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Collection Holdings native to Guyana:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema schomburgkianum - Guyana

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Anacardiaceae

        Subfamily Anacardioideae

        • Anacardium occidentale - northeastern Brazil

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Asclepiadeae

          • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Plumerieae

          • Allamanda cathartica - South America
          • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Caladieae

            • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Dieffenbachieae

            • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Philodendreae

            • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Monstereae

            • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
            • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Agavoideae
              Tribe Agaveae

              • 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 Senecioneae

                • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bignonieae

                  • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                  • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                  Bixaceae

                  • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                  Bromeliaceae

                    Subfamily Brochinioideae

                    • Brocchinia reducta - Venezuela (Bolívar) to Guyana & Brazil (Roraima)

                    Subfamily Bromelioideae

                    • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                    • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                    • Vriesea splendens - Trinidad-Tobago to N. South America

                    Burseraceae

                    • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                    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.

                      Clusiaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Clusieae

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

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Cresseae

                          • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                          Costaceae

                          • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                          • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                          • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                            Dioscoreaceae

                            • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                            Droseraceae

                            • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Jatropheae

                              • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Faboideae
                                Tribe Phaseoleae

                                • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America

                                Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                Tribe Acacieae

                                • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                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 Gloxinieae

                                  • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                  Gnetaceae

                                  • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                  Haemodoraceae

                                    Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                    • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Heliconiaceae

                                    • 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
                                      • Utricularia humboldtii - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela

                                      Malvaceae

                                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                        Tribe Adansonieae

                                        • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                        • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                        Marantaceae

                                        • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                        • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                        • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                        • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                        Menispermaceae

                                          Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                          Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                          Metaxyaceae

                                          • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                          Orchidaceae

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                            • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                            • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                            • Gongora histrionica - Colombia to N. South America
                                            • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                            • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                            • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                            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

                                              Piperaceae

                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                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

                                                  Pontederiaceae

                                                  • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                    • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                    Rapateaceae

                                                      Subfamily Saxofridericioideae
                                                      Tribe Saxofridericieae

                                                      • Stegolepis ferruginea - Guyana
                                                      • Stegolepis ferruginea - Guyana W/C

                                                      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 cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                          • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                          Salviniaceae

                                                          • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                          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

                                                              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 101 accessions native to Guyana

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

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