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Collection Holdings from Western South America:

Includes:

  1. BOL: Bolivia
  2. CLM: Colombia
  3. ECU: Ecuador
  4. GAL: Galapagos
  5. PER: Peru

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
    • Pachystachys lutea - South America
    • Streblacanthus amoenus - Peru

    Alstroemeriaceae

      Subfamily
      Tribe Alstroemerieae

      • Alstroemeria pulchella - Peru to C. Chile

      Amaranthaceae

        Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
        Tribe Gomphreneae

        • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

        Amaryllidaceae

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Eucharideae

          • Eucharis candida - Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia
          • Urceolina caucana - W. Colombia
          • Urceolina x grandiflora - W. Colombia to W. Ecuador

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Hippeastreae

          • Hippeastrum mandonii - Bolivia
          • Zephyranthes rosea - Colombia to Peru

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Stenomesseae

          • Rauhia multiflora - Peru (Cajamarca) W/C

          Anacardiaceae

            Subfamily Anacardioideae

            • Anacardium occidentale - northeastern Brazil

            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

                • Caladium palacioanum - Ecuador
                • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Dieffenbachieae

                • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas
                • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Philodendreae

                • Philodendron angustisectum - Colombia to Bolivia
                • Philodendron bipinnatifidum - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                • Philodendron brandtianum - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia
                • Philodendron gloriosum - Colombia
                • Philodendron grazielae - northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru
                • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
                • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
                • Philodendron patriciae - Colombia, Choco, Quibdo-Lloro W/C
                • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America
                • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Pisteae

                • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Spathicarpeae

                • Spathicarpa hastifolia - Brazil to N. Argentina
                • Taccarum weddellianum - WC. Brazil to Paraguay

                Subfamily Lasioideae

                • Dracontium spruceanum - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                Subfamily Lemnoideae

                • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
                • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

                Subfamily Monsteroideae
                Tribe Monstereae

                • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                • Monstera dubia - tropical Central and South America

                Subfamily Monsteroideae
                Tribe Spathiphylleae

                • Spathiphyllum floribundum - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru
                • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

                Subfamily Pothoideae
                Tribe Anthurieae

                • Anthurium andraeanum - Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia
                • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
                • Anthurium crystallinum - Panama to Colombia
                • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
                • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
                • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
                • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
                • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
                • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
                • Anthurium luxurians - Colombia, Peru
                • Anthurium pendens - Panama to Colombia (Choco)
                • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Anthurium veitchii - Colombia
                • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

                Araliaceae

                  Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                  • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                  Aristolochiaceae

                    Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                    Tribe Aristolochieae

                    • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil
                    • Aristolochia ringens - northern South America, naturalized in Central America & Caribbean

                    Asparagaceae

                      Subfamily Agavoideae
                      Tribe Agaveae

                      • Furcraea foetida - Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean

                      Asteraceae

                        Subfamily Asteroideae
                        Tribe Heliantheae

                        • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

                        Subfamily Asteroideae
                        Tribe Senecioneae

                        • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                        Subfamily Barnesioideae
                        Tribe Barnedesieae

                        • Barnadesia dombeyana - Peru

                        Basellaceae

                          Subfamily Anredereae

                          • Anredera baselloides - Ecuador & Peru

                          Begoniaceae

                          • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                          Bignoniaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Bignonieae

                            • Bignonia magnifica - Panama to N. Venezuela and Ecuador
                            • Clytostoma callistegioides - Southern Brazil, Argentina.
                            • 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

                            Boraginaceae

                              Subfamily Heliotropioideae

                              • Heliotropium arborescens Alba - Peru

                              Bromeliaceae

                                Subfamily Bromelioideae

                                • Aechmea brevicollis - SE. Colombia to N. Brazil
                                • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                                • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                                • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                                Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                                • Deuterocohnia brevifolia - Bolivia and northwest Argentina
                                • Fosterella penduliflora - Peru
                                • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                                • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                                Subfamily Puyoideae

                                • Puya laxa - Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
                                • Puya mirabilis - Bolivia to NW. Argentina W/C

                                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                                • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                                • Tillandsia caerulea - Peru, Ecuador
                                • Tillandsia heteromorpha - Peru
                                • Tillandsia purpurea - Atacama desert / coastal Peru
                                • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                                • Tillandsia stellifera - Peru
                                • 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

                                Burseraceae

                                • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                                Cactaceae

                                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                                  Tribe Cereeae

                                  • Browningia hertlingianus - Peru
                                  • Gymnocalycium pflanzii - Bolivia and Argentina W/C
                                  • Cleistocactus fieldianus - Peru W/C
                                  • Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp. arachnacantha - Bolivia and northern Argentina
                                  • Echinopsis subdenudata - Bolivia
                                  • Espostoa ritteri - Rio Maranon, Peru W/C
                                  • Espostoa senilis - Peru, Ancash
                                  • Haageocereus chryseus - Peru W/C
                                  • Matucana calliantha - Peru
                                  • Matucana madisoniorum - Peru
                                  • Oreocereus cf. celsianus - arid western South America
                                  • Weberbauerocereus rauhii - Peru - Nazca Valley W/C

                                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                                  Tribe Phyllocacteae

                                  • Neoraimondia arequipensis - Peru W/C
                                  • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
                                  • Selenicereus wittii - Brazil W/C

                                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                                  Tribe Rhipsalideae

                                  • Rhipsalis lorentziana - Bolivia W/C

                                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                                  Tribe Trichocereeae

                                  • Yungasocereus inquisivensis - Bolivia

                                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                  Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

                                  • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

                                  Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                  Tribe Opuntieae

                                  • Opuntia brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina

                                  Subfamily Pereskioideae
                                  Tribe Pereskieae

                                  • Pereskia sacharosa - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

                                  Cannaceae

                                  • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                                  • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                                  • Canna jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
                                  • Canna liliiflora - SE. Peru to Bolivia
                                  • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                                  Caricaceae

                                  • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                                  Ceratophyllaceae

                                  • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                                  Clusiaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Clusieae

                                    • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C
                                    • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                                    Commelinaceae

                                      Subfamily Commelinoideae
                                      Tribe Tradescantieae

                                      • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America
                                      • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                                      • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                                      Convolvulaceae

                                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                        Tribe Convolvuleae

                                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                        Tribe Cresseae

                                        • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                                        Costaceae

                                        • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                                        • Costus asplundii - S. Colombia to Peru
                                        • Costus chartaceus - SE. Colombia to E. Ecuador W/C
                                        • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                                        • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                                        • Costus productus - S. Colombia, Peru
                                        • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                                        • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                                        • Costus vargasii - Peru
                                        • Costus woodsonii - C. America to Colombia
                                        • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America
                                        • Monocostus uniflorus - northern Peru

                                        Cyclanthaceae

                                          Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                          • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva
                                          • Ludovia integrifolia - Nicaragua to Peru

                                          Cyperaceae

                                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                            Tribe Cypereae

                                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                            Dioscoreaceae

                                            • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                            Droseraceae

                                            • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C

                                            Ebenaceae

                                            • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                            Equisetaceae

                                            • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                            • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                                            • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
                                            • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                            • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                            Ericaceae

                                              Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                              Tribe Vaccinieae

                                              • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
                                              • Cavendishia adenophora - Colombia
                                              • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia
                                              • Ceratostema rauhii - Peru
                                              • Ceratostema silvicola - Ecuador
                                              • Macleania coccoloboides - Ecuador (endemic)
                                              • Macleania smithiana - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá

                                              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

                                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                                Tribe Manihoteae

                                                • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                                Tribe Micrandreae

                                                • Hevea brasiliensis - South America

                                                Fabaceae

                                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                                  Tribe Phaseoleae

                                                  • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America
                                                  • Erythrina crista-galli - S. America - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay.

                                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                  Tribe Acacieae

                                                  • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                  Tribe Ingeae

                                                  • Inga edulis - central and south America

                                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                  Tribe Mimoseae

                                                  • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere
                                                  • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                                  Gesneriaceae

                                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                    Tribe Episcieae

                                                    • Nautilocalyx lynchii - Colombia

                                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                    Tribe Gesnerieae

                                                    • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                    Tribe Gloxinieae

                                                    • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                                    Gnetaceae

                                                    • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                                    Haemodoraceae

                                                      Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                                      • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                                      Heliconiaceae

                                                      • Heliconia mutisiana - Colombia
                                                      • Heliconia rostrata - Peru, Ecuador
                                                      • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - southern Tropical America

                                                      Hydrocharitaceae

                                                      • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                                      Iridaceae

                                                        Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                        Tribe Trimezieae

                                                        • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                                        Lamiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                          Tribe Mentheae

                                                          • Salvia discolor - Peru

                                                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                                          • Scutellaria purpurascens subsp. verecunda - Colombia W/C

                                                          Lecythidaceae

                                                            Subfamily Lecythidoideae

                                                            • Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America

                                                            Lentibulariaceae

                                                            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                                            Loasaceae

                                                              Subfamily Loasoideae
                                                              Tribe Loaseae

                                                              • Presliophytum heucherifolium - Peru W/C

                                                              Lythraceae

                                                                Subfamily Lythroideae
                                                                Tribe Nesaeeae

                                                                • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                                                Malpighiaceae

                                                                • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South America
                                                                • 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
                                                                  • 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

                                                                  • Gossypium barbadense - Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere
                                                                  • Gossypium darwinii - Galapagos Islands (endemic)
                                                                  • 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 aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                  • Calathea metallica - Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil
                                                                  • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                                                  • Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America to Ecuador
                                                                  • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                                                  • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                                                  • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                                  Melastomataceae

                                                                    Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                                    Tribe Melastomeae

                                                                    • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                                    Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                                    Tribe Sonerileae

                                                                    • Monolena primuliflora - Ecuador, Peru

                                                                    Menispermaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                                      Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                                      • Chondrodendron tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia

                                                                      Metaxyaceae

                                                                      • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                                      Moraceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                                        • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                                        Muntingiaceae

                                                                        • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                                        Myrtaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                                          Tribe Myrteae

                                                                          • Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
                                                                          • Plinia cauliflora - Bolivia, SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                          • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                                          Orchidaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                                            Tribe Phragmipedieae

                                                                            • Phragmipedium longifolium - Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

                                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                            Tribe Arethuseae

                                                                            • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia

                                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                                            • Maxillaria callichroma - Colombia, Venezuela
                                                                            • Maxillaria pachyphylla - Bolivia, southern Brazil
                                                                            • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                                            • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                                            • Ornithidium sophronitis - Colombia to Venezuela
                                                                            • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                                            • Brassia jipijapensis - Ecuador (Manabí)
                                                                            • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                                            • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                                            • Gongora histrionica - Colombia to N. South America
                                                                            • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                                            • Gongora rufescens - Colombia to Ecuador
                                                                            • Gongora scaphephorus - Ecuador to Peru
                                                                            • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America
                                                                            • Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
                                                                            • Stanhopea platyceras - Colombia
                                                                            • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela
                                                                            • Pescatoria wallisii - W. Ecuador
                                                                            • Zygopetalum maculatum - Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul

                                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                            • Cattleya trianae - Colombia (endemic)
                                                                            • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                            • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                            • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                            • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                                            • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                            • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                                            • Masdevallia hybrid - Colombia
                                                                            • Masdevallia infracta - Brazil to Bolivia
                                                                            • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                                            • Platystele pyriformis - Colombia
                                                                            • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                                            • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                                            • Pleurothallis pedunculata - Colombia, Venezuela
                                                                            • Pleurothallis prolaticollaris - north central Ecuador
                                                                            • Pleurothallis titan - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá
                                                                            • Pleurothallis truncata - Ecuador
                                                                            • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                                            • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                            • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                            • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                            • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                                                            • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
                                                                            • Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
                                                                            • Zootrophion hirtzii - NC. Ecuador

                                                                            Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                                            Tribe Cranchideae

                                                                            • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                                            Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                                            Tribe Vanilleae

                                                                            • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                            • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                                            Oxalidaceae

                                                                            • Oxalis teneriensis - Peru
                                                                            • Oxalis triangularis - South America

                                                                            Passifloraceae

                                                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                              • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia
                                                                              • Passiflora trifasciata - Peruvian Amazon

                                                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America
                                                                              • Trichostigma peruvianum - Peruvian Andes

                                                                              Piperaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                                • Peperomia dolabriformis - Peru
                                                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                                • Peperomia prostrata - Ecuador
                                                                                • 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

                                                                                  Polygonaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                                    • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                                    Pontederiaceae

                                                                                    • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                                                    Portulacaceae

                                                                                    • Portulaca eruca - Argentina: Sierra Grande, Cordoba W/C

                                                                                    Pteridaceae

                                                                                      Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                                      • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                                      Rhizophoraceae

                                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                                        Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                                        • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                                        Rubiaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                                          Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                                          • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum - S. Trop. America

                                                                                          Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                                          Tribe Posoquerieae

                                                                                          • Posoqueria longiflora - S. Trop. America

                                                                                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                          Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                                          • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                                          • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                          Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                                          • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                                                          Salviniaceae

                                                                                          • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                                                          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                                          Sapotaceae

                                                                                            Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                                            Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                                            • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                                            • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                                            Selaginellaceae

                                                                                            • Selaginella cf. peruviana - N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico; South America

                                                                                            Solanaceae

                                                                                              Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                                              • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                                              • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Datureae

                                                                                              • Brugmansia pittieri - Colombia - high and geographically isolated Indian village of Sibundoy W/C

                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Juanulloeae

                                                                                              • Juanulloa aurantiaca - South America

                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Physaleae

                                                                                              • Iochroma cyaneum Royal Blue - Ecuador

                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                                                                              • Jaltomata quipuscoae - Peru: Arequipa (endemic)
                                                                                              • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                                              Talinaceae

                                                                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                                              Tropaeolaceae

                                                                                              • Tropaeolum majus - Peru

                                                                                              Urticaceae

                                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                                Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                                                • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                                Tribe Lecantheae

                                                                                                • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America

                                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                                Tribe Urticeae

                                                                                                • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                                                Verbenaceae

                                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                                  Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                                                  • Aloysia gratissima - Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina W/C
                                                                                                  • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                                                  • Lantana montevidensis - S. 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
                                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 313 accessions native to Western South America

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

                                                                                                    data regenerated on Fri, 09 May 2025 02:09:13 -0400

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