The Plumeria Varieties and Cultivar Guide is your ultimate resource for exploring the fascinating diversity within the world of plumeria. Featuring an extensive selection of cultivars, this guide details each variety’s distinctive flower colors, alluring fragrances, growth habits, and botanical origins. Whether you seek vibrant reds, soft pastels, or exotic multicolor blossoms, this comprehensive catalog makes it easier than ever to identify, compare, and choose the perfect plumeria cultivars for your garden, collection, or nursery.
Plumeria Species
Accepted species
- Plumeria alba L. – Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles
- Plumeria clusioides Griseb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
- Plumeria cubensis Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
- Plumeria ekmanii Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
- Plumeria emarginata Griseb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
- Plumeria filifolia Griseb. – Cuba
- Plumeria inodora Jacq. – Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela (incl Venezuelan islands in Caribbean)
- Plumeria krugii Urb. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Puerto Rico
- Plumeria lanata Britton (a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
- Plumeria magna Zanoni & M.M.Mejía – Dominican Republic
- Plumeria montana Britton & P.Wilson (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba
- Plumeria obtusa L. – West Indies including Bahamas; southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Florida; naturalized in China
- Plumeria pudica Jacq. – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela (incl Venezuelan islands in Caribbean)
- Plumeria rubra L. – Mexico, Central America, Venezuela; naturalized in China, the Himalayas, West Indies, South America, and numerous oceanic islands
- Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. (now demoted to Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
- Plumeria × stenopetala Urb.
- Plumeria × stenophylla Urb. – Mexico and Central America
- Plumeria subsessilis A.DC. – Hispaniola
- Plumeria trinitensis Britton (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Cuba
- Plumeria tuberculata G.Lodd. (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson) – Hispaniola, Bahamas
- Plumeria venosa Britton (now a synonym of Plumeria obtusa L.) – Cuba