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Collection Holdings from Brazil:

Includes:

  1. BZC: Brazil West-Central
  2. BZE: Brazil Northeast
  3. BZL: Brazil Southeast
  4. BZN: Brazil North
  5. BZS: Brazil South

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
    • Justicia carnea - Brazil
    • Justicia cydoniifolia - Brazil
    • Pachystachys lutea - South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Ruellieae

    • Ruellia affinis - Brazil (Bahia)
    • Ruellia makoyana - Brazil

    Alstroemeriaceae

      Subfamily
      Tribe Alstroemerieae

      • Alstroemeria caryophyllaea - SE. Brazil

      Amaranthaceae

        Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
        Tribe Gomphreneae

        • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

        Amaryllidaceae

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Griffineae

          • Worsleya procera - eastern Brazil

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Hippeastreae

          • Hippeastrum idimae - Rio de Janiero, Brazil
          • Hippeastrum papilio - southern Brazil
          • Rhodophiala bifida - S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
          • Habranthus robustus - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
          • Zephyranthes candida - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
          • Zephyranthes minima - Brazil to NE. Argentina

          Anacardiaceae

            Subfamily Anacardioideae

            • Anacardium occidentale - northeastern Brazil

            Apiaceae

              Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

              • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

              Apocynaceae

                Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
                Tribe Asclepiadeae

                • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

                Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
                Tribe Plumerieae

                • Allamanda cathartica - South America
                • Allamanda schottii - French Guiana, SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Corrientes)
                • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

                Aquifoliaceae

                • Ilex paraguariensis - Paraguay and adjacent Argentina / Brazil

                Araceae

                  Subfamily Aroideae
                  Tribe Caladieae

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

                  Subfamily Aroideae
                  Tribe Dieffenbachieae

                  • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

                  Subfamily Aroideae
                  Tribe Philodendreae

                  • Philodendron bipinnatifidum - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                  • Philodendron brandtianum - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia
                  • Philodendron crassinervium - SE. Brazil (to Paraná)
                  • Philodendron grazielae - northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru
                  • Philodendron imbe - SE Brazil
                  • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
                  • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
                  • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America
                  • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

                  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

                  • 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 gracile - Brazil: Bahia
                  • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

                  Araliaceae

                    Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                    • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                    Arecaceae

                      Subfamily Arecoideae
                      Tribe Euterpeae

                      • Euterpe edulis - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)

                      Aristolochiaceae

                        Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                        Tribe Aristolochieae

                        • Aristolochia fimbriata - Argentina, Paraguay, s. Brazil
                        • Aristolochia gigantea - Panama
                        • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil
                        • Aristolochia ringens - northern South America, naturalized in Central America & Caribbean

                        Asteraceae

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Eupatorieae

                          • Stevia rebaudiana - Brazil, northeastern Paraguay

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Heliantheae

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

                          Begoniaceae

                          • Begonia aconitifolia - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
                          • Begonia dietrichiana - Brazil
                          • Begonia santos-limae - Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
                          • Begonia solimutata - Brazil (Pará)
                          • Begonia undulata - Brazil

                          Bignoniaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Bignonieae

                            • Adenocalymma comosum - E. & S. Brazil
                            • Clytostoma callistegioides - Southern Brazil, Argentina.
                            • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                            Bixaceae

                            • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                            Bromeliaceae

                              Subfamily Brochinioideae

                              • Brocchinia reducta - Venezuela (Bolívar) to Guyana & Brazil (Roraima)

                              Subfamily Bromelioideae

                              • Acanthostachys strobilacea - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                              • Aechmea brevicollis - SE. Colombia to N. Brazil
                              • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                              • Aechmea fasciata - Rio de Janiero
                              • Aechmea recurvata - Brazil (São Paulo) to NE. Argentina
                              • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                              • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
                              • Billbergia distachia - Brazil
                              • Billbergia lietzei - Brazil (Espirito Santo) endemic
                              • Billbergia magnifica - Brazil, Paraguay
                              • Billbergia nutans - SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina
                              • Billbergia porteana - Brazil to Paraguay
                              • Billbergia pyramidalis - Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil
                              • Cryptanthus bivittatus - Brazil (Pernambuco)
                              • Cryptanthus cf. seidelianus - Brazil (Bahia) (endemic)
                              • Neoregelia carolinae - Brazil
                              • Neoregelia cruenta - Brazil (SE. Bahia to São Paulo)
                              • Neoregelia lilliputiana - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
                              • Neoregelia spectabilis - Brazil
                              • Neoregelia zonata - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
                              • Nidularium innocentii - Brazil (E. Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul)
                              • Nidularium microps - Brazil (SC. Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo)
                              • Portea petropolitana - SE. Brazil (to Bahia)

                              Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                              • Dyckia brevifolia - Brazil (Paraná to Santa Catarina) (endemic)
                              • Dyckia fosteriana - Brazil (Paraná)

                              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                              • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                              • Tillandsia graomogolensis - Brazil
                              • Tillandsia jonesii - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
                              • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                              • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                              • Vriesea correia-araujoi - Brazil
                              • Vriesea flammea - Brazil
                              • Vriesea fosteriana - Brazil

                              Cactaceae

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cacteae

                                • Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri - Brazil

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cereeae

                                • Cipocereus bradei - Brazil
                                • Melocactus azureus - Brazil (Bahia)
                                • Melocactus ernestii - Brazil
                                • Pilosocereus magnificus - Minas Gerais, Brazil
                                • Pilosocereus pachycladus - Brazil: Minas Gerais W/C
                                • Uebelmannia pectinifera - Brazil -- Minas Gerais
                                • Discocactus placentiformis - Brazil
                                • Echinopsis calochlora - southern Brazil
                                • Echinopsis eyriesii - southern Brazil to Argentina

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Notocacteae

                                • Parodia haselbergii ssp. haselbergii - Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
                                • Parodia leninghausii - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
                                • Parodia magnifica - Brazil
                                • Parodia ottonis - s Brazil, Uruguay, n Argentina

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Phyllocacteae

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

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Rhipsalideae

                                • Hatiora cylindrica - Brazil
                                • Hatiora herminiae - Brazil W/C
                                • Hatiora salicornioides - Brazil
                                • Lepismium cf houlletianum - southern Brazil, northern Argentina
                                • Lepismium cruciforme - Brazil
                                • Lepismium warmingianum - Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
                                • Rhipsalis burchellii - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis cereuscula - central Brazil to Uraguay
                                • Rhipsalis cf rhombea - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis elliptica - Brazil (endemic)
                                • Rhipsalis juengeri - Brazil - São Paulo
                                • Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
                                • Rhipsalis oblonga - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis pachyptera - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis paradoxa - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis pentaptera - S. Brazil, Uruguay
                                • Rhipsalis pilocarpa - Brazil
                                • Rhipsalis teres - Brazil

                                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                Tribe Opuntieae

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

                                Subfamily Pereskioideae
                                Tribe Pereskieae

                                • Pereskia grandifolia - Brazil
                                • Pereskia sacharosa - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

                                Cannaceae

                                • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                                • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C

                                Capparaceae

                                • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                                Clusiaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Clusieae

                                  • Clusia fluminensis 'Pedra Azul' - Brazil - Espirito Santo State
                                  • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C

                                  Commelinaceae

                                    Subfamily Commelinoideae
                                    Tribe Tradescantieae

                                    • Dichorisandra thyrsiflora - E. & S. Brazil

                                    Convolvulaceae

                                      Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                      Tribe Cresseae

                                      • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                                      Costaceae

                                      • Chamaecostus cuspidatus - Brazil
                                      • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                                      • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                                      • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Cyclanthaceae

                                        Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                        • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                                        Cyperaceae

                                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                          Tribe Cypereae

                                          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                          Dioscoreaceae

                                          • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                          Droseraceae

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

                                          Equisetaceae

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

                                          Euphorbiaceae

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Jatropheae

                                            • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Manihoteae

                                            • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil
                                            • Manihot grahamii - Brazil, Argentina

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Micrandreae

                                            • Hevea brasiliensis - South America

                                            Fabaceae

                                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                              Tribe Cassieae

                                              • Senna corymbosa - northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

                                              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

                                              Gesneriaceae

                                                Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                Tribe Episcieae

                                                • Codonanthe devosiana - Brazil - most likely southeastern
                                                • Nematanthus longipes - Brazil

                                                Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                Tribe Gesnerieae

                                                • Sinningia canescens - Brazil
                                                • Sinningia leucotricha - Brazil
                                                • Sinningia ramboi - Brazil
                                                • Sinningia reitzii - southern Brazil

                                                Gnetaceae

                                                • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                                Haemodoraceae

                                                  Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                                  • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                                  Haloragaceae

                                                  • Myriophyllum aquaticum - Brazil, Argentina, Chile, nat. in SE US

                                                  Heliconiaceae

                                                  • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - southern Tropical America

                                                  Hydrocharitaceae

                                                  • Egeria densa - central Minas Gerais region of Brazil and coastal Argentina and Uruguay W/C

                                                  Iridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                    Tribe Trimezieae

                                                    • Neomarica gracilis - WC. & SE. Brazil to Paraguay

                                                    Lentibulariaceae

                                                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                                    • Utricularia humboldtii - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela

                                                    Lythraceae

                                                      Subfamily Lythroideae
                                                      Tribe Nesaeeae

                                                      • Heimia myrtifolia - Brazil to Uruguay.
                                                      • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                                      Malpighiaceae

                                                      • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical 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
                                                        • Pachira glabra - Brazil

                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                        Tribe Hibisceae

                                                        • Pavonia strictiflora - Brazil (Bahia)

                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                        Tribe Malveae

                                                        • Abutilon hybridum - Brazil

                                                        Marantaceae

                                                        • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Calathea lancifolia - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
                                                        • Calathea metallica - Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil
                                                        • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                                        • Ctenanthe burle-marxii - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
                                                        • Ctenanthe compressa - se Brazil
                                                        • Ctenanthe setosa - Brazil
                                                        • Goeppertia bella - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
                                                        • Goeppertia louisae - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
                                                        • Goeppertia makoyana - Brazil (Espirito Santo)
                                                        • Goeppertia zebrina - Brazil (Bahia to Santa Catarina)
                                                        • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                                        • Maranta cristata - E. Brazil W/C
                                                        • Maranta leuconeura - Brazil
                                                        • Stromanthe thalia - Brazil (Bahia to Paraná)
                                                        • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                        Marsileaceae

                                                        • Regnellidium diphyllum - southern Brazil

                                                        Melastomataceae

                                                          Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                          Tribe Melastomeae

                                                          • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador
                                                          • Tibouchina urvilleana 'Edwardsii' - southern Brazil - Rio Grande del Sul to Rio de Janiero

                                                          Menispermaceae

                                                            Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                            Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                                            Metaxyaceae

                                                            • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                            Myrtaceae

                                                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                              Tribe Myrteae

                                                              • Acca sellowiana - Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                              • Eugenia brasiliensis - E. & S. Brazil
                                                              • Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
                                                              • Plinia cauliflora - Bolivia, SE. & S. Brazil
                                                              • Psidium cattleianum - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay
                                                              • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                              Nyctaginaceae

                                                              • Bougainvillea spectabilis - Brazil

                                                              Orchidaceae

                                                                Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                                Tribe Phragmipedieae

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

                                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                                • Bifrenaria inodora - SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                • Brasiliorchis schunkeana - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
                                                                • Maxillaria pachyphylla - Bolivia, southern Brazil
                                                                • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                                • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                                • Lockhartia lunifera - E. & S. Brazil
                                                                • Miltonia clowesii - SE. Brazil
                                                                • Miltonia flavescens - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                                • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                                • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America
                                                                • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                                • Stanhopea lietzei - Brazil
                                                                • Zygopetalum maculatum - Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul

                                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                                                • Cattleya purpurata var. werkhauseri - SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                • Isabelia pulchella - SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                                • Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M' - SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                                • Masdevallia infracta - Brazil to Bolivia
                                                                • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                                Tribe Cranchideae

                                                                • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                                Tribe Cranichideae

                                                                • Prescottia plantaginifolia - Brazil

                                                                Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                                Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                                                Oxalidaceae

                                                                • Oxalis fruticosa - Brazil
                                                                • Oxalis triangularis - Brazil
                                                                • Oxalis triangularis - South America

                                                                Passifloraceae

                                                                  Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                  Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                  • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia
                                                                  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple' - Paraguay, Brazil and Northeastern Argentina
                                                                  • Passiflora pardifolia - Brazil - Minas Gerais
                                                                  • Passiflora racemosa - Brazil

                                                                  Phytolaccaceae

                                                                  • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                                  Piperaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                    • Peperomia dahlstedtii - southern Brazil
                                                                    • Peperomia incana - Brazil
                                                                    • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                    • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                                    Poaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Bambusoideae
                                                                      Tribe Olyreae

                                                                      • Eremitis sp. - Brazil

                                                                      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

                                                                      Polypodiaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                        Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                        • Serpocaulon meniscifolium - Brazil W/C

                                                                        Pontederiaceae

                                                                        • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                                        Pteridaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                                          • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean
                                                                          • Adiantum raddianum cv. - Brazil

                                                                          Rhamnaceae

                                                                          • Colletia paradoxa - S. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

                                                                          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
                                                                              • Salvinia molesta - obscure, presumably southern America

                                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                                • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                                • Capsicum chinense - Brazil

                                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                Tribe Datureae

                                                                                • Brugmansia suaveolens - southeast Brazil

                                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                Tribe Juanulloeae

                                                                                • Juanulloa aurantiaca - South America

                                                                                Talinaceae

                                                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                                Urticaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                  Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                                  • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                  Tribe Urticeae

                                                                                  • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                                  Velloziaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                                                    • Barbacenia purpurea - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

                                                                                    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

                                                                                      Subfamily
                                                                                      Tribe Petreae

                                                                                      • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                                      Vitaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
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