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19 Collection Holdings native to Chile Central:

Bromeliaceae

    Subfamily Bromelioideae

    • Ochagavia carnea - Chile (Valparaíso to La Araucanía)

    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

    Ceratophyllaceae

    • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

    Elaeocarpaceae

    • Aristotelia chilensis - Chile

    Equisetaceae

    • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
    • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C

    Escalloniaceae

    • Escallonia rubra - Chile

    Juncaginaceae

    • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

    Myrtaceae

      Subfamily Myrtoideae
      Tribe Myrteae

      • Ugni molinae - C. & S. Chile to SW. Argentina

      Passifloraceae

        Subfamily Malesherbioideae

        • Malesherbia fasciculata - central Chile (endemic)

        Philesiaceae

        • Lapageria rosea - C. & SC. Chile

        Poaceae

          Subfamily Panicoideae
          Tribe Paniceae

          • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

          Pontederiaceae

          • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

          Salviniaceae

          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

          Tecophilaeaceae

          • Zephyra elegans - N. Chile (to Coquimbo)

          Tropaeolaceae

          • Tropaeolum hookerianum - central Chile (endemic)
          W/C = Wild Collected

          data regenerated on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:02:07 -0400

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