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Collection Holdings native to Chile Central:

Alstroemeriaceae

    Subfamily
    Tribe Alstroemerieae

    • Alstroemeria pulchella - Peru to C. Chile

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Araucariaceae

        • Araucaria araucana - SC. Chile to Argentina (Neuquén)

        Bromeliaceae

          Subfamily Bromelioideae

          • Ochagavia carnea - Chile (Valparaíso to La Araucanía)

          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

            • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

            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
            • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
            • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina

            Escalloniaceae

            • Escallonia rubra - Chile

            Gunneraceae

            • Gunnera tinctoria - C. & S. Chile to SW. Argentina

            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)

                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

                  Rosaceae

                    Subfamily Rosoideae
                    Tribe Potentilleae

                    • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                    Solanaceae

                      Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                      • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 26 accessions native to Chile Central

                        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 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:08:09 -0500

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