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Collection Holdings native to Florida:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Corypheae

          • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C
          • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

          Aristolochiaceae

            Subfamily Asaroideae
            Tribe Sarumeae

            • Asarum arifolium - southeastern USA W/C

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Heliantheae

              • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                Bromeliaceae

                  Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                  • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia simulata - centra Florida
                  • Tillandsia simulata - southern Florida, USA
                  • 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

                    • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic W/C

                    Subfamily Opuntioideae
                    Tribe Opuntieae

                    • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                    Cannaceae

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

                    Capparaceae

                    • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                    Clethraceae

                    • Clethra alnifolia - coastal eastern USA and Canada W/C

                    Clusiaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Clusieae

                      • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Convolvuleae

                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cypereae

                          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                          Droseraceae

                          • Dionaea muscipula - E. North Carolina to E. South Carolina, Florida
                          • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C
                          • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis - eastern USA W/C
                          • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi - SE. U.S.A.

                          Equisetaceae

                          • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                            Tribe Acalypheae

                            • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                            Fabaceae

                              Subfamily Faboideae
                              Tribe Amorpheae

                              • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                              Subfamily Faboideae
                              Tribe Phaseoleae

                              • Apios americana - eastern North America

                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                              Tribe Acacieae

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

                              Fagaceae

                                Subfamily Castaneoideae

                                • Castanea dentata - E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                                Subfamily Quercoideae

                                • Quercus virginiana - southeastern USA

                                Gelsemiaceae

                                • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                                Hydrocharitaceae

                                • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                                • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                Lentibulariaceae

                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                                Liliaceae

                                  Subfamily Lilioideae

                                  • Lilium catesbaei - SE. U.S.A. W/C

                                  Linderniaceae

                                  • Lindernia grandiflora - southeastern US

                                  Loganiaceae

                                  • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                                  Lythraceae

                                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                                    • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                                    Marantaceae

                                    • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                    Moraceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Ficeae

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

                                      Myricaceae

                                      • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                      Myrtaceae

                                        Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                        Tribe Myrteae

                                        • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                        Oleaceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Oleeae

                                          • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                                          Orchidaceae

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                            • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

                                            Passifloraceae

                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                              • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                                              • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                              Penthoraceae

                                              • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                              Pinaceae

                                                Subfamily Pinoideae

                                                • Pinus palustris - southeastern US

                                                Piperaceae

                                                  Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                  • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                                  Poaceae

                                                    Subfamily Chloridoideae
                                                    Tribe Zoysieae

                                                    • Spartina bakeri - USA

                                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                    Tribe Paniceae

                                                    • 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

                                                    Ranunculaceae

                                                      Subfamily Coptidoideae
                                                      Tribe Coptideae

                                                      • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                                                      Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                                      Tribe Isopyreae

                                                      • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                                      Rhizophoraceae

                                                        Subfamily
                                                        Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                        • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                        Rubiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                          Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                                          Santalaceae

                                                          • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                                          Sarraceniaceae

                                                          • Sarracenia flava - Southeastern N. America - Virginia and N. Carolina to Florida
                                                          • Sarracenia flava var. flava - southeastern USA W/C
                                                          • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpa - Milton, Florida, USA
                                                          • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA
                                                          • Sarracenia leucophylla - southeastern USA W/C
                                                          • Sarracenia minor - southeastern USA, North Carolina to Florida
                                                          • Sarracenia psittacina - southeastern USA
                                                          • Sarracenia purpurea - Eastern N. America
                                                          • Sarracenia rosea - southeastern USA
                                                          • Sarracenia rosea 'Manmaru' - southeastern USA

                                                          Schisandraceae

                                                          • Illicium floridanum - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.
                                                          • Illicium parviflorum - Florida, USA

                                                          Schoepfiaceae

                                                          • Schoepfia chrysophylloides - Florida W/C

                                                          Smilacaceae

                                                          • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.

                                                          Talinaceae

                                                          • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                          Taxaceae

                                                          • Torreya taxifolia - USA: Florida and Georgia

                                                          Verbenaceae

                                                            Subfamily
                                                            Tribe Petreae

                                                            • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                            Violaceae

                                                            • Viola labradorica - eastern North America

                                                            Vitaceae

                                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                              • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                              Xyridaceae

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

                                                              Zygophyllaceae

                                                                Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 90 accessions native to Florida

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

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