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Collection Holdings native to El Salvador:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Asclepiadeae

      • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Plumerieae

      • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
      • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Caladieae

        • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Dieffenbachieae

        • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Philodendreae

        • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
        • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
        • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

        Subfamily Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Anthurieae

        • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          Aristolochiaceae

            Subfamily Aristolchioideae
            Tribe Aristolochieae

            • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Neurolaeneae

              • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Senecioneae

              • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

              Begoniaceae

              • 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 Pitcairnioideae

                  • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                  Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                  • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                  • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                  • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia seleriana - southern Mexico to Central America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                  • Tillandsia xerographica - S. Mexico to C. America

                  Burseraceae

                  • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                  Cannaceae

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

                  Caricaceae

                  • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                  Cibotiaceae

                  • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                  Commelinaceae

                    Subfamily Commelinoideae
                    Tribe Tradescantieae

                    • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                    Costaceae

                    • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                    • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America

                    Cyclanthaceae

                      Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                      • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                        Ebenaceae

                        • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                        Equisetaceae

                        • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                        Ericaceae

                          Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                          Tribe Vaccinieae

                          • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                            Tribe Aleuritideae

                            • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                            Tribe Jatropheae

                            • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Jatropha podagrica - Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics

                            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

                              Haemodoraceae

                                Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                Iridaceae

                                  Subfamily Iridoideae
                                  Tribe Trimezieae

                                  • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                  Lauraceae

                                  • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                  Lentibulariaceae

                                  • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                  • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                  Lythraceae

                                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                                    • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                    Malpighiaceae

                                    • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                    Malvaceae

                                      Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                      Tribe Adansonieae

                                      • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                      Subfamily Malvoideae
                                      Tribe Malveae

                                      • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                      Marantaceae

                                      • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                      • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador

                                      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

                                          • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                          Orchidaceae

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Arethuseae

                                            • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia
                                            • Sobralia decora x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                            • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                            • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                            • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                            • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                            • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                            • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                            • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                            • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                            • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                            • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                            • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                            • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                            • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                            • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                            • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                            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

                                              Piperaceae

                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                                Poaceae

                                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                  • 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 Rubioideae
                                                      Tribe Coussareeae

                                                      • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                      Rutaceae

                                                        Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                        • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                        Salviniaceae

                                                        • 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

                                                            Talinaceae

                                                            • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                            Urticaceae

                                                              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 119 accessions native to El Salvador

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

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