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Collection Holdings native to Ecuador:

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

    Alismataceae

    • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America

    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 x grandiflora - W. Colombia to W. Ecuador

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Asclepiadeae

          • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Plumerieae

          • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Caladieae

            • Caladium palacioanum - Ecuador
            • 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 ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America
            • 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

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium andraeanum - Northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia
            • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
            • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

            Aristolochiaceae

              Subfamily Aristolchioideae
              Tribe Aristolochieae

              • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Heliantheae

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

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Anredereae

                  • Anredera baselloides - Ecuador & Peru

                  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 Tecomeae

                    • Delostoma integrifolium - W. South America to NW. Venezuela
                    • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                    Bixaceae

                    • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Bromelioideae

                      • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                      • Ananas bracteatus `Striatus' - Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
                      • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                      • Tillandsia caerulea - Peru, Ecuador
                      • 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

                      Cactaceae

                        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
                        • Canna jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
                        • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                        Clusiaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Clusieae

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

                          Combretaceae

                            Subfamily Combretoideae
                            Tribe Laguncularieae

                            • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                            Commelinaceae

                              Subfamily Commelinoideae
                              Tribe Tradescantieae

                              • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America

                              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 pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                              • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                              • 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.

                                  Dioscoreaceae

                                  • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                  Equisetaceae

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

                                  Ericaceae

                                    Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                    Tribe Vaccinieae

                                    • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
                                    • Macleania coccoloboides - Ecuador (endemic)

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Jatropheae

                                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Manihoteae

                                      • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                        Tribe Ingeae

                                        • Inga edulis - central and south America

                                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                        Tribe Mimoseae

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

                                        Gesneriaceae

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                                          • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Gloxinieae

                                          • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                          Goodeniaceae

                                          • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                                          Haemodoraceae

                                            Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                            • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Heliconiaceae

                                            • Heliconia rostrata - Peru, Ecuador
                                            • 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

                                              Malpighiaceae

                                              • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South 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

                                                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

                                                  Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                  Tribe Sonerileae

                                                  • Monolena primuliflora - Ecuador, Peru

                                                  Menispermaceae

                                                    Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                    Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                                    Menyanthaceae

                                                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                    Metaxyaceae

                                                    • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                    Moraceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                      • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                      Muntingiaceae

                                                      • Muntingia calabura - tropical 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 Cymbidieae

                                                          • Xylobium variegatum - S. Trop. America
                                                          • Lycaste macrophylla 'Hermarl' - N. & W. South America
                                                          • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                          • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                          • Brassia jipijapensis - Ecuador (Manabí)
                                                          • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                          • Gongora rufescens - Colombia to Ecuador
                                                          • Gongora scaphephorus - Ecuador to Peru
                                                          • Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
                                                          • Trichoceros antennifer - W. South America
                                                          • Pescatoria wallisii - W. Ecuador

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                                          • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                          • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, 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
                                                          • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                          • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                          • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                          • Pleurothallis prolaticollaris - north central Ecuador
                                                          • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                          • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Stelis restrepioides - SW. Colombia to N. Peru
                                                          • Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
                                                          • Zootrophion hirtzii - NC. Ecuador

                                                          Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                          Tribe Cranchideae

                                                          • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                          Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                          Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                                          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
                                                              • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America

                                                              Poaceae

                                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                                • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                Polypodiaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                  Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                  • Solanopteris brunei - western tropical South America

                                                                  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

                                                                      Salviniaceae

                                                                      • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                      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
                                                                        • Brugmansia versicolor - Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)

                                                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                        Tribe Physaleae

                                                                        • Iochroma cyaneum Royal Blue - Ecuador

                                                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                        Tribe Solaneae

                                                                        • Solanum pimpinellifolium - Ecuador & Peru, naturalized elsewhere

                                                                        Urticaceae

                                                                          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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                              • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 165 accessions native to Ecuador

                                                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                                                              = images available for this accession
                                                                              = map available for this accession
                                                                              = accession added within past 90 days

                                                                              data regenerated on Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:08:13 -0500

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