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Collection Holdings native to Brazil North:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
    • Pachystachys lutea - South America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      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
            • 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 brandtianum - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia
              • Philodendron grazielae - northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru
              • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Spathicarpeae

              • Taccarum weddellianum - WC. Brazil to Paraguay

              Subfamily Lasioideae

              • Dracontium spruceanum - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

              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 gracile - Brazil: Bahia

              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 solimutata - Brazil (Pará)

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Bignonieae

                    • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                    Bixaceae

                    • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Brochinioideae

                      • Brocchinia reducta - Venezuela (Bolívar) to Guyana & Brazil (Roraima)

                      Subfamily Bromelioideae

                      • Aechmea brevicollis - SE. Colombia to N. Brazil
                      • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                      • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
                      • Billbergia pyramidalis - Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                      • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Phyllocacteae

                        • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
                        • Selenicereus wittii - Brazil W/C

                        Subfamily Opuntioideae
                        Tribe Opuntieae

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

                        Cannaceae

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

                        Capparaceae

                        • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                        Clusiaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Clusieae

                          • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C

                          Convolvulaceae

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Cresseae

                            • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                            Costaceae

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

                                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

                                  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

                                    Gnetaceae

                                    • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                    Haemodoraceae

                                      Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                      • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Heliconiaceae

                                      • 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
                                        • Utricularia humboldtii - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela

                                        Lythraceae

                                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                                          • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                          Malpighiaceae

                                          • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South America
                                          • 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 aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                            Marantaceae

                                            • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Calathea metallica - Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil
                                            • 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

                                                Nyctaginaceae

                                                • Bougainvillea spectabilis - Brazil

                                                Orchidaceae

                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                  Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                  • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                  • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                  • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                  • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America

                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                  Tribe Epidendreae

                                                  • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                  • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                  • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                  • 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 -

                                                  Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                  Tribe Vanilleae

                                                  • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                  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

                                                        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 hirsutum - tropical America

                                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                              • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                              Salviniaceae

                                                              • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                • Capsicum chinense - Brazil

                                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                Tribe Juanulloeae

                                                                • Juanulloa aurantiaca - South America

                                                                Talinaceae

                                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                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

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Petreae

                                                                    • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                    Vitaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 118 accessions native to Brazil North

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