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Collection Holdings native to Leeward Is.:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
    Tribe Gomphreneae

    • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

    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 Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America

        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 Bromelioideae

              • Billbergia pyramidalis - Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

              • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
              • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

              Burseraceae

              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Cereeae

                • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C

                Cannaceae

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

                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

                  Costaceae

                  • 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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Acacieae

                        • 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

                        Haemodoraceae

                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                          • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                          Heliconiaceae

                          • Heliconia caribaea - 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

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Malveae

                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                            Marantaceae

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

                            Moraceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Dorstenieae

                              • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                              Myrtaceae

                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                Tribe Myrteae

                                • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                Orchidaceae

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Cymbidieae

                                  • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                  • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Epidendreae

                                  • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                  • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

                                  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

                                        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 Vittarioideae

                                            • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                            Solanaceae

                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                              • Solanum conocarpum - St. John, US Virgin Islands
                                              • Solanum conocarpum - St. John, US Virgin Islands

                                              Talinaceae

                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                              Urticaceae

                                                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
                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 62 accessions native to Leeward Is.

                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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