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Collection Holdings native to Haiti:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Bignonieae

          • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
            • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
            • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Cactoideae
              Tribe Cereeae

              • Melocactus lemairei - Dominican Republic W/C
              • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic 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

              Capparaceae

              • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

              Ceratophyllaceae

              • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Clusieae

                • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Laguncularieae

                  • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                  Costaceae

                  • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                  • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                      • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

                      Goodeniaceae

                      • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                      Haemodoraceae

                        Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                        • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                        Heliconiaceae

                        • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                        Hydrocharitaceae

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

                        Lentibulariaceae

                        • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                        Malpighiaceae

                        • Malpighia coccigera - West Indies
                        • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Bombacoideae
                          Tribe Adansonieae

                          • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

                          • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                          Marantaceae

                          • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                          • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                          Marcgraviaceae

                            Subfamily Marcgravioideae

                            • Marcgravia rectiflora - Dominican Republic, Haiti

                            Menyanthaceae

                            • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                            Muntingiaceae

                            • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                            Myrtaceae

                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                              Tribe Myrteae

                              • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                              Orchidaceae

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                Passifloraceae

                                  Subfamily Turneroideae

                                  • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                  Phyllanthaceae

                                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                                    • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C

                                    Phytolaccaceae

                                    • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                    Piperaceae

                                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                                      • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                      • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                      • 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

                                        Salviniaceae

                                        • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                        Solanaceae

                                          Subfamily Solanoideae

                                          • Solandra longiflora - Cuba, Hispaniola

                                          Talinaceae

                                          • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                          Urticaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Lecantheae

                                            • Pilea depressa - Dominican Republic, Haiti
                                            • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America

                                            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

                                              Zygophyllaceae

                                                Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                Tribe Larreoideae

                                                • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 66 accessions native to Haiti

                                                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

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