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Collection Holdings native to Guatemala:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Annonaceae

        Subfamily Annonoideae
        Tribe Annoneae

        • Annona reticulata - central 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

            • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Monstereae

            • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
            • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Spathiphylleae

            • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
            • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
            • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
            • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
            • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
            • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Aristolochiaceae

                Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                Tribe Aristolochieae

                • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

                Asteraceae

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Eupatorieae

                  • Bartlettina sordida - Mexico - Puebla, Morelos and Oaxaca states

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Heliantheae

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

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Neurolaeneae

                  • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Senecioneae

                  • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                  • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                  • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras

                  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 Hechtioideae

                      • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                      • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                      • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                      • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia seleriana - southern Mexico to Central 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 schlechtendalii - Central America
                      • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Phyllocacteae

                        • Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. guatemalense - Guatemala

                        Cannaceae

                        • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                        • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                        • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                        Capparaceae

                        • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                        Caricaceae

                        • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                        Cibotiaceae

                        • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                        Clusiaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Clusieae

                          • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                          Commelinaceae

                            Subfamily Commelinoideae
                            Tribe Tradescantieae

                            • Callisia gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
                            • Callisia warszewicziana - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Guatemala
                            • Tradescantia spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                            • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                            Costaceae

                            • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                            • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                            • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                            • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Taxodioideae

                              • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                              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 Acalyphoideae
                                      Tribe Plukenetieae

                                      • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                      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

                                        • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                        • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere
                                        • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                        Gelsemiaceae

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

                                        Haemodoraceae

                                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                          • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                          Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                          Iridaceae

                                            Subfamily Iridoideae
                                            Tribe Trimezieae

                                            • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                            Lamiaceae

                                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                              Tribe Mentheae

                                              • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                              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
                                                • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                                                Malvaceae

                                                  Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                  Tribe Adansonieae

                                                  • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                  • Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala

                                                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                  Tribe Malveae

                                                  • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                                  Marantaceae

                                                  • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                  • 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

                                                    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

                                                        • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                        • 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 houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                                          • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                          • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                          • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                          • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                          • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                          • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                          • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                          • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                          • 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 ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                                          • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                          • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                                          • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                          • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                          • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                          • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                          • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                          • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                          • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                          • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                          • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                          • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                          • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                                          • 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
                                                              • Peperomia urocarpa - Guatemala
                                                              • 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

                                                                Polygonaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                  • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                  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
                                                                      • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                      Rutaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                        • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                        Salviniaceae

                                                                        • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                                        • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                        Sapindaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                          • Melicoccus bijugatus - El Salvador, Guatemala

                                                                          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

                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                                                              • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                              Talinaceae

                                                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                              Urticaceae

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                                • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical 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 tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                                    • 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 183 accessions native to Guatemala

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

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