Latin name, Common
name
Synonym and/or Bartram’s name if otherwise
Aesculus parviflora Walter, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus
alba
Aesculus sylvatica Bartram, Painted Buckeye
Agarista
populifolia (Lam.) W.S.
Asclepias humistrata Walter, Pinewoods Milkweed or Purple
Milkweed
Asclepsias
carnosa
Asimina incana (Bartram) Exell, Showy Pawpaw
Annona
incana
Asimina pigmea (Bartram) Dunal, Dwarf Pawpaw
Annona
pigmea
Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G.L. Nesom, Climbing Aster
Aster
fructicosus
Bejaria racemosa Vent., Tarflower or Flyweed
Kalmia
spuria
Calamagrostis coarctata (Torr.) Eaton, Arctic Reedgrass (Grass Family)
Calamagrostis
cinnoides W. Bartram, nom. illeg.
Calydorea coelestina (Bartram) Goldblatt & Henrich, Bartram's Ixia (Iris Family)
Ixia
coelestina
Ceratiola ericoides Michx., 1803, Florida Rosemary or Sand Heath
Empetrum
album
Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bartram, Pipsissewa
Cirsium pumilum Spreng, Pasture Thistle (Aster Family)
Cirsium
odoratum (Muhl. ex W. Bartram)
Petr.
Cleome houteanna auct. non Schltdl., Spiderflower, which is synonymous with Cleome hassleriana Chod.
Cleome
lupinifolia Gilg & Benedict
Ditrysinia fruticosa (Bartram) Govaerts & Frodin, Gulf Sebastian-bush
Sebastiania fruticosa (Bartram) Fernald
Stillingia
fructicosa
Elliottia
racemosa Muhl. ex
Collected by William Bartram, but no known name
was given by him.
Epifagus virginiana (L.) W.
Bartram, Beechdrops
Franklinia
alatamaha Bartram ex Marsh.,
Frasera caroliniensis Walter, 1788, American Columbo (Gentian Family)
Frasera
officinalis W. Bartram
Galium triflorum Michx., Fragrant Bedstraw
Galium
pennsylvanicum W. Bartram
Garberia heterophylla (Bartram) Merr. & F. Harper, Garberia (Aster Family)
Cacalia
heterophylla Bartram
Heracleum maximum Bartram, Common Cowparsnip (Carrot Family)
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartram, Oakleaf
Hydrangea
Hymenocallis caroliniana (L.) Herbert, Cahaba,
Pancratium
fluitans
Hypericum adpressum Raf. ex W. Bartram, Creeping St. Johnswort
Hypericum
frondosum Michx., Golden St.
Johns Wort
Hypericum
aureum
Ilex vomitoria Aiton, Yaupon
Holly
Cassine
yapon
Illicium parviflorum Michx. ex
Vent., Yellow Anise Tree
Illisium
Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers., Twinleaf
Jeffersonia
W. Bartram
Kalmia hirsuta Walter, Hairy Laurel or Calico Bush
Kalmia
ciliata
Lespedeza repens (L.) W. Bartram, Creeping Lespedeza (Pea Family)
Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd. var. pilosa, Shaggy Blazing Star (Aster Family)
Liatris
graminifolia Willd. var. dubia
(W. Bartram) A. Gray
Lonicera canadensis Bartram ex Marsh., American Fly Honeysuckle
Lupinus villosus Willd., Lady
Lupine (Pea Family)
Lupinus
breunis
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram, American Water Horehound (Mint Family)
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch, Fetterbush Lyonia
Neopieris
nitida (Bartram ex Marsh.) Britton
Macranthera flammea (Bartram) Pennell, Flameflower (Foxglove Family)
Magnolia
fraseri Walter, Mountain Magnolia or Fraser Magnolia
Magnolia ariculata
Magnolia
macrophylla Michx., Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia
auriculata
Magnolia
pyramidata Bartram, Pyramid Magnolia
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small, Scentless Bayberry or Odorless Wax Myrtle
Myrica inodora Bartram
Nemastylis floridana Small, Fallflowering Pleatleaf or Celestial Lily (Iris Family)
Ixia Caelestina
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt., Prairie Pleatleaf
Ixia
acuta Bartram, nom. illeg., non
Ixia acuta Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.
Nyssa ogeche Bartram ex Marsh.,
Nyssa
Ogeeche
Oenothera grandiflora L'Hér. ex Aiton 1789, Large Flowered Evening Primrose
Oenothera
grandiflora
Piloblephis rigida (Bartram ex Benth.) Raf., Wild Pennyroyal (Mint Family)
Satureja
rigida Bartram ex Benth.
Pinckneya bracteata (Bartram) Raf., Fevertree
Bignonia
bracteata
Plantago pusilla Nutt., Dwarf Plantain
Plantago
hybrida W. Bartram
Populus deltoides Bartram ex
Marsh., Eastern Cottonwood
Prunella
vulgaris L. ssp. lanceolata (W. Bartram) Hultén, Lance Selfheal
Prunus angustifolia Marsh., Chickasaw Plum
Prunus
chickasaw
Pyrola chlorantha Sw., Greenflowered Wintergreen
Pyrola
convoluta W. Bartram
Quercus hemisphaerica Bartram ex Willd.,
Quercus
hemispherica
Quercus hemisphaerica Bartram ex Willd. var. maritima (Michx.)
C.H. Mull.,
Quercus
maritima (Michx.) Willd., non
Bartram
Quercus incana Bartram, Bluejack Oak or Upland Willow Oak
Quercus laurifolia Michx., Laurel Oak
Quercus
hemisphaerica auct. non Bartram ex
Willd.
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr., Flame Azalea
Azalea
flammula
Rhododendron minus Michx., Piedmont Rhododendron or Lesser Rose Bay
Rhododendron
ferrugineum
Corypha
Sabatia grandiflora (A. Gray) Small, Largeflower Rose Gentian or Savannah Pink
Chironia
pulcherrima
Sarracenia minor Walter, Hooded Pitcherplant
Saracinia
lacunosa
Corypha
repens
Stewartia ovata (Cav.) Weath., Mountain Camellia
Stewartia
Zenobia pulverulenta (Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard, Honeycup
Andromeda
pulverulenta
William Bartram is credited with the discovery where the author is W. Bartram while just Bartram seems to be used interchangeably, but should be used in reference to his father John Bartram although William Bartram was likely involved in making the actual discovery and initial collections.