UCONN UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Plant Biodiversity Conservatory and Research Core

  • Collections
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Outreach
  • Visiting
  • Staff
  • IPM Info
  • Support the Greenhouse

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

          Combretaceae

            Subfamily Combretoideae
            Tribe Laguncularieae

            • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

            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

                  Menyanthaceae

                  • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                  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 nocturnum - S. Florida, 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 26 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 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:08:08 -0500

                                • © University of Connecticut
                                • Disclaimers, Privacy & Copyright