Collection Holdings native to Costa Rica:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Acantheae
- Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America
Alismataceae
- Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Stenomesseae
- Phaedranassa Carmiolii
- Costa Rica
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae
- Asclepias curassavica
- Trop. America
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae
- Allamanda cathartica
- South America
- Cascabela thevetia
- tropical America
- Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae
- Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
- Syngonium vellozianum - northern South America
- Syngonium wendlandii - Costa Rica
- Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae
- Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae
- Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Lasioideae
- Dracontium spruceanum - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae
- Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
- Monstera deliciosa
- Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Spathiphylleae
- Spathiphyllum phryniifolium
- C. America to Colombia
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium bakeri
- Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
- Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
- Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Anthurium wendlingeri
- SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Furcraea foetida - Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean
Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Heliantheae
- Sphagneticola trilobata
- West Indies, central America and northern South America
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Neurolaeneae
- Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Senecioneae
- Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
- Mexico
Begoniaceae
- Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
- Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae
- Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
- Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America
Subfamily
Tribe Crescentieae
- Crescentia cujete - tropical America
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Tecoma stans
- tropical America
Bixaceae
- Bixa orellana
- Tropical America
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily Bromelioideae
- Ananas comosus
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Pitcairnioideae
- Pitcairnia heterophylla
- Mexico to Peru
Subfamily Tillandsioideae
- Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
- Tillandsia bulbosa
- Trop. America
- Tillandsia ionantha
- Mexico to Nicaragua
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
Burseraceae
- Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
W/C
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
- Canna tuerckheimii
- Mexico to Ecuador
W/C
Capparaceae
- Quadrella cyanophallophora
- caribbean and s. Florida
Caricaceae
- Carica papaya
- tropical America
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Clusiaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae
- Clusia rosea
- Caribbean region
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Cochliostema odoratissimum
- C. & W. South America
- Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
- Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago
Costaceae
- Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
- Costus allenii - C. America to NW. Venezuela
- Costus bracteatus - C. America
- Costus lasius
- C. & S. Trop. America
- Costus malortieanus - Central America
- Costus pictus
- Mexico to C. America
- Costus scaber
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Dimerocostus strobilaceus
- C. & S. Trop. America
Cyclanthaceae
Subfamily Carludovicioideae
- Carludovica palmata
- Mexico to Boliva
- Ludovia integrifolia
- Nicaragua to Peru
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Droseraceae
- Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C
Ebenaceae
- Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
- Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
- Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
- Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
- Equisetum myriochaetum
- Mexico, Mesoamerica
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae
- Dalechampia spathulata
- Mexico to Peru
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae
- Garcia nutans - Colombia
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae
- Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae
- Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Sigmoidotropis speciosa
- central America to tropical South America
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Acacieae
- Vachellia cornigera
- Mexico to Costa Rica
- Vachellia farnesiana
- widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Mimoseae
- Mimosa pudica
- widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere
- Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean
Gesneriaceae
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gesnerieae
- Columnea ornata - Mesoamerica
- Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gloxinieae
- Kohleria allenii - Panama and Costa Rica
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Scutellarioideae
- Scutellaria argentata
- Costa Rica
Lauraceae
- Persea americana - southern Mexico
Lecythidaceae
Subfamily Lecythidoideae
- Couroupita guianensis
- C. & S. Trop. America
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Malpighiaceae
- Malpighia glabra
- Texas south to South America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Pachira aquatica
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
- Theobroma cacao
- Central & South America
- Theobroma cacao
- Central & South America
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
- Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Wercklea ferox - Costa Rica
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
- Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
- Mexico
Marantaceae
- Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America to Ecuador
- Maranta arundinacea
- Mexico to Trop. America
W/C
- Pleiostachya pruinosa
- SE. Mexico to Ecuador
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Melastomataceae
Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae
- Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador
Menyanthaceae
- Nymphoides indica
- tropical areas worldwide
Moraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae
- Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America
Muntingiaceae
- Muntingia calabura
- tropical America
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
- Psidium guajava
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae
- Phragmipedium longifolium
- Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Xylobium variegatum
- S. Trop. America
- Maxillariella sanguinea - Costa Rica to W. Panama
- Maxillariella tenuifolia
- Mexico to C. America
- Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
- Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
- Mormolyca ringens
- S. Mexico to C. America
- Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
- Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
- Cischweinfia dasyandra - Costa Rica to Ecuador
- Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Oncidium maculatum
- Mexico to C. America
- Gongora cassidea
- Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
- Stanhopea costaricensis
- Costa Rica, Panama
- Stanhopea ecornuta
- Costa Rica, Nicaragua
- Stanhopea wardii
- Nicaragua to Venezuela
- Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Brassavola nodosa
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
- Epidendrum rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
- Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
- Myrmecophila tibicinis
- Mexico to N. Venezuela
- Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
- Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
- Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
- Restrepiella ophiocephala - S. Florida, S. Mexico to Colombia
- Specklinia brighamii
- S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
- Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
- Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
- Vanilla planifolia
- Mexico to Colombia
- Vanilla pompona
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
Subfamily Turneroideae
- Turnera ulmifolia
- West Indies, Mexico
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- tropical America and S. Florida
- Piper cenocladum
- Costa Rica and surrounding countries
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
- Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil
Polemoniaceae
Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cobaeeae
- Cobaea scandens
- tropical America
Polygonaceae
Subfamily Eriogonoideae
- Antigonon leptopus
- Mexico & central America
Polypodiaceae
Subfamily Polypodioideae
Tribe non-grammitid ferns
- Solanopteris brunei
- western tropical South America
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
Rhizophoraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Rhizophoreae
- Rhizophora mangle
- tropical America
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Catesbaeeae
- Osa pulchra - E. Costa Rica to NW. Panama
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Coussareeae
- Coccocypselum cordifolium
- Costa Rica
- Coccocypselum hirsutum
- tropical America
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil
Rutaceae
Subfamily Toddalioideae
- Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America
Salviniaceae
- Azolla caroliniana
- Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Chrysophylloideae
- Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America
Subfamily Sapotoideae
Tribe Sapoteae
- Manilkara zapota
- Mexico to Colombia
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica
Talinaceae
- Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America
Urticaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Cecropieae
- Cecropia peltata
- Carribean, Tropical America
Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae
- Urera baccifera
- American tropics and into the subtropics
Verbenaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae
- Lantana camara
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Phyla scaberrima - Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean
Subfamily
Tribe Petreae
- Petrea volubilis
- Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus verticillata
- northern South America
Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily Zygophylloideae
Tribe Larreoideae
- Guaiacum sanctum
- Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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