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Collection Holdings native to Puerto Rico:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        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

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

            • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
            • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
            • 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 Cereeae

              • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C

              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

              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

                Costaceae

                • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                  Droseraceae

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

                  Dryopteridaceae

                  • Polystichum calderonense - Puerto Rico (endemic) W/C

                  Euphorbiaceae

                    Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                    Tribe Acalypheae

                    • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                    Tribe Jatropheae

                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

                    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

                      Heliconiaceae

                      • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      Malpighiaceae

                      • Malpighia coccigera - West Indies
                      • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                        Tribe Adansonieae

                        • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa

                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                        Tribe Gossypieae

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

                        Marantaceae

                        • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                        • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                        Marcgraviaceae

                          Subfamily Marcgravioideae

                          • Marcgravia rectiflora - Dominican Republic, Haiti

                          Moraceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Dorstenieae

                            • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                            Myricaceae

                            • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                            Myrtaceae

                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                              Tribe Myrteae

                              • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                              Orchidaceae

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                Passifloraceae

                                  Subfamily Turneroideae

                                  • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                  Phyllanthaceae

                                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                                    • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C

                                    Phytolaccaceae

                                    • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                    Piperaceae

                                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                                      • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                      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

                                        Pteridaceae

                                          Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                          • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                          Rhizophoraceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                            • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                            Salviniaceae

                                            • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                            Solanaceae

                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                              • Solanum ensifolium - Sierra de Cayey in central Puerto Rico W/C
                                              • Solanum ensifolium - Puerto Rico

                                              Talinaceae

                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                              Urticaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Lecantheae

                                                • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South 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 verticillata - northern South America

                                                    Zamiaceae

                                                      Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                      Tribe Zamieae

                                                      • Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles

                                                      Zygophyllaceae

                                                        Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                        Tribe Larreoideae

                                                        • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 71 accessions native to Puerto Rico

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