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Collection Holdings native to Colombia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Eucharideae

        • Eucharis candida - Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia
        • Urceolina caucana - W. Colombia
        • Urceolina x grandiflora - W. Colombia to W. Ecuador

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Zephyranthes rosea - Colombia to Peru

        Anacardiaceae

          Subfamily Anacardioideae

          • Anacardium occidentale - northeastern Brazil

          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
              • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Philodendreae

              • Philodendron angustisectum - Colombia to Bolivia
              • Philodendron brandtianum - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia
              • Philodendron gloriosum - Colombia
              • Philodendron grazielae - northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru
              • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron patriciae - Colombia, Choco, Quibdo-Lloro W/C
              • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Lasioideae

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

              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 Monsteroideae
              Tribe Spathiphylleae

              • Spathiphyllum floribundum - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru
              • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

              Subfamily Pothoideae
              Tribe Anthurieae

              • Anthurium andraeanum - Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia
              • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
              • Anthurium crystallinum - Panama to Colombia
              • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
              • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
              • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
              • Anthurium forgetii - Colombia
              • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
              • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
              • Anthurium luxurians - Colombia, Peru
              • Anthurium pendens - Panama to Colombia (Choco)
              • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Anthurium veitchii - Colombia
              • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

              Aristolochiaceae

                Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                Tribe Aristolochieae

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

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Agavoideae
                  Tribe Agaveae

                  • Furcraea foetida - Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Heliantheae

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

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Senecioneae

                    • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                    Begoniaceae

                    • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Bignonieae

                      • Bignonia magnifica - Panama to N. Venezuela and Ecuador
                      • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                      • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Crescentieae

                      • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

                      • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                      Bixaceae

                      • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                      Bromeliaceae

                        Subfamily Bromelioideae

                        • Aechmea brevicollis - SE. Colombia to N. Brazil
                        • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                        • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                        Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                        • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                        • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                        Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                        • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                        • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

                        Burseraceae

                        • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                        Cactaceae

                          Subfamily Cactoideae
                          Tribe Phyllocacteae

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

                          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 tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                          Caricaceae

                          • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                          Ceratophyllaceae

                          • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                          Clusiaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Clusieae

                            • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C
                            • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                            Commelinaceae

                              Subfamily Commelinoideae
                              Tribe Tradescantieae

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

                              Costaceae

                              • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                              • Costus asplundii - S. Colombia to Peru
                              • Costus chartaceus - SE. Colombia to E. Ecuador W/C
                              • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                              • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                              • Costus productus - S. Colombia, Peru
                              • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                              • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                              • Costus woodsonii - C. America to Colombia
                              • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                              Cyclanthaceae

                                Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva
                                • Ludovia integrifolia - Nicaragua to Peru

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Droseraceae

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

                                  Ebenaceae

                                  • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                  Equisetaceae

                                  • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                                  • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                  • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
                                  • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                                  • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                  Ericaceae

                                    Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                    Tribe Vaccinieae

                                    • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
                                    • Cavendishia adenophora - Colombia
                                    • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia
                                    • Macleania smithiana - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Aleuritideae

                                      • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                      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

                                        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
                                        • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                        Gesneriaceae

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Episcieae

                                          • Nautilocalyx lynchii - Colombia

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Gloxinieae

                                          • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                          Gnetaceae

                                          • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                          Haemodoraceae

                                            Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                            • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Heliconiaceae

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

                                            Hydrocharitaceae

                                            • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                            Iridaceae

                                              Subfamily Iridoideae
                                              Tribe Trimezieae

                                              • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                              Lamiaceae

                                                Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                                • Scutellaria purpurascens subsp. verecunda - Colombia W/C

                                                Lecythidaceae

                                                  Subfamily Lecythidoideae

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

                                                  Lentibulariaceae

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

                                                  Malpighiaceae

                                                  • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South America
                                                  • 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
                                                    • Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
                                                    • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                    Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                                    Tribe Theobromeae

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

                                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                    Tribe Gossypieae

                                                    • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                    Tribe Malveae

                                                    • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                                    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
                                                    • 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

                                                      Menispermaceae

                                                        Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                        Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                                        Metaxyaceae

                                                        • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                        Moraceae

                                                          Subfamily
                                                          Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                          • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                          Myrtaceae

                                                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                            Tribe Myrteae

                                                            • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                            Orchidaceae

                                                              Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                              Tribe Phragmipedieae

                                                              • Phragmipedium longifolium - Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

                                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                              Tribe Arethuseae

                                                              • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia

                                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                              • Maxillaria callichroma - Colombia, Venezuela
                                                              • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                              • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                              • Ornithidium sophronitis - Colombia to Venezuela
                                                              • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                              • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                              • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                              • Gongora histrionica - Colombia to N. South America
                                                              • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                              • Gongora rufescens - Colombia to Ecuador
                                                              • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America
                                                              • Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
                                                              • Stanhopea platyceras - Colombia
                                                              • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                              Tribe Epidendreae

                                                              • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                              • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                              • Cattleya trianae - Colombia (endemic)
                                                              • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                              • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                              • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                              • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                              • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                              • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                              • Masdevallia hybrid - Colombia
                                                              • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                              • Platystele pyriformis - Colombia
                                                              • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                              • Pleurothallis pedunculata - Colombia, Venezuela
                                                              • Pleurothallis titan - Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá
                                                              • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                              • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                              • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                              • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                                              • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
                                                              • Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

                                                              Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                              Tribe Cranchideae

                                                              • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                              Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                              Tribe Vanilleae

                                                              • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                                                              Passifloraceae

                                                                Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                                Phytolaccaceae

                                                                • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America
                                                                • Trichostigma peruvianum - Peruvian Andes

                                                                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
                                                                    • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                    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

                                                                          • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                                          • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                          Sapotaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                            Tribe Sapoteae

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

                                                                            Solanaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                              • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                              Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                              • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                              Tribe Datureae

                                                                              • Brugmansia pittieri - Colombia - high and geographically isolated Indian village of Sibundoy W/C

                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                                                              • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                              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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                                    • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 218 accessions native to Colombia

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