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Collection Holdings native to Puerto Rico:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Bignonieae

          • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

            Burseraceae

            • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Cactoideae
              Tribe Cereeae

              • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C

              Cannaceae

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

              Capparaceae

              • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

              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

                  Costaceae

                  • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                  • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Droseraceae

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

                    Dryopteridaceae

                    • Polystichum calderonense - Puerto Rico (endemic) W/C

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                      • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

                      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

                        Gesneriaceae

                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                          • Gesneria pedunculosa - Puerto Rico

                          Goodeniaceae

                          • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                          Heliconiaceae

                          • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Malpighiaceae

                          • Malpighia coccigera - West Indies
                          • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                            Tribe Adansonieae

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

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Gossypieae

                            • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                            Marantaceae

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

                            Marcgraviaceae

                              Subfamily Marcgravioideae

                              • Marcgravia rectiflora - Dominican Republic, Haiti

                              Menyanthaceae

                              • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                              Moraceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Dorstenieae

                                • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                Myricaceae

                                • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                Myrtaceae

                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                  Tribe Myrteae

                                  • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                    • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                    • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                    • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                    Passifloraceae

                                      Subfamily Turneroideae

                                      • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                      Phyllanthaceae

                                        Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                        Tribe Phyllantheae

                                        • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C

                                        Phytolaccaceae

                                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                        Piperaceae

                                          Subfamily Piperoideae

                                          • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                          • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to 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

                                            Rhizophoraceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                              • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                              Salviniaceae

                                              • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                              Solanaceae

                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                Tribe Solaneae

                                                • Solanum ensifolium - Sierra de Cayey in central Puerto Rico

                                                Talinaceae

                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                Urticaceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Lecantheae

                                                  • Pilea inaequalis - West Indies
                                                  • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South 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

                                                      Zamiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                        Tribe Zamieae

                                                        • Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles

                                                        Zygophyllaceae

                                                          Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                          Tribe Larreoideae

                                                          • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 76 accessions native to Puerto Rico

                                                          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 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:08:32 -0500

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