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Collection Holdings native to Netherlands Antilles:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Subfamily Monsteroideae
      Tribe Monstereae

      • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Furcraea foetida - Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America

            Capparaceae

            • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

            Clusiaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Clusieae

              • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

              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

                Malpighiaceae

                • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                Orchidaceae

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Epidendreae

                  • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America

                  Passifloraceae

                    Subfamily Turneroideae

                    • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                    Verbenaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Lantaneae

                      • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 16 accessions native to Netherlands Antilles

                      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 Fri, 09 May 2025 02:08:30 -0400

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