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Collection Holdings native to Brazil Northeast:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Ruellieae

    • Ruellia affinis - Brazil (Bahia)

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Griffineae

        • Worsleya procera - eastern Brazil

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Habranthus robustus - E. & S. 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

              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 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

                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

                Arecaceae

                  Subfamily Arecoideae
                  Tribe Euterpeae

                  • Euterpe edulis - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)

                  Aristolochiaceae

                    Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                    Tribe Aristolochieae

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

                    Asteraceae

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Heliantheae

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

                      Bignoniaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Bignonieae

                        • Adenocalymma comosum - E. & S. Brazil
                        • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                        Bixaceae

                        • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                        Bromeliaceae

                          Subfamily Bromelioideae

                          • Acanthostachys strobilacea - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                          • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                          • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
                          • Billbergia porteana - Brazil to Paraguay
                          • Billbergia pyramidalis - Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil
                          • Cryptanthus bivittatus - Brazil (Pernambuco)
                          • Cryptanthus cf. seidelianus - Brazil (Bahia) (endemic)
                          • Neoregelia cruenta - Brazil (SE. Bahia to São Paulo)
                          • Nidularium innocentii - Brazil (E. Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul)
                          • Portea petropolitana - SE. Brazil (to Bahia)

                          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                          • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                          • Tillandsia graomogolensis - 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

                          Cactaceae

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Cereeae

                            • Melocactus ernestii - Brazil

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Phyllocacteae

                            • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                            Subfamily Cactoideae
                            Tribe Rhipsalideae

                            • Hatiora cylindrica - Brazil
                            • Rhipsalis oblonga - Brazil

                            Subfamily Opuntioideae
                            Tribe Opuntieae

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

                            Cannaceae

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

                            Capparaceae

                            • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                            Commelinaceae

                              Subfamily Commelinoideae
                              Tribe Tradescantieae

                              • Dichorisandra thyrsiflora - E. & S. Brazil

                              Convolvulaceae

                                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                Tribe Cresseae

                                • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                                Costaceae

                                • Chamaecostus cuspidatus - Brazil
                                • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Dioscoreaceae

                                  • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Jatropheae

                                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Manihoteae

                                    • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                    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

                                        Lentibulariaceae

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

                                        Lythraceae

                                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                                          • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                          Malpighiaceae

                                          • 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 glabra - Brazil

                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                            Tribe Hibisceae

                                            • Pavonia strictiflora - Brazil (Bahia)

                                            Marantaceae

                                            • Ctenanthe setosa - Brazil
                                            • Goeppertia zebrina - Brazil (Bahia to Santa Catarina)
                                            • 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

                                            Myrtaceae

                                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                              Tribe Myrteae

                                              • Eugenia brasiliensis - E. & S. Brazil
                                              • Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
                                              • Psidium cattleianum - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay
                                              • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                              Nyctaginaceae

                                              • Bougainvillea spectabilis - Brazil

                                              Orchidaceae

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                • Lockhartia lunifera - E. & S. Brazil
                                                • Miltonia flavescens - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
                                                • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America
                                                • Stanhopea lietzei - Brazil
                                                • Zygopetalum maculatum - Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                                • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                • Masdevallia infracta - Brazil to Bolivia
                                                • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                Tribe Cranchideae

                                                • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                Tribe Cranichideae

                                                • Prescottia plantaginifolia - Brazil

                                                Oxalidaceae

                                                • Oxalis fruticosa - Brazil
                                                • 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 Bambusoideae
                                                      Tribe Olyreae

                                                      • Eremitis sp. - Brazil

                                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                      Tribe Paniceae

                                                      • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                                      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

                                                          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

                                                              • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                Talinaceae

                                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                Urticaceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Urticeae

                                                                  • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                  Verbenaceae

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                    • Lantana montevidensis - S. Trop. America

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Petreae

                                                                    • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                    Vitaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 125 accessions native to Brazil Northeast

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