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Collection Holdings native to Costa Rica:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Stenomesseae

      • Phaedranassa Carmiolii - Costa Rica

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Asclepiadeae

        • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Plumerieae

        • Allamanda cathartica - South America
        • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
        • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Caladieae

          • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
          • Syngonium wendlandii - Costa Rica
          • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Dieffenbachieae

          • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Philodendreae

          • 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

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
          • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
          • Monstera dubia - tropical Central and South America

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Spathiphylleae

          • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
          • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
          • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
          • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
          • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
          • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
          • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            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 Neurolaeneae

                • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
                • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bignonieae

                  • 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

                    • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                    Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

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

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                    • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                    • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                    Burseraceae

                    • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                    Cactaceae

                      Subfamily Cactoideae
                      Tribe Phyllocacteae

                      • Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua

                      Cannaceae

                      • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                      • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                      • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                      Capparaceae

                      • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                      Caricaceae

                      • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                      Ceratophyllaceae

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

                      Clusiaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Clusieae

                        • 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 bracteatus - C. America
                          • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                          • Costus malortieanus - Central America
                          • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                          • 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 - Columbia, Medellin
                              • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                              • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                              • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                              • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                              Ericaceae

                                Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                Tribe Vaccinieae

                                • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                  Tribe Plukenetieae

                                  • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Aleuritideae

                                  • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Jatropheae

                                  • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Manihoteae

                                  • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Acacieae

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

                                    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 Gesnerieae

                                      • Columnea ornata - Mesoamerica
                                      • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                      Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                      Tribe Gloxinieae

                                      • Kohleria allenii - Panama and Costa Rica

                                      Haemodoraceae

                                        Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                        • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                        Lamiaceae

                                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                          • Scutellaria argentata - Costa Rica

                                          Lauraceae

                                          • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                          Lecythidaceae

                                            Subfamily Lecythidoideae

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

                                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                                            Malpighiaceae

                                            • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                            Malvaceae

                                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                              Tribe Adansonieae

                                              • 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
                                              • 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

                                                Metaxyaceae

                                                • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                Moraceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                  • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                                  • Ficus aurea - Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama

                                                  Muntingiaceae

                                                  • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                  Myricaceae

                                                  • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                  Myrtaceae

                                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                    Tribe Myrteae

                                                    • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                    • 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 sanguinea - Costa Rica to W. Panama
                                                      • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                      • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                      • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                      • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                      • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                      • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                      • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                      • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                                      • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                                      • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Epidendreae

                                                      • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                      • Epidendrum oerstedii - Central America
                                                      • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                      • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                      • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                      • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                      • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                      • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                      • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                      • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                      • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                      • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                      • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                      • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                                      • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                      Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                      Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                                      Passifloraceae

                                                        Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                        Tribe Passifloreae

                                                        • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                        Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                        • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                        Phytolaccaceae

                                                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                        Piperaceae

                                                          Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                          • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                          • Piper cenocladum - Costa Rica and surrounding countries

                                                          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

                                                            Polygonaceae

                                                              Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                              • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                                • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                                Rhizophoraceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                  • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                    Tribe Catesbaeeae

                                                                    • Osa pulchra - E. Costa Rica to NW. Panama

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                    • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                    • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                    • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                                    Rutaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                      • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                      Salviniaceae

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

                                                                      Sapotaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                        • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                        Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                        Tribe Sapoteae

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

                                                                        Solanaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                          Tribe Cestreae

                                                                          • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                          Tribe Solaneae

                                                                          • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                          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
                                                                              • Phyla scaberrima - Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean

                                                                              Subfamily
                                                                              Tribe Petreae

                                                                              • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                              Vitaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                                • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                  Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                  • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 185 accessions native to Costa Rica

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

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