149 Collection Holdings native to Peru:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
- Pachystachys lutea
- South America
- Streblacanthus amoenus - Peru
Alismataceae
- Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America
Alstroemeriaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Alstroemerieae
- Alstroemeria pulchella - Peru to C. Chile
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hippeastreae
- Zephyranthes rosea - Colombia to Peru
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Stenomesseae
- Eucharis candida
- Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia
- Rauhia multiflora - Peru W/C
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 - Mex. to Panama
- Syngonium vellozianum - northern South America
- Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae
- Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae
- Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
- Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Spathicarpeae
- Taccarum weddellianum
- WC. Brazil to Paraguay
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae
- Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Spathiphylleae
- Spathiphyllum floribundum - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
- cosmopolitan
Aristolochiaceae
Subfamily Aristolchioideae
Tribe Aristolochieae
- Aristolochia littoralis
- Brazil
- Aristolochia ringens
- northern South America, naturalized in Central America & Caribbean
Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Heliantheae
- Sphagneticola trilobata
- West Indies, central America and northern South America
Subfamily Barnesioideae
Tribe Barnedesieae
- Barnadesia dombeyana - Peru
Basellaceae
Subfamily Anredereae
- Anredera baselloides - Ecuador & Peru
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae
- Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
- Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Delostoma integrifolium - W. South America to NW. Venezuela
- Tecoma stans
- tropical America
Bixaceae
- Bixa orellana
- Tropical America
Boraginaceae
Subfamily Heliotropioideae
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily Bromelioideae
- Aechmea chantinii
- Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
- Ananas comosus
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Pitcairnioideae
- Fosterella penduliflora - Peru
- Pitcairnia heterophylla
- Mexico to Peru
Subfamily Tillandsioideae
- Tillandsia purpurea
- Atacama desert / coastal Peru
- Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Browningia hertlingianus - Peru
- Cleistocactus fieldianus - Peru W/C
- Espostoa ritteri - Rio Maranon, Peru W/C
- Espostoa senilis - Peru, Ancash
- Haageocereus chryseus - Peru W/C
- Matucana calliantha
- Peru
- Matucana madisoniorum
- Peru
- Weberbauerocereus rauhii - Peru - Nazca Valley W/C
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Neoraimondia arequipensis - Peru W/C
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
- Selenicereus wittii
- Brazil
W/C
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
- Canna jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
Clusiaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae
- Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Geogenanthus poeppigii - N. Brazil to Peru
- Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Convolvuleae
- Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America
Costaceae
- Monocostus uniflorus - northern Peru
Cyclanthaceae
Subfamily Carludovicioideae
- Asplundia schizotepala - Ecuador to Peru and W. Brazil W/C
- Carludovica palmata
- Mexico to Boliva
- Ludovia integrifolia
- Nicaragua to Peru
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum myriochaetum
- Mexico, Mesoamerica
Ericaceae
Subfamily Vaccinioideae
Tribe Vaccinieae
- Ceratostema rauhii
- Peru
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae
- Dalechampia spathulata
- Mexico to Peru
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae
- Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae
- Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae
- Hevea brasiliensis - South 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
Gnetaceae
- Gnetum urens - southern tropical America
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia rostrata
- Peru, Ecuador
- Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican
- southern Tropical America
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
- Salvia discolor
- Peru
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 Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
- Gossypium barbadense
- Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Wercklea ferox - Costa Rica
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
Moraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae
- Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Xylobium variegatum
- S. Trop. America
- Lycaste macrophylla 'Hermarl' - N. & W. South America
- Mormolyca rufescens
- tropical America
- Oncidium cristatum - Ecuador to Peru
- Oncidium fuscatum - Panama to Peru and N. Brazil
- Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
- Gongora scaphephorus - Ecuador to Peru
- Stanhopea marizana - Peru (Cusco)
- Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
- Stanhopea nigripes - Peru
- Zygopetalum maculatum
- Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Cattleya iricolor - Ecuador to Peru
- Epidendrum rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Acianthera aphthosa
- W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
- Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
- Masdevallia veitchiana - Peru - near Machu Pichu
- Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
- Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis restrepioides - SW. Colombia to N. Peru
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranchideae
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
- Vanilla pompona
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Oxalidaceae
- Oxalis teneriensis
- Peru
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
- Passiflora trifasciata - Peruvian Amazon
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
- Trichostigma peruvianum
- Peruvian Andes
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia dolabriformis - Peru
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- tropical America and S. Florida
- Peperomia serpens
- Mexico to South America
- Peperomia tetragona - Peru
- 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
Polemoniaceae
Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cantueae
- Cantua quercifolia - Peru, Boliva, n Chile
Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cobaeeae
- Cobaea scandens
- tropical America
Polygonaceae
Subfamily Eriogonoideae
- Antigonon leptopus
- Mexico & central America
Pontederiaceae
- Eichhornia crassipes
- Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
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 Juanulloeae
- Juanulloa aurantiaca
- South America
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum pimpinellifolium - Ecuador & Peru, naturalized elsewhere
Urticaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Lecantheae
- Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America
Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae
- Urera baccifera
- American tropics and into the subtropics
Verbenaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Petreae
- Petrea volubilis
- Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
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