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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.

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

                                                    • 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
                                                    • 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 - Sierra de Cayey in central Puerto Rico W/C
                                                                    • Solanum ensifolium - 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 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
                                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 134 accessions native to Caribbean

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

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