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Collection Holdings native to Cayman Is.:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Bignoniaceae

        Subfamily
        Tribe Crescentieae

        • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

        Subfamily
        Tribe Tecomeae

        • Tecoma stans - tropical America

        Bromeliaceae

          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

          • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
          • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America

          Burseraceae

          • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

          Capparaceae

          • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

            Euphorbiaceae

              Subfamily Acalyphoideae
              Tribe Acalypheae

              • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Malvoideae
                Tribe Gossypieae

                • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                Myrtaceae

                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                  Tribe Myrteae

                  • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                  • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                  Orchidaceae

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Epidendreae

                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

                    Passifloraceae

                      Subfamily Turneroideae

                      • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                      Phyllanthaceae

                        Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                        Tribe Phyllantheae

                        • Phyllanthus angustifolius - Jamiaca, Cayman Islands

                        Phytolaccaceae

                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                        Poaceae

                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                          Tribe Paniceae

                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                          • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                          Verbenaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Lantaneae

                            • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Petreae

                            • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                            Vitaceae

                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                              • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 23 accessions native to Cayman Is.

                              W/C = Wild Collected
                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                              = images available for this accession
                              = map available for this accession
                              = accession added within past 90 days

                              data regenerated on Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:08:08 -0400

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