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Collection Holdings native to Panama:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. 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
        • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Dieffenbachieae

        • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Philodendreae

        • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America
        • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Lasioideae

        • Dracontium spruceanum - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile

        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 crystallinum - Panama to Colombia
        • Anthurium cubense - Cuba, Central America
        • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
        • Anthurium pendens - Panama to Colombia (Choco)
        • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
        • Anthurium pseudospectabile - western Panama: Cerro Hornito 1200m W/C
        • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
        • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Agavoideae
          Tribe Agaveae

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

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Heliantheae

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

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Senecioneae

            • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

            Begoniaceae

            • Begonia conchifolia - Costa Rica
            • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Bignonieae

              • Bignonia magnifica - Panama to N. Venezuela and Ecuador
              • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

              Subfamily
              Tribe Crescentieae

              • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Tecoma stans - tropical America

              Bixaceae

              • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

              Bromeliaceae

                Subfamily Bromelioideae

                • Aechmea allenii - Panama
                • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

                Burseraceae

                • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                  Tribe Phyllocacteae

                  • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                  Cannaceae

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

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Laguncularieae

                      • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                      Commelinaceae

                        Subfamily Commelinoideae
                        Tribe Tradescantieae

                        • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America
                        • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                        • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                        Costaceae

                        • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus allenii - C. America to NW. Venezuela
                        • Costus bracteatus - C. America
                        • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                        • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                        • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                        • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Costus vinosus - Panama W/C
                        • 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 bogotense - Chile W/C
                            • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
                            • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
                            • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin

                            Ericaceae

                              Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                              Tribe Vaccinieae

                              • Anthopterus wardii - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Jatropheae

                                • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Manihoteae

                                • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                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
                                  • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                                  Gesneriaceae

                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                    Tribe Gesnerieae

                                    • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                    Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                    Tribe Gloxinieae

                                    • Kohleria allenii - Panama and Costa Rica

                                    Haemodoraceae

                                      Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                      • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                      Heliconiaceae

                                      • Heliconia psittacorum - Panama to S. Trop. America

                                      Iridaceae

                                        Subfamily Iridoideae
                                        Tribe Trimezieae

                                        • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                        Lamiaceae

                                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                          • Scutellaria argentata - Costa Rica

                                          Lecythidaceae

                                            Subfamily Lecythidoideae

                                            • Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America

                                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                                            Malpighiaceae

                                            • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                            Malvaceae

                                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                              Tribe Adansonieae

                                              • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                              • Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
                                              • 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

                                                Menispermaceae

                                                  Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                  Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                  • Chondrodendron tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia

                                                  Menyanthaceae

                                                  • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                  Metaxyaceae

                                                  • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                  Moraceae

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                    • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                    Muntingiaceae

                                                    • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                    Myricaceae

                                                    • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                    Myrtaceae

                                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                      Tribe Myrteae

                                                      • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                      Orchidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                        Tribe Phragmipedieae

                                                        • Phragmipedium longifolium - Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                        • Maxillariella sanguinea - Costa Rica to W. Panama
                                                        • Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                        • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                        • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                        • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                        • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                        • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                        • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                                        • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, 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 nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                        • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                        • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                        • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                        • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                                        • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                        • Pleurothallis longipedicellata - Costa Rica to Ecuador
                                                        • 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 megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                        • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                        Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                        Tribe Vanilleae

                                                        • 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
                                                            • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                            • 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

                                                                Polypodiaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                  Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                  • Solanopteris brunei - western tropical South America

                                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                    Rhizophoraceae

                                                                      Subfamily
                                                                      Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                      • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                        Tribe Catesbaeeae

                                                                        • Osa pulchra - E. Costa Rica to NW. Panama

                                                                        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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                                  • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 177 accessions native to Panama

                                                                                  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 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:08:31 -0500

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