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Collection Holdings from Southern South America:

Includes:

  1. AGE: Argentina Northeast
  2. AGS: Argentina South
  3. AGW: Argentina Northwest
  4. CLC: Chile Central
  5. CLN: Chile North
  6. CLS: Chile South
  7. DSV: Desventurados Is.
  8. JNF: Juan Fernández Is.
  9. PAR: Paraguay
  10. URU: Uruguay

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Justicia carnea - Brazil

    Alstroemeriaceae

      Subfamily
      Tribe Alstroemerieae

      • Alstroemeria pulchella - Peru to C. Chile

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Rhodophiala bifida - S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
        • Habranthus robustus - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
        • Habranthus tubispathus - Bolivia to S. Brazil and NE. Argentina
        • Zephyranthes candida - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
        • Zephyranthes minima - Brazil to NE. Argentina

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Plumerieae

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

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Philodendreae

              • Philodendron bipinnatifidum - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Spathicarpeae

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

              Subfamily Lemnoideae

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

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Araucariaceae

                • Araucaria araucana - SC. Chile to Argentina (Neuquén)

                Arecaceae

                  Subfamily Arecoideae
                  Tribe Euterpeae

                  • Euterpe edulis - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)

                  Aristolochiaceae

                    Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                    Tribe Aristolochieae

                    • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil

                    Asteraceae

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Eupatorieae

                      • Stevia rebaudiana - valley of Rio Monday in northeastern Paraguay

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Heliantheae

                      • Acmella oleracea - Brazil

                      Subfamily Cichorioideae
                      Tribe Cichorieae

                      • Dendroseris macrophylla - Chile - Juan Fernandez Islands
                      • Dendroseris pruinata - Juan Fernandez Islands (Chile)

                      Bignoniaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Bignonieae

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

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Tecomeae

                        • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                        Bixaceae

                        • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                        Bromeliaceae

                          Subfamily Bromelioideae

                          • Acanthostachys strobilacea - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                          • 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 brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay
                          • Billbergia nutans - SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina
                          • Billbergia porteana - Brazil to Paraguay
                          • Ochagavia carnea - Chile (Valparaíso to La Araucanía)

                          Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                          • Deuterocohnia brevifolia - Bolivia and northwest Argentina

                          Subfamily Puyoideae

                          • Puya mirabilis - Bolivia to NW. Argentina W/C

                          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                          • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                          • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                          • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

                          Cactaceae

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Cereeae

                            • Echinopsis ancistrophora -
                            • Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp. arachnacantha - Bolivia and northern Argentina
                            • Echinopsis atacamensis - Chile, Argentinia, Bolivia W/C
                            • Haageocereus salmonoides - coastal Peru and Chile

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Copiapoinae

                            • Copiapoa cinerea - Chile (FK37, Breas) W/C
                            • Copiapoa cinerea var. haseltoniana - Chile
                            • Copiapoa coquimbana - Chile (FK532, Elqui) W/C
                            • Copiapoa echinoides - Chile W/C
                            • Copiapoa echinoides - Chile
                            • Copiapoa humilis - Chile
                            • Copiapoa hypogaea - Chile
                            • Copiapoa hypogaea - Chile (FK393-82, S. of Barquito) W/C
                            • Copiapoa montana - Chile
                            • Copiapoa montana - Chile W/C
                            • Copiapoa unidentified - Chile

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Notocacteae

                            • Austrocactus spiniflorus - Chile (FK306, Banos de Lagunilla)
                            • Eriosyce napina - Chile W/C
                            • Eriosyce subgibbosa - Chile (FK1231B, Marquesa) W/C
                            • Eriosyce villosa - Chile (FK164, 1 km E. Huasco) W/C
                            • Eulychnia breviflora - Chile, northern coastal areas

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Phyllocacteae

                            • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Rhipsalideae

                            • Lepismium cf houlletianum - southern Brazil, northern Argentina
                            • Lepismium cruciforme - Brazil
                            • Lepismium warmingianum - Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay

                            Subfamily Maihuenioideae

                            • Maihuenia patagonica - Mendoza, Argentina W/C

                            Subfamily Opuntioideae
                            Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

                            • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

                            Subfamily Opuntioideae
                            Tribe Opuntieae

                            • Opuntia articulata - western Argentina

                            Subfamily Opuntioideae
                            Tribe Tephrocacteae

                            • Maihueniopsis atacamensis - Chile W/C

                            Subfamily Pereskioideae
                            Tribe Pereskieae

                            • 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.

                            Commelinaceae

                              Subfamily Commelinoideae
                              Tribe Tradescantieae

                              • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                              Convolvulaceae

                                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                Tribe Cresseae

                                • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                                Cupressaceae

                                  Subfamily Callitroideae

                                  • Fitzroya cupressoides - Chile (Los Lagos) to SW. Argentina

                                  Cyperaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Cypereae

                                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                    Dioscoreaceae

                                    • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                    Droseraceae

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

                                    Elaeocarpaceae

                                    • Aristotelia chilensis - Chile

                                    Equisetaceae

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

                                    Escalloniaceae

                                    • Escallonia rubra - Chile

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Jatropheae

                                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Manihoteae

                                      • Manihot grahamii - Brazil, Argentina

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                        Tribe Cassieae

                                        • Senna corymbosa - northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Phaseoleae

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

                                        Gesneriaceae

                                          Subfamily Gesnerioideae
                                          Tribe Coronanthereae

                                          • Sarmienta scandens - southern Chile

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                                          • Sinningia tubiflora - Argentina and Uruguay

                                          Gunneraceae

                                          • Gunnera tinctoria - C. & S. Chile to SW. Argentina

                                          Heliconiaceae

                                          • Heliconia psittacorum - Panama to S. Trop. 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

                                            Juncaginaceae

                                            • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                                            Lythraceae

                                              Subfamily Lythroideae
                                              Tribe Nesaeeae

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

                                              Malpighiaceae

                                              • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                                              Malvaceae

                                                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                Tribe Adansonieae

                                                • Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics

                                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                Tribe Hibisceae

                                                • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                                Marantaceae

                                                • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                Marsileaceae

                                                • Regnellidium diphyllum - southern Brazil

                                                Menyanthaceae

                                                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                Myrtaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                  Tribe Myrteae

                                                  • Acca sellowiana - Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                  • Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
                                                  • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                                                  • Ugni molinae - C. & S. Chile to SW. Argentina

                                                  Nothofagaceae

                                                    Subfamily Fagoideae

                                                    • Nothofagus pumilio - Chile

                                                    Orchidaceae

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                      • Miltonia flavescens - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                      • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Epidendreae

                                                      • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                      • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                      • Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M' - SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)

                                                      Oxalidaceae

                                                      • Oxalis aff. megalorrhiza - Chile - 30 mi. N. of Huasco W/C
                                                      • Oxalis gigantea - Chile, Atacama Desert

                                                      Passifloraceae

                                                        Subfamily Malesherbioideae

                                                        • Malesherbia fasciculata - central Chile (endemic)
                                                        • Malesherbia tocopillana - Chile

                                                        Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                        Tribe Passifloreae

                                                        • Passiflora amethystina - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia.

                                                        Phytolaccaceae

                                                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                        Piperaceae

                                                          Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                          • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to 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

                                                            Polemoniaceae

                                                              Subfamily Cobaeoideae
                                                              Tribe Cantueae

                                                              • Cantua quercifolia - Peru, Boliva, n Chile

                                                              Polygonaceae

                                                                Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                Pontederiaceae

                                                                • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                                Portulacaceae

                                                                • Cistanthe grandiflora - Chile
                                                                • Cistanthe grandiflora - Chile
                                                                • Portulaca eruca - Argentina: Sierra Grande, Cordoba W/C
                                                                • Portulaca gilliesii - South America

                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                  Quillajaceae

                                                                  • Quillaja saponaria - Chile

                                                                  Rhamnaceae

                                                                  • Colletia paradoxa - S. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
                                                                  • Colletia ulicina - Chile

                                                                  Rosaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Rosoideae
                                                                    Tribe Potentilleae

                                                                    • Fragaria chiloensis - western North America & disjunct population in Chile W/C

                                                                    Rubiaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                      Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                      • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum - S. Trop. America

                                                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                      Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                      • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica

                                                                      Salviniaceae

                                                                      • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                                                      Solanaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                        • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                        Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                        • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                                        Talinaceae

                                                                        • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                        Tecophilaeaceae

                                                                        • Conanthera campanulata - Chile

                                                                        Urticaceae

                                                                          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 montevidensis - S. Trop. America

                                                                            Subfamily
                                                                            Tribe Petreae

                                                                            • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                            Vitaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                              • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                              Winteraceae

                                                                                Subfamily Winteroideae

                                                                                • Drimys winteri - Chile, Argentina
                                                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 155 accessions native to Southern South America

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

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