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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

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

              • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Opuntieae

                • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Uvularieae

                  • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                  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

                              • Castilleja coccinea -
                              • 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

                                        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 37 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

                                          data regenerated on Tue, 21 Mar 2023 02:08:24 -0400

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