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

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Opuntioideae
            Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

            • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Equisetaceae

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

              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

                  Salviniaceae

                  • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                  Solanaceae

                    Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                    • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                    Vitaceae

                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 24 accessions native to Chile Central

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

                      data regenerated on Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:08:09 -0500

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