Lime | |
| Zanthoxylum | flavum | Satinwood | |
| SAPINDACEAE | Cupania | glabra | Florida Cupania |
| Dodonaea | viscosa | Varnish Leaf | |
| Exothea | paniculata | Inkwood | |
| Hypelate | trifoliata | White Ironwood | |
| Sapindus | saponaria | Soapberry | |
| SAPOTACEAE | Bumelia | celastrina | Saffron Plum |
| Chrysophyllum | oliviforme | Satin Leaf | |
| Diopholis | salicifolia | Willow Bustic | |
| Manilkara | bahamensis | Wild Dilly | |
| Mastichodendron | foetidissimum | Mastic | |
| SIMAROUBACEAE | Alvaradoa | amorphoides | Mexican Alvaradoa |
| Picramnia | pentandra | Bitterbush | |
| Simarouba | glauca | Paradise Tree | |
| SOLANACEAE | Lycium | carolinianum | Christmas Berry |
| SURIANACEAE | Suriana | maritima | Bay Cedar |
| TAXOPIACEAE | Toxidium | distichum | Bald-cypress |
| THEOPHRASTACEAE | Jacquinia | keyensis | Joewood |
| ULMACEAE | Trema | micranthum | Florida Trema |
| VERBENACEAE | Callicarpa | americana | Beauty Berry |
| Citharexylum | fruticosum | Fiddlewood | |
| Lantana | involucrata | Wild Sage | |
| VITACEAE | Parthenenocissus | quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |
| Vitis | munsonia | Muscadine Grape | |
| ZAMIACEAE | Zamia | pumila | Coontie |
| ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | Guaiacum | sanctum | Lignum Vitae |