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Collection Holdings native to Netherlands Antilles:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Subfamily Monsteroideae
      Tribe Monstereae

      • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Furcraea foetida - Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America

            Capparaceae

            • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

            Clusiaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Clusieae

              • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

              Combretaceae

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                  Tribe Acacieae

                  • 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

                  Malpighiaceae

                  • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                  Orchidaceae

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Epidendreae

                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America

                    Passifloraceae

                      Subfamily Turneroideae

                      • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                      Verbenaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Lantaneae

                        • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 17 accessions native to Netherlands Antilles

                        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 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:08:29 -0500

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