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Collection Holdings native to Southwest Caribbean:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    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

      Euphorbiaceae

        Subfamily Crotonoideae
        Tribe Jatropheae

        • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

        Orchidaceae

          Subfamily Epidendroideae
          Tribe Epidendreae

          • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America

          Phyllanthaceae

            Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
            Tribe Phyllantheae

            • Phyllanthus angustifolius - Jamiaca, Cayman Islands

            Poaceae

              Subfamily Panicoideae
              Tribe Paniceae

              • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

              Verbenaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Lantaneae

                • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 9 accessions native to Southwest Caribbean

                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 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:08:38 -0500

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