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Collection Holdings native to Peru:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Fittonia albivenis - Colombia to Peru
    • Pachystachys lutea - South America
    • Streblacanthus amoenus - Peru

    Alstroemeriaceae

      Subfamily
      Tribe Alstroemerieae

      • Alstroemeria pulchella - Peru to C. Chile

      Amaranthaceae

        Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
        Tribe Gomphreneae

        • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

        Amaryllidaceae

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Eucharideae

          • Eucharis candida - Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Hippeastreae

          • Zephyranthes rosea - Colombia to Peru

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Stenomesseae

          • Rauhia multiflora - Peru (Cajamarca) W/C

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Asclepiadeae

            • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Plumerieae

            • Allamanda cathartica - South America
            • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Caladieae

              • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America
              • Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Dieffenbachieae

              • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Philodendreae

              • Philodendron grazielae - northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru
              • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron panduriforme - S. Trop. America
              • Philodendron verrucosum - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Spathicarpeae

              • Taccarum weddellianum - WC. Brazil to Paraguay

              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

              Subfamily Monsteroideae
              Tribe Spathiphylleae

              • Spathiphyllum floribundum - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru

              Subfamily Pothoideae
              Tribe Anthurieae

              • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
              • Anthurium luxurians - Colombia, Peru
              • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Aristolochiaceae

                  Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                  Tribe Aristolochieae

                  • Aristolochia littoralis - Brazil
                  • Aristolochia ringens - northern South America, naturalized in Central America & Caribbean

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Heliantheae

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

                    Subfamily Barnesioideae
                    Tribe Barnedesieae

                    • Barnadesia dombeyana - Peru

                    Basellaceae

                      Subfamily Anredereae

                      • Anredera baselloides - Ecuador & Peru

                      Bignoniaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Bignonieae

                        • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Tecomeae

                        • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                        Bixaceae

                        • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                        Boraginaceae

                          Subfamily Heliotropioideae

                          • Heliotropium arborescens Alba - Peru

                          Bromeliaceae

                            Subfamily Bromelioideae

                            • Aechmea chantinii - Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
                            • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                            Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                            • Fosterella penduliflora - Peru
                            • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                            • Tillandsia caerulea - Peru, Ecuador
                            • Tillandsia heteromorpha - Peru
                            • Tillandsia purpurea - Atacama desert / coastal Peru
                            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                            • Tillandsia stellifera - Peru
                            • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
                            • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                            • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                            • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                            • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                            Cactaceae

                              Subfamily Cactoideae
                              Tribe Cereeae

                              • Browningia hertlingianus - Peru
                              • Cleistocactus fieldianus - Peru W/C
                              • Espostoa ritteri - Rio Maranon, Peru W/C
                              • Espostoa senilis - Peru, Ancash
                              • Haageocereus chryseus - Peru W/C
                              • Matucana calliantha - Peru
                              • Matucana madisoniorum - Peru
                              • Weberbauerocereus rauhii - Peru - Nazca Valley W/C

                              Subfamily Cactoideae
                              Tribe Phyllocacteae

                              • Neoraimondia arequipensis - Peru W/C
                              • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C
                              • Selenicereus wittii - Brazil W/C

                              Subfamily Opuntioideae
                              Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

                              • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

                              Subfamily Opuntioideae
                              Tribe Opuntieae

                              • Opuntia brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina

                              Cannaceae

                              • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                              • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                              • Canna jaegeriana - Hispaniola to Puerto Rico, NW. Venezuela to W. South America
                              • Canna liliiflora - SE. Peru to Bolivia

                              Clusiaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Clusieae

                                • Clusia hammeliana - northern South America W/C

                                Commelinaceae

                                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                                  Tribe Tradescantieae

                                  • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                                  Convolvulaceae

                                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                    Costaceae

                                    • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Costus asplundii - S. Colombia to Peru
                                    • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                                    • Costus productus - S. Colombia, Peru
                                    • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Costus vargasii - Peru
                                    • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America
                                    • Monocostus uniflorus - northern Peru

                                    Cyclanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Carludovicioideae

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

                                      Cyperaceae

                                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                        Tribe Cypereae

                                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                        Dioscoreaceae

                                        • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                                        Equisetaceae

                                        • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                        Ericaceae

                                          Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                          Tribe Vaccinieae

                                          • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia
                                          • Ceratostema rauhii - Peru

                                          Euphorbiaceae

                                            Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                            Tribe Plukenetieae

                                            • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Jatropheae

                                            • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Manihoteae

                                            • Manihot esculenta - W. South America to Brazil

                                            Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                            Tribe Micrandreae

                                            • Hevea brasiliensis - South America

                                            Fabaceae

                                              Subfamily Faboideae
                                              Tribe Phaseoleae

                                              • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America

                                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                              Tribe Acacieae

                                              • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                              Tribe Ingeae

                                              • Inga edulis - central and south America

                                              Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                              Tribe Mimoseae

                                              • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                              Gnetaceae

                                              • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                              Haemodoraceae

                                                Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                                • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                                Heliconiaceae

                                                • Heliconia rostrata - Peru, Ecuador
                                                • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - southern Tropical America

                                                Lamiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                  Tribe Mentheae

                                                  • Salvia discolor - Peru

                                                  Lecythidaceae

                                                    Subfamily Lecythidoideae

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

                                                    Lentibulariaceae

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

                                                    Loasaceae

                                                      Subfamily Loasoideae
                                                      Tribe Loaseae

                                                      • Presliophytum heucherifolium - Peru W/C

                                                      Malpighiaceae

                                                      • Banisteriopsis caapi - tropical South America
                                                      • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                                      Malvaceae

                                                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                        Tribe Adansonieae

                                                        • Ceiba speciosa - Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
                                                        • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                        Tribe Gossypieae

                                                        • Gossypium barbadense - Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere

                                                        Marantaceae

                                                        • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                        • Calathea metallica - Colombia to Peru and N. Brazil
                                                        • Calathea variegata - Trinidad to S. Trop. America W/C
                                                        • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C

                                                        Melastomataceae

                                                          Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                          Tribe Melastomeae

                                                          • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                          Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                          Tribe Sonerileae

                                                          • Monolena primuliflora - Ecuador, Peru

                                                          Menispermaceae

                                                            Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                            Tribe Tiliacoreae

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

                                                            Metaxyaceae

                                                            • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                            Moraceae

                                                              Subfamily
                                                              Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                              • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                              Muntingiaceae

                                                              • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                              Myrtaceae

                                                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                                Tribe Myrteae

                                                                • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                                Orchidaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                  Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                                  • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                                                  • Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata - Colombia to Peru and Brazil
                                                                  • Gongora scaphephorus - Ecuador to Peru
                                                                  • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America
                                                                  • Stanhopea jenischiana - Colombia to NW. Venezuela and S. Ecuador
                                                                  • Zygopetalum maculatum - Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul

                                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                  Tribe Epidendreae

                                                                  • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                  • Acianthera aphthosa - W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
                                                                  • Acianthera casapensis - Venezuela to W. South America
                                                                  • Myoxanthus affinis - W. South America
                                                                  • Pleurothallis nuda - W. South America to N. Venezuela
                                                                  • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                  • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                  • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                  • Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

                                                                  Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                                  Tribe Cranchideae

                                                                  • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                                                  Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                                  Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                                                  Oxalidaceae

                                                                  • Oxalis teneriensis - Peru
                                                                  • Oxalis triangularis - South America

                                                                  Passifloraceae

                                                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                    • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia
                                                                    • Passiflora trifasciata - Peruvian Amazon

                                                                    Phytolaccaceae

                                                                    • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America
                                                                    • Trichostigma peruvianum - Peruvian Andes

                                                                    Piperaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                      • Peperomia dolabriformis - Peru
                                                                      • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                      • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                                      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

                                                                        Polygonaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                          • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                          Pontederiaceae

                                                                          • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                                                          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 Ixoroideae
                                                                                Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                                • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum - S. Trop. America

                                                                                Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                                Tribe Posoquerieae

                                                                                • Posoqueria longiflora - S. Trop. America

                                                                                Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                                • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                                Salviniaceae

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

                                                                                Solanaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                                                                  • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                  Tribe Capsiceae

                                                                                  • Lycianthes asarifolia - South America

                                                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                  Tribe Juanulloeae

                                                                                  • Juanulloa aurantiaca - South America

                                                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                  Tribe Solaneae

                                                                                  • Jaltomata quipuscoae - Peru: Arequipa (endemic)

                                                                                  Talinaceae

                                                                                  • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                                  Tropaeolaceae

                                                                                  • Tropaeolum majus - Peru

                                                                                  Urticaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                                    Tribe Lecantheae

                                                                                    • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America

                                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                                                                    • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                                    Verbenaceae

                                                                                      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 169 accessions native to Peru

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