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Collection Holdings native to Bahamas:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araliaceae

      Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

      • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

      Arecaceae

        Subfamily Coryphoideae
        Tribe Corypheae

        • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Bignonieae

          • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

            Burseraceae

            • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Cactoideae
              Tribe Cereeae

              • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C
              • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic W/C

              Cannaceae

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

              Capparaceae

              • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Clusieae

                • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                  Euphorbiaceae

                    Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                    Tribe Acalypheae

                    • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Faboideae
                      Tribe Phaseoleae

                      • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America

                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                      Tribe Mimoseae

                      • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                        Tribe Adansonieae

                        • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa

                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                        Tribe Gossypieae

                        • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                        Tribe Malveae

                        • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                        Muntingiaceae

                        • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                        Myricaceae

                        • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                        Myrtaceae

                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                          Tribe Myrteae

                          • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean

                          Orchidaceae

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Epidendreae

                            • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

                            Passifloraceae

                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                              Phyllanthaceae

                                Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                Tribe Phyllantheae

                                • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C

                                Phytolaccaceae

                                • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                Piperaceae

                                  Subfamily Piperoideae

                                  • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                  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

                                    Verbenaceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Lantaneae

                                      • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Vitaceae

                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                        Zygophyllaceae

                                          Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                          Tribe Larreoideae

                                          • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 40 accessions native to Bahamas

                                          W/C = Wild Collected
                                          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                          = images available for this accession
                                          = map available for this accession
                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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