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Collection Holdings native to Suriname:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Alismataceae

    • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Anacardiaceae

        Subfamily Anacardioideae

        • Anacardium occidentale - northeastern Brazil

        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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Dieffenbachieae

            • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Philodendreae

            • Philodendron ornatum - Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
            • Philodendron pedatum - S. Trop. America

            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

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

            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

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bignonieae

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

                  Bixaceae

                  • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                  Bromeliaceae

                    Subfamily Bromelioideae

                    • Ananas comosus - Costa Rica to S. Trop. America

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                    • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                    • Vriesea splendens - Trinidad-Tobago to N. South America

                    Cactaceae

                      Subfamily Cactoideae
                      Tribe Phyllocacteae

                      • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                      Cannaceae

                      • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                      • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.

                      Clusiaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Clusieae

                        • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                        Combretaceae

                          Subfamily Combretoideae
                          Tribe Laguncularieae

                          • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                          Convolvulaceae

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Cresseae

                            • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                            Costaceae

                            • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                            Cyperaceae

                              Subfamily Cyperoideae
                              Tribe Cypereae

                              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                              Dioscoreaceae

                              • Dioscorea dodecaneura - S. Trop. America

                              Droseraceae

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

                              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

                                Gesneriaceae

                                  Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                  Tribe Gloxinieae

                                  • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                                  Gnetaceae

                                  • Gnetum urens - southern tropical America

                                  Haemodoraceae

                                    Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                    • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Heliconiaceae

                                    • Heliconia acuminata - S. Trop. America
                                    • Heliconia psittacorum - Panama to S. Trop. America
                                    • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican - southern Tropical America

                                    Lecythidaceae

                                      Subfamily Lecythidoideae

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

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Malvaceae

                                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                        Tribe Adansonieae

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

                                        Marantaceae

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

                                        Menyanthaceae

                                        • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                        Metaxyaceae

                                        • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                        Orchidaceae

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Cymbidieae

                                          • Xylobium variegatum - S. Trop. America
                                          • Lycaste macrophylla 'Hermarl' - N. & W. South America
                                          • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                          • Gongora histrionica - Colombia to N. South America

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                          • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                          • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                          • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                          • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • 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

                                          Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                          Tribe Cranchideae

                                          • Cladobium graminifolium -

                                          Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                          Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                          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

                                            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

                                              Pontederiaceae

                                              • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                              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

                                                  Salviniaceae

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

                                                  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 Petreae

                                                      • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 93 accessions native to Suriname

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

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