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Collection Holdings native to Venezuelan Antilles:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Caladieae

      • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

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

        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 - Peru W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
            • Vriesea splendens - Trinidad-Tobago to N. South America

            Costaceae

            • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
            • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

            Malpighiaceae

            • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

            Marantaceae

            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C

            Orchidaceae

              Subfamily Epidendroideae
              Tribe Epidendreae

              • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
              • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

              Poaceae

                Subfamily Panicoideae
                Tribe Paniceae

                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                Verbenaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Lantaneae

                  • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 25 accessions native to Venezuelan 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 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:08:41 -0400

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