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Collection Holdings native to Windward Is.:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
    Tribe Gomphreneae

    • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

    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 Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Monstera adansonii - S. 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 Bromelioideae

              • Billbergia pyramidalis - Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil

              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 - Dominican Republic W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

              Burseraceae

              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Cereeae

                • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C

                Cannaceae

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

                Capparaceae

                • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Costaceae

                • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                  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

                      Haemodoraceae

                        Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                        • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                        Heliconiaceae

                        • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                        Lentibulariaceae

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

                        Malpighiaceae

                        • Malpighia coccigera - West Indies

                        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

                          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

                                • Oncidium altissimum - Caribbean

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, 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

                                      • 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

                                          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 Duranteae

                                              • Duranta stenostachya - Windward Islands

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Lantaneae

                                              • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Petreae

                                              • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                              Vitaceae

                                                Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 58 accessions native to Windward Is.

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                = accession added within past 90 days

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