Collection Holdings from Caribbean:
Includes:
- ARU: Aruba
- BAH: Bahamas
- BER: Bermuda
- CAY: Cayman Is.
- CUB: Cuba
- DOM: Dominican Republic
- HAI: Haiti
- JAM: Jamaica
- LEE: Leeward Is.
- NLA: Netherlands Antilles
- PUE: Puerto Rico
- SWC: Southwest Caribbean
- TCI: Turks-Caicos Is.
- TRT: Trinidad-Tobago
- VNA: Venezuelan Antilles
- WIN: Windward Is.
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae
- Alternanthera brasiliana
- West Indies to Brazil
Annonaceae
Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Annoneae
- Rollinia exsucca
- French Guiana, Trinidad
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae
- Asclepias curassavica
- Trop. America
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae
- Dieffenbachia amoena cv.
- tropical Americas
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae
- Philodendron tripartitum
- Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
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
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium cubense
- Cuba, Central America
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
- cosmopolitan
Arecaceae
Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae
- Sabal palmetto
- SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba
Begoniaceae
- Begonia cubensis
- Cuba
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 Bromelioideae
- Billbergia pyramidalis
- Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil
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
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Vriesea splendens
- Trinidad-Tobago to N. South America
Burseraceae
- Bursera simaruba
- Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Cereus repandus
- S. America
- Melocactus intortus
- North Caicos Isl.
W/C
- Melocactus matanzanus
- Cuba
- Pilosocereus polygonus
- Dominican Republic
W/C
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus
- central & south America
W/C
Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae
- Pereskia aculeata - West Indies
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
- Canna indica
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
W/C
- 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
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Tripogandra multiflora
- Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Ipomoeeae
- Ipomoea horsfalliae
- West Indies
Costaceae
- Costus aff. guanaiensis
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
- Costus scaber
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Costus spicatus
- Mexico, Caribbean
W/C
- Dimerocostus strobilaceus
- C. & S. Trop. America
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Dennstaedtiaceae
- Dennstaedtia bipinnata - Central and South America, West Indies
- Dennstaedtia cicutaria - Central & South America, West Indies
Droseraceae
- Drosera capillaris
- Liberty County, Florida, USA
W/C
Dryopteridaceae
- Polystichum calderonense
- Puerto Rico (endemic)
W/C
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae
- Acalypha chamaedrifolia
- S. Florida to Caribbean
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Rhynchosia phaseoloides
- South America
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 Gloxinieae
- Kohleria hirsuta
- Colombia
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia caribaea
- Caribbean
Hydrocharitaceae
- Vallisneria americana
- N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba
- Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Lythraceae
Subfamily Lythroideae
Tribe Nesaeeae
- Heimia salicifolia
- tropical America
Malpighiaceae
- Malpighia coccigera
- West Indies
- 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
- Pseudobombax ellipticum
- eastern Mexico to Guatemala
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 variegata
- Trinidad to S. Trop. America
W/C
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Marcgraviaceae
Subfamily Marcgravioideae
- Marcgravia rectiflora
- Dominican Republic, Haiti
Melastomataceae
Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae
- Arthrostemma ciliatum
- Colombia, Ecuador
Meliaceae
Subfamily Cedreloideae
- Swietenia mahogani - Caribbean, South Florida
Moraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae
- Dorstenia contrajerva
- central and south America
Subfamily
Tribe Ficeae
- Ficus aurea
- Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama
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
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Catasetum pileatum
- northern South America
- Mormolyca rufescens
- tropical America
- Brassia maculata majus
- S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
- Oncidium altissimum
- Caribbean
- Stanhopea grandiflora
- tropical South America
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Brassavola cucullata
- Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
- Brassavola nodosa
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Caularthron bicornutum
- northeastern South America
- Epidendrum rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Epidendrum schlecterianum
- Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia brighamii
- S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
- Specklinia tribuloides
- Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
- Stelis quadrifida
- Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
- Passiflora incarnata
- south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
Subfamily Turneroideae
- Turnera ulmifolia
- West Indies, Mexico
Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
Tribe Phyllantheae
- Phyllanthus angustifolius
- Jamiaca, Cayman Islands
- Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus
- Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas
W/C
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia clusiifolia - West Indies, Venezuela
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- tropical America and S. Florida
- Peperomia rubella
- Jamaica (endemic)
- Piper arboreum
- 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
- Panicum sphaerocarpon
- SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica
- Europe, Asia, and Africa
Subfamily Vittarioideae
- Adiantum macrophyllum
- tropical Central and South America, Caribbean
Rhizophoraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Rhizophoreae
- Rhizophora mangle
- tropical America
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Catesbaeeae
- Cubanola domingensis
- Dominican Republic (endemic)
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
Salviniaceae
- Azolla caroliniana
- Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
- Salvinia auriculata
- Tropical America
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum
- West Indies
Subfamily Petunioideae
- Brunfelsia undulata
- Jamaica
W/C
Subfamily Solanoideae
- Solandra longiflora
- Cuba, Hispaniola
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum conocarpum
- St. John, US Virgin Islands
- Solanum conocarpum
- St. John, US Virgin Islands
- Solanum ensifolium
- Puerto Rico
- Solanum ensifolium
- Sierra de Cayey in central Puerto Rico
W/C
Talinaceae
- Talinum paniculatum
- southern US toSouth America
Urticaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Cecropieae
- Cecropia peltata
- Carribean, Tropical America
Subfamily
Tribe Lecantheae
- Pilea depressa
- Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Pilea nummulariifolia
- West Indies, South America
Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae
- Urera baccifera
- American tropics and into the subtropics
Verbenaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Duranteae
- Duranta stenostachya
- Windward Islands
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 verticillata
- northern South America
Xyridaceae
- Xyris caroliniana
- Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
Zamiaceae
Subfamily Zamioideae
Tribe Zamieae
- Microcycas calocoma
- western Cuba (endemic)
- Zamia pumila
- Greater Antilles
Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily Zygophylloideae
Tribe Larreoideae
- Guaiacum sanctum
- Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
= Image(s) Available = map available for this accession
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