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Collection Holdings from Caribbean:

Includes:

  1. ARU: Aruba
  2. BAH: Bahamas
  3. BER: Bermuda
  4. CAY: Cayman Is.
  5. CUB: Cuba
  6. DOM: Dominican Republic
  7. HAI: Haiti
  8. JAM: Jamaica
  9. LEE: Leeward Is.
  10. NLA: Netherlands Antilles
  11. PUE: Puerto Rico
  12. SWC: Southwest Caribbean
  13. TCI: Turks-Caicos Is.
  14. TRT: Trinidad-Tobago
  15. VNA: Venezuelan Antilles
  16. WIN: Windward Is.

Alismataceae

  • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America

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 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 - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                  • 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 lemairei - Dominican Republic W/C
                    • 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

                      Combretaceae

                        Subfamily Combretoideae
                        Tribe Laguncularieae

                        • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                        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

                              • Kyllinga 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 Gesnerieae

                                    • Gesneria pedunculosa - Puerto Rico

                                    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 amethystina - Florida, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru
                                      • 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

                                                Menyanthaceae

                                                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                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

                                                    Orchidaceae

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                      • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                      • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                      • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean
                                                      • 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
                                                      • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. 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 pallens - Florida, Cuba, Domincian Republic, Haiti

                                                        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)
                                                            • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                            • 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

                                                              Polemoniaceae

                                                                Subfamily Cobaeoideae
                                                                Tribe Cobaeeae

                                                                • Cobaea scandens - tropical America

                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                  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

                                                                      Schoepfiaceae

                                                                      • Schoepfia chrysophylloides - Florida W/C

                                                                      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 - Sierra de Cayey in central Puerto Rico

                                                                        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 inaequalis - West Indies
                                                                          • 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

                                                                                Zingiberaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                                  Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                                  • Renealmia thyrsoidea - Costa Rica to Trinidad and W. South America

                                                                                  Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                    Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                    • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 141 accessions native to Caribbean

                                                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                    = Currently Flowering
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