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
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- 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 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
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Droseraceae
- Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA 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
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
- 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
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 rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
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
W/C = Wild Collected
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