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Collection Holdings native to Belize:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Asclepiadeae

        • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Plumerieae

        • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
        • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Caladieae

          • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Dieffenbachieae

          • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Philodendreae

          • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

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

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Spathiphylleae

          • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
          • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
          • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
          • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
          • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            Aristolochiaceae

              Subfamily Aristolchioideae
              Tribe Aristolochieae

              • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Heliantheae

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

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Neurolaeneae

                • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bignonieae

                  • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Crescentieae

                  • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

                  Bixaceae

                  • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                  Bromeliaceae

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                    • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. 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

                    Cannaceae

                    • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                    • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                    • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                    Capparaceae

                    • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                    Caricaceae

                    • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                    Cibotiaceae

                    • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                    Clusiaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Clusieae

                      • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                      Commelinaceae

                        Subfamily Commelinoideae
                        Tribe Tradescantieae

                        • Tradescantia spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                        • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                        Costaceae

                        • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                        • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador

                        Cyclanthaceae

                          Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                          • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                            Droseraceae

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

                            Ebenaceae

                            • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                              Tribe Plukenetieae

                              • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Jatropheae

                              • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Manihoteae

                              • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                Tribe Acacieae

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

                                Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                Tribe Mimoseae

                                • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                Haemodoraceae

                                  Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                  • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                  Lauraceae

                                  • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                  Lentibulariaceae

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

                                  Malpighiaceae

                                  • 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
                                    • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                    Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                    Tribe Theobromeae

                                    • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                    • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Malveae

                                    • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                    Marantaceae

                                    • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                    • 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

                                      Metaxyaceae

                                      • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                      Moraceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Dorstenieae

                                        • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Ficeae

                                        • Ficus aurea - Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama

                                        Muntingiaceae

                                        • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                        Myricaceae

                                        • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                        Myrtaceae

                                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                          Tribe Myrteae

                                          • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                          • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                          Orchidaceae

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Arethuseae

                                            • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia
                                            • Sobralia decora x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                            • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                            • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                            • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                            • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                            • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                            • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                            • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                            • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                            • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                            • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                            • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                            • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Myrmecophila christinae - SE. Mexico to Belize
                                            • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                            • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                            • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                            • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                            • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                            • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                            Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                            Tribe Vanilleae

                                            • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                                            Passifloraceae

                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                              • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                              Piperaceae

                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                • 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

                                                    Pteridaceae

                                                      Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                      • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                      Rhizophoraceae

                                                        Subfamily
                                                        Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                        • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                        Rubiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                          Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                          • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                          Tribe Coussareeae

                                                          • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                          Salviniaceae

                                                          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                          Sapindaceae

                                                            Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                            • Melicoccus bijugatus - El Salvador, Guatemala

                                                            Sapotaceae

                                                              Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                              • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                              Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                              Tribe Sapoteae

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

                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                Tribe Cestreae

                                                                • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                Urticaceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                  • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Urticeae

                                                                  • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                  Verbenaceae

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                    • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                    • Phyla scaberrima - Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Petreae

                                                                    • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                    Vitaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 136 accessions native to Belize

                                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                      = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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