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Collection Holdings native to Ecuador:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
    • Pachystachys lutea - South America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Eucharideae

        • Eucharis candida - Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia
        • Urceolina x grandiflora - W. Colombia to W. Ecuador

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Asclepiadeae

          • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Plumerieae

          • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Caladieae

            • Caladium palacioanum - Ecuador
            • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
            • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Dieffenbachieae

            • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas
            • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Philodendreae

            • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
            • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru

            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
            • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Monstereae

            • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
            • Monstera dubia - tropical Central and South America

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Spathiphylleae

            • Spathiphyllum floribundum - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium andraeanum - Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia
            • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
            • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
            • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

            Aristolochiaceae

              Subfamily Aristolchioideae
              Tribe Aristolochieae

              • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Heliantheae

                • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Anredereae

                  • Anredera baselloides - Ecuador & Peru

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Bignonieae

                    • Bignonia magnifica - Panama to N. Venezuela and Ecuador
                    • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Tecomeae

                    • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                    Bixaceae

                    • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Bromelioideae

                      • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                      • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                      • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                      • Tillandsia caerulea - Peru, Ecuador
                      • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Phyllocacteae

                        • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                        Cannaceae

                        • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                        • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                        • Canna jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
                        • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                        Clusiaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Clusieae

                          • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C
                          • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                          Commelinaceae

                            Subfamily Commelinoideae
                            Tribe Tradescantieae

                            • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America

                            Costaceae

                            • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Costus asplundii - S. Colombia to Peru
                            • Costus chartaceus - SE. Colombia to E. Ecuador W/C
                            • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                            • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                            • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                            • 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

                                • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                Dioscoreaceae

                                • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                Equisetaceae

                                • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
                                • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                                • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                Ericaceae

                                  Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                  Tribe Vaccinieae

                                  • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
                                  • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia
                                  • Ceratostema silvicola - Ecuador
                                  • Macleania coccoloboides - Ecuador (endemic)
                                  • Macleania smithiana - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá

                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Jatropheae

                                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Manihoteae

                                    • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                    Fabaceae

                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                      Tribe Ingeae

                                      • Inga edulis - central and south America

                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                      Tribe Mimoseae

                                      • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                      Gesneriaceae

                                        Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                        Tribe Gesnerieae

                                        • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                        Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                        Tribe Gloxinieae

                                        • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                        Haemodoraceae

                                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                          • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                          Heliconiaceae

                                          • Heliconia rostrata - Peru, Ecuador
                                          • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - southern Tropical America

                                          Lecythidaceae

                                            Subfamily Lecythidoideae

                                            • Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America

                                            Lentibulariaceae

                                            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                            Malpighiaceae

                                            • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South America

                                            Malvaceae

                                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                              Tribe Adansonieae

                                              • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                              • 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

                                              Marantaceae

                                              • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                              • Calathea metallica - Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil
                                              • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                              • 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

                                                Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                Tribe Sonerileae

                                                • Monolena primuliflora - Ecuador, Peru

                                                Menispermaceae

                                                  Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                  Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                  • Chondrodendron tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia

                                                  Metaxyaceae

                                                  • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                  Moraceae

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                    • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                    Muntingiaceae

                                                    • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                    Myrtaceae

                                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                      Tribe Myrteae

                                                      • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                      Orchidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                        Tribe Phragmipedieae

                                                        • Phragmipedium longifolium - Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                        • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                        • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                        • Brassia jipijapensis - Ecuador (Manabí)
                                                        • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                        • Gongora rufescens - Colombia to Ecuador
                                                        • Gongora scaphephorus - Ecuador to Peru
                                                        • Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
                                                        • Pescatoria wallisii - W. Ecuador

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Epidendreae

                                                        • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                        • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                        • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                        • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                        • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                        • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                        • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                        • Pleurothallis prolaticollaris - north central Ecuador
                                                        • Pleurothallis titan - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá
                                                        • Pleurothallis truncata - Ecuador
                                                        • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                        • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
                                                        • Zootrophion hirtzii - NC. Ecuador

                                                        Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                        Tribe Cranchideae

                                                        • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                        Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                        Tribe Vanilleae

                                                        • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                        Passifloraceae

                                                          Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                          Tribe Passifloreae

                                                          • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                          Phytolaccaceae

                                                          • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America
                                                          • Trichostigma peruvianum - Peruvian Andes

                                                          Piperaceae

                                                            Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                            • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                            • Peperomia prostrata - Ecuador

                                                            Poaceae

                                                              Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                              Tribe Paniceae

                                                              • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                              • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                                • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                                Rhizophoraceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                  • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                    Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                    • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum - S. Trop. America

                                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                    Tribe Posoquerieae

                                                                    • Posoqueria longiflora - S. Trop. America

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                    • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                    Salviniaceae

                                                                    • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                    Solanaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                      • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                      Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                      • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                      Tribe Datureae

                                                                      • Brugmansia pittieri - Colombia - high and geographically isolated Indian village of Sibundoy W/C
                                                                      • Brugmansia versicolor - Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)

                                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                      Tribe Physaleae

                                                                      • Iochroma cyaneum Royal Blue - Ecuador

                                                                      Urticaceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                                                        • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                        Verbenaceae

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                          • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Petreae

                                                                          • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                          Vitaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                            • Cissus alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                            • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 160 accessions native to Ecuador

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

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