Collection Holdings native to Brazil Southeast:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Justicia carnea
- Brazil
- Justicia cydoniifolia
- Brazil
Alstroemeriaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Alstroemerieae
- Alstroemeria caryophyllaea - SE. Brazil
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae
- Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Griffineae
- Worsleya procera
- eastern Brazil
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hippeastreae
- Hippeastrum calyptratum - SE. Brazil (to Paraná)
- Hippeastrum idimae - Rio de Janiero, Brazil
- Habranthus robustus - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Zephyranthes candida
- SE. & 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
- Allamanda schottii
- French Guiana, SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Corrientes)
- Cascabela thevetia
- tropical America
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae
- Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
- Syngonium vellozianum - northern South America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae
- Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae
- Philodendron bipinnatifidum - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Philodendron crassinervium - SE. Brazil (to Paraná)
- Philodendron imbe
- SE Brazil
- 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
- Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae
- Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium scandens
- Mexico to Trop. America
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
- cosmopolitan
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
Begoniaceae
- Begonia aconitifolia - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Begonia dietrichiana - Brazil
- Begonia herbacea - SE Brazil
- Begonia undulata - 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)
- Aechmea fasciata
- Rio de Janiero
- 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 lietzei
- Brazil (Espirito Santo) endemic
- Billbergia nutans
- SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina
- Billbergia porteana
- Brazil to Paraguay
- Billbergia pyramidalis
- Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil
- Neoregelia carolinae
- Brazil
- Neoregelia lilliputiana
- Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Neoregelia spectabilis
- Brazil
- Neoregelia zonata - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Nidularium innocentii - Brazil (E. Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul)
- Nidularium microps - Brazil (SC. Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo)
- Orthophytum gurkenii - Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Portea petropolitana - SE. Brazil (to Bahia)
Subfamily Tillandsioideae
- Tillandsia bulbosa
- Trop. America
- Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Vriesea fosteriana - Brazil
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Uebelmannia pectinifera
- Brazil -- Minas Gerais
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae
- Hatiora herminiae
- Brazil
W/C
- Lepismium cruciforme - Brazil
- Lepismium warmingianum
- Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
- Rhipsalis elliptica
- Brazil (endemic)
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Rhipsalis oblonga
- Brazil
- Rhipsalis pachyptera
- Brazil
- Rhipsalis pentaptera
- S. Brazil, Uruguay
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
Capparaceae
- Quadrella cyanophallophora
- caribbean and s. Florida
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
- E. & S. Brazil
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Cresseae
- Evolvulus glomeratus
- Brazil, Paraguay
Costaceae
- Chamaecostus cuspidatus
- Brazil
Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America
Droseraceae
- Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae
- Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae
- Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil
- Manihot grahamii - Brazil, Argentina
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
Hydrocharitaceae
- Egeria densa
- central Minas Gerais region of Brazil and coastal Argentina and Uruguay
W/C
Iridaceae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Mariceae
- Neomarica gracilis - WC. & SE. Brazil to Paraguay
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Lythraceae
Subfamily Lythroideae
Tribe Nesaeeae
- Heimia myrtifolia
- Brazil to Uruguay.
Malpighiaceae
- Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Pachira glabra - Brazil
Marantaceae
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Ctenanthe setosa - Brazil
- Goeppertia bella - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Goeppertia louisae - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Goeppertia makoyana
- Brazil (Espirito Santo)
- Maranta leuconeura - Brazil
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Melastomataceae
Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae
- Tibouchina urvilleana 'Edwardsii' - southern Brazil - Rio Grande del Sul to Rio de Janiero
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Acca sellowiana
- Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)
- Eugenia brasiliensis
- E. & S. Brazil
- Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
- Plinia cauliflora
- Bolivia, SE. & S. Brazil
- Psidium cattleianum
- E. & S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay
- Psidium guajava
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
Nyctaginaceae
- Bougainvillea spectabilis
- Brazil
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Xylobium variegatum
- S. Trop. America
- Bifrenaria inodora
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Brasiliorchis schunkeana - Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Maxillaria parahybunensis - Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul)
- Mormolyca rufescens
- tropical America
- Lockhartia lunifera - E. & S. Brazil
- Miltonia clowesii
- SE. Brazil
- Miltonia flavescens - Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
- Stanhopea graveolens
- S. Mexico to Honduras
- Zygopetalum maculatum
- Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Cattleya purpurata
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Encyclia advena - Brazil
- Epidendrum rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Isabelia pulchella - SE. & S. Brazil
- Acianthera aphthosa
- W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
- Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M' - SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
- Masdevallia infracta
- Brazil to Bolivia
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Oxalidaceae
- Oxalis fruticosa
- Brazil
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora amethystina
- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia.
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
- Passiflora pardifolia
- Brazil - Minas Gerais
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- tropical America and S. Florida
- Peperomia serpens
- Mexico to South America
- 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
Pontederiaceae
- Eichhornia crassipes
- Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere
Rhizophoraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Rhizophoreae
- Rhizophora mangle
- tropical America
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Cinchoneae
- Manettia luteorubra
- eastern Brazil
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Coussareeae
- Coccocypselum cordifolium
- Costa Rica
- Coccocypselum hirsutum
- tropical America
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil
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
Velloziaceae
Subfamily Vellozioideae
- Barbacenia purpurea - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
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
W/C = Wild Collected
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