Collection Holdings from Central America:
BLZ COS CPI ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
Alismataceae
- Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America
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
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae
- Syngonium podophyllum - Mex. to Panama
- 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
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
- 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 Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium bakeri
- Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
- Anthurium crystallinum - Panama to Colombia
- Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America
- Anthurium wendlingeri
- SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- 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
- Podachaenium eminens - Mexico to Central America
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Neurolaeneae
- Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica
Begoniaceae
- Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
- Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
- 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 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
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
- Tillandsia xerographica
- S. Mexico to C. America
Burseraceae
- Bursera schlechtendalii - Central America
- Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. guatemalense
- Guatemala
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
- Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Commelineae
- Commelina coelestis
- Mexico to C. America
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 comosus var. bakeri
- S. Mexico to Ecuador
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sempervivoideae
Tribe Sedeae
- Echeveria zorzaniana
- Mexico, Oaxaca
W/C
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
- Kyllinga 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
Eriocaulaceae
Subfamily Eriocauloideae
- Eriocaulon decangulare - southeastern US
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
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Vigna caracalla
- central America to tropical South America
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Acacieae
- Acacia angustissima
-
- Vachellia cornigera
- Mexico to Costa Rica
Gesneriaceae
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gesnerieae
- Columnea ornata - Mesoamerica
- Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gloxinieae
- Achimenes grandiflora 'Robert Dressler' - Panama
- Kohleria allenii - Panama and Costa Rica
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Hydrocharitaceae
- Limnobium laevigatum - Central and South America; invasive in California
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
Lecythidaceae
Subfamily Lecythidoideae
- Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America
Malpighiaceae
- Malpighia glabra
- Texas south to South America
- Stigmaphyllon ciliatum
- tropical America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba pentandra
- tropical America
- Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Pachira aquatica
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
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
- Wercklea ferox - Costa Rica
Marantaceae
- Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America 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
Moraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae
- Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
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
- Catasetum integerrimum
- Mexico to C. America, Cuba
- Catasetum maculatum
- C. America to N. Brazil
- Xylobium variegatum
- S. Trop. America
- Lycaste aromatica - Mexico to C. 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
- Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
- Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
- Cischweinfia dasyandra - Costa Rica to Ecuador
- Cuitlauzina pulchella - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
- Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Lockhartia oerstedii
- Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Oncidium fuscatum - Panama to Peru and N. Brazil
- Oncidium maculatum
- Mexico to C. America
- Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
- Acineta chrysantha
- SE. Mexico to C. America
- Gongora cassidea
- Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
- Gongora unicolor
- S. Mexico 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
- Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
- Brassavola nodosa
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Dinema polybulbon
- Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
- Encyclia ambigua
- Mexico (S. Chiapas) to W. Guatemala
- 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
- Guarianthe x guatemalense
- SE. Mexico to C. America
- Guarianthe x guatemalense
- SE. Mexico to C. America
- Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
- Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
- Myrmecophila tibicinis
- Mexico to N. Venezuela
- Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
- Scaphyglottis longicaulis
- C. America to NW. Ecuador
- Meiracyllium trinasutum - S. Mexico to Honduras
- 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 grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
- Stelis argentata - 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
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia serpens
- Mexico to South America
- Peperomia urocarpa
- Guatemala
- Piper arboreum
- South America
- Piper cenocladum
- Costa Rica and surrounding countries
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
Polemoniaceae
Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cobaeeae
- Cobaea scandens - tropical America
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
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 cordifolium
- Costa Rica
- Coccocypselum hirsutum
- tropical America
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Carapichea ipecacuanha
- Nicaragua to Brazil
Rutaceae
Subfamily Toddalioideae
- Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America
Salviniaceae
- Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America
Sapindaceae
Subfamily Sapindoideae
- Melicoccus bijugatus - El Salvador, Guatemala
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Chrysophylloideae
- Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae
- Brugmansia versicolor
- Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum appendiculatum - Mexico and Central 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 tiliacea - Mexico
Map (if present) was downloaded from Wikimedia Commons and modifed for usage here under a CC-SA license
data regenerated on Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:01:59 -0400