Collection Holdings from Caribbean:
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Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Pachystachys lutea
- West Indies, South America
Alismataceae
- Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America
- Sagittaria graminea
- E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A., W. Cuba
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 Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
- Wolffia columbiana
- N & S America
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae
- Monstera adansonii
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
Arecaceae
Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae
- Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba
Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Heliantheae
- Sphagneticola trilobata
- West Indies, central America and northern South America
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
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
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 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 jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
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 Tradescantieae
- Tripogandra multiflora
- Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Ipomoeeae
- Ipomoea horsfalliae
- West Indies
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
- Drosera intermedia - Mt. Roraima, Venezuela 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 cornigera
- Mexico to Costa Rica
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia caribaea
- Caribbean
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
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
- Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa
Marantaceae
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
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
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Catasetum integerrimum
- Mexico to C. America, Cuba
- 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 rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Myrmecophila humboldtii - S. Caribbean to Venezuela
- 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 pallens - Florida, Cuba, Domincian Republic, Haiti
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 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
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
- Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America
Schoepfiaceae
- Schoepfia chrysophylloides - Florida W/C
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies
Subfamily Solanoideae
- Solandra longiflora - Cuba, Hispaniola
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum conocarpum
- St. John, US Virgin Islands
- Solanum conocarpum
- St. John, US Virgin Islands
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
Xyridaceae
- Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida
Zamiaceae
Subfamily Zamioideae
Tribe Zamieae
- Zamia floridana - Florida
- Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles
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