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Collection Holdings native to Trinidad-Tobago:

Annonaceae

    Subfamily Annonoideae
    Tribe Annoneae

    • Rollinia exsucca - French Guiana, Trinidad

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Asclepiadeae

      • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. 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

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        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

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Bignonieae

            • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Tecoma stans - tropical America

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

              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

                Ceratophyllaceae

                • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                Clusiaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Clusieae

                  • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                  Commelinaceae

                    Subfamily Commelinoideae
                    Tribe Tradescantieae

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

                    Costaceae

                    • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                      Droseraceae

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

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Jatropheae

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

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Faboideae
                          Tribe Phaseoleae

                          • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America

                          Subfamily Mimosoideae
                          Tribe Mimoseae

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

                          Gesneriaceae

                            Subfamily Gesneroideae
                            Tribe Gloxinieae

                            • Kohleria hirsuta - Colombia

                            Haemodoraceae

                              Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                              • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                              Lentibulariaceae

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

                              Malpighiaceae

                              • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                Tribe Adansonieae

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

                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                Tribe Malveae

                                • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                Marantaceae

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

                                Melastomataceae

                                  Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                  Tribe Melastomeae

                                  • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                  Muntingiaceae

                                  • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                  Myrtaceae

                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                    Tribe Myrteae

                                    • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                      • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                      • Stanhopea grandiflora - tropical South America

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Epidendreae

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

                                      Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                      Tribe Vanilleae

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

                                      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

                                            • 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

                                              Pteridaceae

                                                Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                Rubiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                  Tribe Coussareeae

                                                  • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                  Salviniaceae

                                                  • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical 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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 64 accessions native to Trinidad-Tobago

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                                                        = accession added within past 90 days

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