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Collection Holdings native to Nicaragua:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
    Tribe Gomphreneae

    • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Annoneae

      • Annona reticulata - central America

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Asclepiadeae

        • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Plumerieae

        • Allamanda cathartica - South America
        • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
        • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Caladieae

          • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Dieffenbachieae

          • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Philodendreae

          • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
          • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
          • Monstera dubia - tropical Central and South America

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Spathiphylleae

          • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
          • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
          • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
          • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
          • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
          • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
          • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America
          • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Heliantheae

              • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Neurolaeneae

              • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Senecioneae

              • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

              Begoniaceae

              • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

              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

                Bixaceae

                • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                Bromeliaceae

                  Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                  • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                  Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                  • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                  • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                  • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                  • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia seleriana - southern Mexico to Central America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

                  Burseraceae

                  • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                  Cactaceae

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Phyllocacteae

                    • Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua

                    Cannaceae

                    • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                    • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                    • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                    Caricaceae

                    • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Cibotiaceae

                    • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                    Clusiaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Clusieae

                      • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                      Commelinaceae

                        Subfamily Commelinoideae
                        Tribe Tradescantieae

                        • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America
                        • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                        Costaceae

                        • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus bracteatus - C. America
                        • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                        • Costus malortieanus - Central America
                        • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                        • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                        • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus woodsonii - C. America to Colombia
                        • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                        Cyclanthaceae

                          Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                          • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva
                          • Ludovia integrifolia - Nicaragua to Peru

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                            Droseraceae

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

                            Ebenaceae

                            • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                            Equisetaceae

                            • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                            Ericaceae

                              Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                              Tribe Vaccinieae

                              • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                Tribe Plukenetieae

                                • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Aleuritideae

                                • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Jatropheae

                                • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                                • Jatropha podagrica - Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Manihoteae

                                • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                  Tribe Acacieae

                                  • Vachellia cornigera - Mexico to Costa Rica
                                  • 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
                                  • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                  Gesneriaceae

                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                    Tribe Gesnerieae

                                    • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                    Haemodoraceae

                                      Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                      • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Iridaceae

                                        Subfamily Iridoideae
                                        Tribe Trimezieae

                                        • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                        Lamiaceae

                                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                          • Scutellaria argentata - Costa Rica

                                          Lauraceae

                                          • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                                          Malpighiaceae

                                          • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America
                                          • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                                          Malvaceae

                                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                            Tribe Adansonieae

                                            • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                            • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                            Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                            Tribe Theobromeae

                                            • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                            • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America

                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                            Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                            Tribe Malveae

                                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                            Marantaceae

                                            • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                            • Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America to Ecuador
                                            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                            • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                            • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                            Melastomataceae

                                              Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                              Tribe Melastomeae

                                              • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                              Metaxyaceae

                                              • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                              Moraceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Ficeae

                                                • Ficus aurea - Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama

                                                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 Arethuseae

                                                    • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                    • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                    • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                    • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                    • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                    • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                    • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                    • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                                    • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                                    • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                    • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                                    • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                    • Epidendrum oerstedii - Central America
                                                    • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                    • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                    • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                    • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                    • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                    • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                    • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                    • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                    • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                    • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                    Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                    Tribe Vanilleae

                                                    • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                    • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                    Passifloraceae

                                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                      Tribe Passifloreae

                                                      • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                      Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                      • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                      Phytolaccaceae

                                                      • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                      Piperaceae

                                                        Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                        • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                        • Piper arboreum - South America
                                                        • Piper cenocladum - Costa Rica and surrounding countries

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

                                                          Polygonaceae

                                                            Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                            • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                            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

                                                                Rubiaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                  Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                  • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                  • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                  Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                  • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                                  Salviniaceae

                                                                  • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                                  • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                  Sapotaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                    • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                    Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                    Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                    • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                    • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                    Solanaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                      Tribe Cestreae

                                                                      • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                      Tribe Solaneae

                                                                      • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                      Talinaceae

                                                                      • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                      Urticaceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                        • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                                                        • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                        Verbenaceae

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                          • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                          • Phyla scaberrima - Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Petreae

                                                                          • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                          Vitaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                            • Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                            • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                            Zygophyllaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                              Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                              • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 170 accessions native to Nicaragua

                                                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                              = map available for this accession
                                                                              = accession added within past 90 days

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