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Collection Holdings from Central America:

Includes:

  1. BLZ: Belize
  2. COS: Costa Rica
  3. CPI: Central American Pacific Is.
  4. ELS: El Salvador
  5. GUA: Guatemala
  6. HON: Honduras
  7. NIC: Nicaragua
  8. PAN: Panama

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Alismataceae

    • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Stenomesseae

        • Phaedranassa Carmiolii - Costa Rica

        Annonaceae

          Subfamily Annonoideae
          Tribe Annoneae

          • Annona reticulata - central America

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Asclepiadeae

            • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Plumerieae

            • Allamanda cathartica - South America
            • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
            • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Caladieae

              • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Syngonium vellozianum - northern South America
              • Syngonium wendlandii - Costa Rica
              • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Dieffenbachieae

              • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Philodendreae

              • Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium - E. Mexico to Honduras
              • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru
              • Philodendron verrucosum - Costa Rica to Peru

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Lasioideae

              • Dracontium spruceanum - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

              Subfamily Lemnoideae

              • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
              • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
              • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

              Subfamily Monsteroideae
              Tribe Monstereae

              • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
              • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
              • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

              Subfamily Monsteroideae
              Tribe Spathiphylleae

              • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

              Subfamily Pothoideae
              Tribe Anthurieae

              • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
              • Anthurium crystallinum - Panama to Colombia
              • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
              • Anthurium pendens - Panama to Colombia (Choco)
              • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
              • Anthurium pseudospectabile - western Panama: Cerro Hornito 1200m W/C
              • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America
              • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Aristolochiaceae

                  Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                  Tribe Aristolochieae

                  • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

                  Asparagaceae

                    Subfamily Agavoideae
                    Tribe Agaveae

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

                    Asteraceae

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Eupatorieae

                      • Bartlettina sordida - Mexico - Puebla, Morelos and Oaxaca states

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Heliantheae

                      • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Neurolaeneae

                      • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Senecioneae

                      • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                      Begoniaceae

                      • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                      • Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
                      • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                      • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras
                      • Begonia thiemei - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

                      Bignoniaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Bignonieae

                        • Bignonia magnifica - Panama to N. Venezuela and Ecuador
                        • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Crescentieae

                        • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Tecomeae

                        • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                        Bixaceae

                        • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                        Bromeliaceae

                          Subfamily Bromelioideae

                          • Aechmea allenii - Panama
                          • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                          Subfamily Hechtioideae

                          • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                          Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                          • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                          • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                          • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                          • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                          • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                          • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                          • Tillandsia xerographica - S. Mexico to C. America

                          Burseraceae

                          • Bursera schlechtendalii - Central America
                          • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                          Cactaceae

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Hylocereeae

                            • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Phyllocacteae

                            • Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. guatemalense - Guatemala
                            • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
                            • Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua

                            Cannaceae

                            • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                            • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                            • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                            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

                                Commelinaceae

                                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                                  Tribe Tradescantieae

                                  • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America
                                  • Callisia gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
                                  • Callisia warszewicziana - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Guatemala
                                  • Tradescantia spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                                  • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                                  • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                                  Costaceae

                                  • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                                  • Costus allenii - C. America to NW. Venezuela
                                  • Costus bracteatus - C. America
                                  • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                                  • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                                  • Costus malortieanus - Central America
                                  • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                                  • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                                  • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                                  • Costus vinosus - Panama W/C
                                  • Costus woodsonii - C. America to Colombia
                                  • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                                  Cupressaceae

                                    Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                    • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                    Cyclanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                      • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva
                                      • Ludovia integrifolia - Nicaragua to Peru

                                      Cyperaceae

                                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                        Tribe Cypereae

                                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                        Droseraceae

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

                                        Ebenaceae

                                        • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                        Equisetaceae

                                        • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                        • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                        • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
                                        • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                                        • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America
                                        • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                        Ericaceae

                                          Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                          Tribe Vaccinieae

                                          • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama

                                          Euphorbiaceae

                                            Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                            Tribe Plukenetieae

                                            • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Aleuritideae

                                            • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Jatropheae

                                            • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Manihoteae

                                            • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                            Fabaceae

                                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                              Tribe Acacieae

                                              • Acacia angustissima -
                                              • Vachellia cornigera - Mexico to Costa Rica
                                              • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                              Tribe Mimoseae

                                              • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                              • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere
                                              • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                              Gelsemiaceae

                                              • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                                              Gesneriaceae

                                                Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                Tribe Gesnerieae

                                                • Columnea ornata - Mesoamerica
                                                • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                                Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                Tribe Gloxinieae

                                                • Kohleria allenii - Panama and Costa Rica

                                                Goodeniaceae

                                                • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                                                Haemodoraceae

                                                  Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                                  • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                                  Heliconiaceae

                                                  • Heliconia psittacorum - Panama to S. Trop. America

                                                  Hydrocharitaceae

                                                  • Limnobium laevigatum - Central and South America; invasive in California
                                                  • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                                  Iridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                    Tribe Trimezieae

                                                    • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                                    Lamiaceae

                                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                      Tribe Mentheae

                                                      • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                                      Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                                      • Scutellaria argentata - Costa Rica

                                                      Lauraceae

                                                      • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                                      Lecythidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Lecythidoideae

                                                        • Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America

                                                        Lentibulariaceae

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

                                                        Lythraceae

                                                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                                                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                                                          • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                                          Malpighiaceae

                                                          • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America
                                                          • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                                                          Malvaceae

                                                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                            Tribe Adansonieae

                                                            • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                                            • Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
                                                            • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala

                                                            Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                                            Tribe Theobromeae

                                                            • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                                            • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America

                                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                            Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                            Tribe Hibisceae

                                                            • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                            Tribe Malveae

                                                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                                            Marantaceae

                                                            • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America to Ecuador
                                                            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                                            • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                                            • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                            Melastomataceae

                                                              Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                              Tribe Melastomeae

                                                              • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                              Menispermaceae

                                                                Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                                Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                                • Chondrodendron tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia

                                                                Menyanthaceae

                                                                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                                Metaxyaceae

                                                                • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                                Moraceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                                  • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                                  Muntingiaceae

                                                                  • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                                  Myricaceae

                                                                  • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                                  Myrtaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                                    Tribe Myrteae

                                                                    • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                                    • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                                    Orchidaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                                      Tribe Phragmipedieae

                                                                      • Phragmipedium longifolium - Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

                                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                      Tribe Arethuseae

                                                                      • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Sobralia decora x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                                      • Xylobium variegatum - S. Trop. America
                                                                      • Maxillariella houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                                                      • Maxillariella sanguinea - Costa Rica to W. Panama
                                                                      • Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                                      • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                                      • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                                      • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                                      • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                                      • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                                      • Cuitlauzina pulchella - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                                      • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                                      • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                                      • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                                      • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                                      • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                                                      • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                                                      • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                                      • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                                      • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                      Tribe Epidendreae

                                                                      • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                                      • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                      • Encyclia ambigua - Mexico (S. Chiapas) to W. Guatemala
                                                                      • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                      • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                      • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                      • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                      • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                                      • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Myrmecophila christinae - SE. Mexico to Belize
                                                                      • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                                      • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                                      • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                                      • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                                      • Restrepiella ophiocephala - S. Florida, S. Mexico to Colombia
                                                                      • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                                      • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                      • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                                      • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                      • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                      • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                      • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                                      Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                                      Tribe Vanilleae

                                                                      • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                      • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                                      Passifloraceae

                                                                        Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                        Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                        • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                                        Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                                        • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                                        Phytolaccaceae

                                                                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                                        Piperaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                          • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                          • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                                          • Peperomia urocarpa - Guatemala
                                                                          • Piper arboreum - South America
                                                                          • Piper cenocladum - Costa Rica and surrounding countries

                                                                          Plantaginaceae

                                                                            Subfamily
                                                                            Tribe Russelieae

                                                                            • Tetranema roseum - Mexico

                                                                            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
                                                                              • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                              Polygonaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                                • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                                Polypodiaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                                  Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                                  • Solanopteris brunei - western tropical South America

                                                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                                    Rhizophoraceae

                                                                                      Subfamily
                                                                                      Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                                      • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                                        Tribe Catesbaeeae

                                                                                        • Osa pulchra - E. Costa Rica to NW. Panama

                                                                                        Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                                        Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                                                        • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                        Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                                        • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                        Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                                        • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                                                        Rutaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                                          • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                                          Salviniaceae

                                                                                          • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                                                          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                                          Sapindaceae

                                                                                            Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                                            • Melicoccus bijugatus - El Salvador, Guatemala

                                                                                            Sapotaceae

                                                                                              Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                                              • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                                              Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                                              • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                                              • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                                                Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                                                Tribe Cestreae

                                                                                                • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                                Tribe Datureae

                                                                                                • Brugmansia versicolor - Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)

                                                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                                Tribe Solaneae

                                                                                                • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                                                Talinaceae

                                                                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                                                Urticaceae

                                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                                  Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                                                  • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical 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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                                                      • Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                                                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                                      Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                                        Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                                        Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                                        • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 256 accessions native to Central America

                                                                                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                                        = Currently Flowering
                                                                                                        = Image(s) Available
                                                                                                        = map available for this accession

                                                                                                        data regenerated on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 02:09:11 -0400

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