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

                  Burseraceae

                  • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                  Cactaceae

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Hylocereeae

                    • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                    Cannaceae

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

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Laguncularieae

                      • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical 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

                            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
                                    • 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

                                        Menyanthaceae

                                        • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                        Moraceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Dorstenieae

                                          • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                          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 x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                                              • Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                              • Maxillariella 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
                                              • Cuitlauzina pulchella - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                              • 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 nocturnum - S. Florida, 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

                                                      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 116 accessions native to El Salvador

                                                                      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 02:08:14 -0500

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