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Collection Holdings native to Jamaica:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Philodendreae

      • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

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

            Burseraceae

            • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

            Cannaceae

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

            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

              Commelinaceae

                Subfamily Commelinoideae
                Tribe Tradescantieae

                • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                  Droseraceae

                  • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C

                  Euphorbiaceae

                    Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                    Tribe Acalypheae

                    • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                    Tribe Jatropheae

                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                      Tribe Mimoseae

                      • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                      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

                        Lythraceae

                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                          • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                          Malpighiaceae

                          • 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

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Malveae

                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                            Marantaceae

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

                            Melastomataceae

                              Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                              Tribe Melastomeae

                              • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                              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 Cymbidieae

                                  • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Epidendreae

                                  • Brassavola nodosa - 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 angustifolius - Jamiaca, Cayman Islands

                                      Phytolaccaceae

                                      • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                      Piperaceae

                                        Subfamily Piperoideae

                                        • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                        • Peperomia rubella - Jamaica (endemic)

                                        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

                                          Pteridaceae

                                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                            Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                            • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                            Rhizophoraceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                              • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                              Salviniaceae

                                              • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                              Solanaceae

                                                Subfamily Petunioideae

                                                • Brunfelsia undulata - Jamaica W/C

                                                Talinaceae

                                                • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                Urticaceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Cecropieae

                                                  • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Lecantheae

                                                  • 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

                                                    Vitaceae

                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                      • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                      Zamiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                        Tribe Zamieae

                                                        • Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 69 accessions native to Jamaica

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

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