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Collection Holdings native to Bolivia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Hippeastreae

      • Hippeastrum mandonii - Bolivia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Asclepiadeae

        • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Plumerieae

        • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

        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 angustisectum - Colombia to Bolivia
          • Philodendron bipinnatifidum - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
          • Philodendron brandtianum - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia
          • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
          • Philodendron pedatum - S. 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 Lemnoideae

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

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

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

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

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

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            Aristolochiaceae

              Subfamily Aristolchioideae
              Tribe Aristolochieae

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

              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

                  • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                  • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                  Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                  • Deuterocohnia brevifolia - Bolivia and northwest Argentina

                  Subfamily Puyoideae

                  • Puya laxa - Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
                  • 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 - USA W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

                  Cactaceae

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Cereeae

                    • Gymnocalycium pflanzii - Bolivia and Argentina W/C
                    • Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp. arachnacantha - Bolivia and northern Argentina
                    • Echinopsis subdenudata - Bolivia
                    • Oreocereus cf. celsianus - arid western South America

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Phyllocacteae

                    • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Rhipsalideae

                    • Rhipsalis lorentziana - Bolivia W/C

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Trichocereeae

                    • Yungasocereus inquisivensis - Bolivia

                    Subfamily Opuntioideae
                    Tribe Opuntieae

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

                    Subfamily Pereskioideae
                    Tribe Pereskieae

                    • Pereskia sacharosa - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

                    Cannaceae

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

                    Commelinaceae

                      Subfamily Commelinoideae
                      Tribe Tradescantieae

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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Cresseae

                        • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                        Costaceae

                        • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. 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

                            Ericaceae

                              Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                              Tribe Vaccinieae

                              • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Jatropheae

                                • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Manihoteae

                                • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Micrandreae

                                • Hevea brasiliensis - South America

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                  Tribe Phaseoleae

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

                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                  Tribe Acacieae

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

                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                  Tribe Ingeae

                                  • Inga edulis - central and south America

                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                  Tribe Mimoseae

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

                                  Haemodoraceae

                                    Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                    • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Heliconiaceae

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

                                    Lecythidaceae

                                      Subfamily Lecythidoideae

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

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Lythraceae

                                        Subfamily Lythroideae
                                        Tribe Nesaeeae

                                        • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                        Malpighiaceae

                                        • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South 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

                                          Marantaceae

                                          • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                          • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                          Melastomataceae

                                            Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                            Tribe Melastomeae

                                            • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                            Menispermaceae

                                              Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                              Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                              Metaxyaceae

                                              • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                              Muntingiaceae

                                              • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                              Myrtaceae

                                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                Tribe Myrteae

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

                                                Orchidaceae

                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                  Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                  • Maxillaria pachyphylla - Bolivia, southern Brazil
                                                  • Zygopetalum maculatum - Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul

                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                  Tribe Epidendreae

                                                  • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                  • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                  • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                  • Masdevallia infracta - Brazil to Bolivia
                                                  • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                  • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                  • 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 -

                                                  Oxalidaceae

                                                  • Oxalis triangularis - South America

                                                  Passifloraceae

                                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                                    • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                    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

                                                        Pontederiaceae

                                                        • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                        Portulacaceae

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

                                                        Pteridaceae

                                                          Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                          • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                          Rubiaceae

                                                            Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                            Tribe Gardenieae

                                                            • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum - S. Trop. America

                                                            Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                            Tribe Coussareeae

                                                            • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                            Salviniaceae

                                                            • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                            Solanaceae

                                                              Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                              • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                              Tribe Capsiceae

                                                              • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                              Tribe Juanulloeae

                                                              • Juanulloa aurantiaca - South America

                                                              Talinaceae

                                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                              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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 126 accessions native to Bolivia

                                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                    = accession added within past 90 days

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