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Collection Holdings native to Missouri:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

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

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

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

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Agavoideae
          Tribe Agaveae

          • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

            • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

              • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Convolvulaceae

                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                Tribe Convolvuleae

                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                Cystopteridaceae

                • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                Equisetaceae

                • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                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

                  • Acacia angustissima -

                  Fagaceae

                    Subfamily Castaneoideae

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

                    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

                    Loganiaceae

                    • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                    Lythraceae

                      Subfamily Lythroideae
                      Tribe Nesaeeae

                      • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                      Oleaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Oleeae

                        • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                        Orobanchaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Pedicularideae

                          • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                          Papaveraceae

                            Subfamily Papaveroideae
                            Tribe Chelidonieae

                            • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                            Passifloraceae

                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                              Tribe Passifloreae

                              • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                              Penthoraceae

                              • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                              Poaceae

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Andropogoneae

                                • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Paniceae

                                • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                Ranunculaceae

                                  Subfamily Isopyroideae
                                  Tribe Isopyreae

                                  • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                                  Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                  Tribe Cimicifugeae

                                  • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                                  Rubiaceae

                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                    Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                    Santalaceae

                                    • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                    Smilacaceae

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

                                    Urticaceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Urticeae

                                      • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 35 accessions native to Missouri

                                      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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