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Collection Holdings native to Cuba:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

          Begoniaceae

          • Begonia cubensis - Cuba

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Bignonieae

            • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily
            Tribe Crescentieae

            • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Tecoma stans - tropical America

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Bromelioideae

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

              Burseraceae

              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Cereeae

                • Melocactus matanzanus - Cuba
                • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic W/C

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Phyllocacteae

                • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                Cannaceae

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

                Capparaceae

                • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Clusiaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Clusieae

                  • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                  Costaceae

                  • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Droseraceae

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

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                      • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

                      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 Mimoseae

                        • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                        Haemodoraceae

                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                          • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                          Heliconiaceae

                          • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                          Hydrocharitaceae

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

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Malpighiaceae

                          • Malpighia coccigera - West Indies
                          • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                            Tribe Adansonieae

                            • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                            • Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Gossypieae

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

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Malveae

                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                            Marantaceae

                            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                            • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                            Marcgraviaceae

                              Subfamily Marcgravioideae

                              • Marcgravia rectiflora - Dominican Republic, Haiti

                              Melastomataceae

                                Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                Tribe Melastomeae

                                • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                Moraceae

                                  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 Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                      • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                      • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Epidendreae

                                      • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                      • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                      • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                      • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                      Passifloraceae

                                        Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                        Tribe Passifloreae

                                        • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                        Subfamily Turneroideae

                                        • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                        Phyllanthaceae

                                          Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                          Tribe Phyllantheae

                                          • Phyllanthus angustifolius - Jamiaca, Cayman Islands
                                          • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C

                                          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
                                              • 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

                                              Pteridaceae

                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                Rubiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                  Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                  • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                  Tribe Coussareeae

                                                  • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica

                                                  Salviniaceae

                                                  • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                                  Solanaceae

                                                    Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                    Tribe Cestreae

                                                    • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae

                                                    • Solandra longiflora - Cuba, Hispaniola

                                                    Talinaceae

                                                    • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                    Urticaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Lecantheae

                                                      • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South 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

                                                          Xyridaceae

                                                          • Xyris caroliniana - Eastern N. America - Ontario to New York & south to Florida

                                                          Zamiaceae

                                                            Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                            Tribe Zamieae

                                                            • Microcycas calocoma - western Cuba (endemic)
                                                            • Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles
                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 90 accessions native to Cuba

                                                            W/C = Wild Collected
                                                            = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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