''Echites'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

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Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to

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, the

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, and the US State of

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/ref>Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Echites umbellatus''
/ref> ;Species Over 500 names have been published for species, subspecies, and varieties within ''Echites'', but most have been relegated to synonymy or moved to other genera. The following are currently accepted # ''

Echites agglutinatus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Jacq. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands # ''

Echites brevipedunculatus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Lippold - Cuba # ''

Echites cajalbanicus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Lippold - Cuba # ''

Echites candelarianus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' J.F.Morales - Costa Rica # ''

Echites darienensis ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' J.F.Morales - Panama # ''

Echites puntarenensis ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' J.F.Morales - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica # ''

Echites turbinatus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Woodson - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama # ''

Echites tuxtlensis ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Standl. - Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras # ''

Echites umbellatus ''Echites umbellatus'' is a flowering climber, belonging to subfamily Apocynoideae of the family Apocynaceae and has the English common name devil's potato. It was first described in 1760 by Dutch botanist, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. The speci ...

'' Jacq. - Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Turks & Caicos Islands, Colombian islands in the Western Caribbean # ''

Echites woodsonianus ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Monach. - Michoacán, Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica # ''

Echites yucatanensis ''Echites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. ;Species Over 500 names have been publishe ...

'' Millsp. ex Standl. - Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Jalisco, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q944722 Apocynaceae genera Echiteae