''Echites'' is a

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

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.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. 14 species are currently accepted. # '' Echites agglutinatus'' Jacq. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands # '' Echites asperoglottis'' – Mexico (México State, Michoacán, and Guerrero) # '' Echites brevipedunculatus'' Lippold - Cuba # '' Echites cajalbanicus'' Lippold - Cuba # '' Echites candelarianus'' J.F.Morales - Costa Rica # '' Echites darienensis'' J.F.Morales - Panama # '' Echites panduratus'' – northeastern Mexico to Costa Rica # '' Echites puntarenensis'' J.F.Morales - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica # '' Echites speciosissimus'' – Costa Rica and Panama # '' Echites turbinatus'' Woodson - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama # '' Echites tuxtlensis'' 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'' Monach. - Michoacán, Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica # '' Echites yucatanensis'' Millsp. ex Standl. - Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Jalisco, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q944722 Apocynaceae genera Echiteae