Collection Holdings from Brazil:
Includes:
- BZC: Brazil West-Central
- BZE: Brazil Northeast
- BZL: Brazil Southeast
- BZN: Brazil North
- BZS: Brazil South
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Acantheae
- Aphelandra aurantiaca
- Mexico to northern South America
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Fittonia albivenis
- Colombia to Peru
- Justicia carnea
- Brazil
- Justicia cydoniifolia
- Brazil
- Pachystachys lutea
- South America
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Ruellieae
- Ruellia affinis
- Brazil (Bahia)
- Ruellia makoyana
- Brazil
Alismataceae
- Echinodorus grisebachii
- Trop. America
Alstroemeriaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Alstroemerieae
- Alstroemeria caryophyllaea
- SE. Brazil
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae
- Alternanthera brasiliana
- West Indies to Brazil
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Griffineae
- Worsleya procera
- eastern Brazil
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hippeastreae
- Hippeastrum calyptratum
- SE. Brazil (to Paraná)
- Hippeastrum idimae
- Rio de Janiero, Brazil
- Rhodophiala bifida
- S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
- Habranthus robustus
- E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Zephyranthes candida
- SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Zephyranthes minima
- Brazil to NE. Argentina
Anacardiaceae
Subfamily Anacardioideae
- Anacardium occidentale
- northeastern Brazil
Apiaceae
Subfamily Mackinlayoideae
- Centella asiatica
- Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae
- Asclepias curassavica
- Trop. America
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae
- Allamanda cathartica
- South America
- Allamanda schottii
- French Guiana, SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Corrientes)
- Cascabela thevetia
- tropical America
Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex paraguariensis
- Paraguay and adjacent Argentina / Brazil
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae
- Syngonium podophyllum
- Mex. to Panama
- Syngonium vellozianum
- northern South America
- Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae
- Dieffenbachia amoena cv.
- tropical Americas
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae
- Philodendron bipinnatifidum
- SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Philodendron crassinervium
- SE. Brazil (to Paraná)
- Philodendron imbe
- SE Brazil
- Philodendron ornatum
- Trinidad-Tobago to S. Trop. America
- Philodendron panduriforme
- S. Trop. America
- Philodendron pedatum
- S. Trop. America
- Philodendron tripartitum
- Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Spathicarpeae
- Spathicarpa hastifolia
- Brazil to N. Argentina
- Taccarum weddellianum
- WC. Brazil to Paraguay
Subfamily Lasioideae
- Dracontium spruceanum
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
- Spirodela punctata
- Trop. America to C. Chile
- Wolffia columbiana
- N & S America
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
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
- cosmopolitan
Aristolochiaceae
Subfamily Aristolchioideae
Tribe Aristolochieae
- Aristolochia fimbriata
- Argentina, Paraguay, s. Brazil
- Aristolochia gigantea
- Panama
- 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
- Acmella oleracea
- Brazil
Begoniaceae
- Begonia aconitifolia - Brazil
- Begonia dietrichiana
- Brazil
- Begonia herbacea
- SE Brazil
- Begonia maculata - Brazil
- Begonia solimutata - Brazil
- Begonia undulata
- Brazil
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae
- Adenocalymma comosum
- E. & S. Brazil
- Clytostoma callistegioides
- Southern Brazil, Argentina.
- Dolichandra unguis-cati
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Pyrostegia venusta
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
Bixaceae
- Bixa orellana
- Tropical America
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily Brochinioideae
- Brocchinia reducta
- Venezuela (Bolívar) to Guyana and Brazil (Roraima)
Subfamily Bromelioideae
- Acanthostachys strobilacea
- Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
- Aechmea brevicollis
- SE. Colombia to N. Brazil
- Aechmea chantinii
- Venezuela, Amazonian Peru
- Aechmea fasciata
- Rio de Janiero
- Aechmea recurvata
- Brazil (São Paulo) to NE. Argentina
- Ananas bracteatus `Striatus'
- Ecuador and E. Brazil to NE. Argentina
- Ananas comosus
- Costa Rica to S. Trop. America
- Billbergia distachia
- Brazil
- Billbergia lietzei
- Brazil (Espirito Santo) endemic
- Billbergia magnifica
- Brazil, Paraguay
- Billbergia nutans
- SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina
- Billbergia porteana
- Brazil to Paraguay
- Billbergia pyramidalis
- Windward Is. to N. & E. Brazil
- Cryptanthus bivittatus
- Brazil (Pernambuco)
- Cryptanthus cf. seidelianus
- Brazil (Bahia) (endemic)
- Neoregelia carolinae
- Brazil
- Neoregelia lilliputiana
- Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Neoregelia spectabilis
- Brazil
- Neoregelia zonata
- Brazil (Espírito Santo)
- Nidularium innocentii
- Brazil (E. Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul)
- Nidularium microps
- Brazil (SC. Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo)
- Orthophytum gurkenii
- Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Portea petropolitana
- SE. Brazil (to Bahia)
Subfamily Pitcairnioideae
- Dyckia brevifolia
- Brazil (Paraná to Santa Catarina) (endemic)
- Dyckia fosteriana
- Brazil (Paraná)
Subfamily Tillandsioideae
- Tillandsia bulbosa
- Trop. America
- Tillandsia recurvata
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest
- Caribbean to N. Argentina
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
- Vriesea fosteriana
- Brazil
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Cipocereus bradei - Brazil
- Melocactus azureus
- Brazil (Bahia)
- Pilosocereus magnificus - Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Pilosocereus pachycladus - Brazil: Minas Gerais W/C
- Uebelmannia pectinifera
- Brazil -- Minas Gerais
- Discocactus placentiformis
- Brazil
- Echinopsis calochlora
- southern Brazil
- Echinopsis eyriesii - southern Brazil to Argentina
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae
- Parodia cf. concinna - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil : Uruguay
- Parodia haselbergii ssp. haselbergii
- Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
- Parodia leninghausii
- Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Parodia magnifica - Brazil
- Parodia ottonis - s Brazil, Uruguay, n Argentina
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus
- central & south America
W/C
- Selenicereus wittii
- Brazil
W/C
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae
- Hatiora gaertneri - Brazil
- Hatiora herminiae
- Brazil
W/C
- Hatiora rosea
- Brazil
- Hatiora salicornioides - Brazil
- Hatiora sp. - Brazil
- Lepismium cf houlletianum - southern Brazil, northern Argentina
- Lepismium cruciforme
- Brazil
- Lepismium warmingianum
- Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
- Rhipsalis burchellii - Brazil
- Rhipsalis cereuscula - central Brazil to Uraguay
- Rhipsalis cf rhombea - Brazil
- Rhipsalis elliptica
- Brazil (endemic)
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Rhipsalis oblonga
- Brazil
- Rhipsalis pachyptera
- Brazil
- Rhipsalis paradoxa
- Brazil
- Rhipsalis pentaptera
- S. Brazil, Uruguay
- Rhipsalis pilocarpa - Brazil
- Rhipsalis teres
- Brazil
Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae
- Pereskia grandifolia - Brazil
- Pereskia sacharosa
- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
Capparaceae
- Quadrella cyanophallophora
- caribbean and s. Florida
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Clusiaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae
- Clusia fluminensis 'Pedra Azul' - Brazil - Espirito Santo State
- Clusia hammeliana
- northern South America
W/C
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa
- Both coasts of tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
- E. & S. Brazil
- Geogenanthus poeppigii
- N. Brazil to Peru
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Cresseae
- Evolvulus glomeratus
- Brazil, Paraguay
Costaceae
- Chamaecostus cuspidatus
- Brazil
Cyclanthaceae
Subfamily Carludovicioideae
- Asplundia schizotepala
- Ecuador to Peru and W. Brazil
W/C
- Carludovica palmata
- Mexico to Boliva
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea dodecaneura
- S. Trop. America
Droseraceae
- Drosera capillaris
- Liberty County, Florida, USA
W/C
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum bogotense
- Columbia, Medellin
- Equisetum bogotense
- Chile
W/C
- Equisetum bogotense
- San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina
- Equisetum bogotense
- Chile
W/C
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae
- Jatropha curcas
- Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae
- Manihot esculenta
- W. South America to Brazil
- Manihot grahamii
- Brazil, Argentina
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae
- Hevea brasiliensis
- South America
Fabaceae
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Tribe Cassieae
- Senna corymbosa
- northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Rhynchosia phaseoloides
- South America
- Erythrina crista-galli
- S. America - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay.
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 Episcieae
- Codonanthe devosiana
- Brazil - most likely southeastern
- Nematanthus longipes - Brazil
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gesnerieae
- Paliavana prasinata
- southern Brazil
- Sinningia canescens
- Brazil
- Sinningia reitzii
- southern Brazil
Gnetaceae
- Gnetum urens
- southern tropical America
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Haloragaceae
- Myriophyllum aquaticum
- Brazil, Argentina, Chile, nat. in SE US
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican
- southern Tropical America
Hydrocharitaceae
- Egeria densa
- central Minas Gerais region of Brazil and coastal Argentina and Uruguay
W/C
Iridaceae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Mariceae
- Neomarica gracilis
- WC. & SE. Brazil to Paraguay
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba
- Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Lythraceae
Subfamily Lythroideae
Tribe Nesaeeae
- Heimia myrtifolia
- Brazil to Uruguay.
Malpighiaceae
- Stigmaphyllon ciliatum
- tropical America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba pentandra
- tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
- Ceiba speciosa
- Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Pachira aquatica
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Pachira glabra
- Brazil
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Pavonia strictiflora
- Brazil (Bahia)
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
- Abutilon hybridum
- Brazil
Marantaceae
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii
- Brazil (Espirito Santo)
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii var. burle-marxii - Brazil
- Ctenanthe compressa - se Brazil
- Ctenanthe setosa - Brazil
- Goeppertia bella
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Goeppertia louisae
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Goeppertia makoyana
- Brazil (Espirito Santo)
- Goeppertia zebrina - southeast Brazil
- Maranta leuconeura
- Brazil
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Marsileaceae
- Regnellidium diphyllum
- southern Brazil
Melastomataceae
Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae
- Arthrostemma ciliatum
- Colombia, Ecuador
- Tibouchina urvilleana 'Edwardsii'
- southern Brazil - Rio Grande del Sul to Rio de Janiero
Menispermaceae
Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae
- Chondrodendron tomentosum
- Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia
Menyanthaceae
- Nymphoides indica
- tropical areas worldwide
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Acca sellowiana
- Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)
- Eugenia brasiliensis
- E. & S. Brazil
- Eugenia uniflora
- E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
- Plinia cauliflora
- Bolivia, SE. & S. Brazil
- Psidium cattleianum
- E. & S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay
- Psidium guajava
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
Nyctaginaceae
- Bougainvillea spectabilis
- Brazil
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae
- Phragmipedium longifolium
- Costa Rica to Ecuador, Brazil (Goiás)
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Xylobium variegatum
- S. Trop. America
- Bifrenaria inodora
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Maxillaria parahybunensis
- Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul)
- Mormolyca rufescens
- tropical America
- Brassia verrucosa
- Mexico to N. Brazil
- Gomesa radicans
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Lockhartia lunifera
- E. & S. Brazil
- Miltonia clowesii
- SE. Brazil
- Miltonia flavescens
- Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
- Oncidium fuscatum
- Panama to Peru and N. Brazil
- Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata
- Colombia to Peru and Brazil
- Stanhopea graveolens
- S. Mexico to Honduras
- Zygopetalum maculatum
- Southern Brazil - Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Cattleya purpurata
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Encyclia advena
- Brazil
- Epidendrum rigidum
- I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
- Epidendrum schlecterianum
- Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Isabelia pulchella
- SE. & S. Brazil
- Acianthera aphthosa
- W. South America to SE. & S. Brazil
- Acianthera casapensis
- Venezuela to W. South America
- Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M'
- SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
- Masdevallia infracta
- Brazil to Bolivia
- Specklinia grobyi
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Specklinia grobyi
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis argentata
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranchideae
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
- Vanilla pompona
- S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Oxalidaceae
- Oxalis fruticosa
- Brazil
- Oxalis triangularis - Brazil
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora amethystina
- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia.
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
- Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple' - Paraguay, Brazil and Northeastern Argentina
- Passiflora pardifolia
- Brazil - Minas Gerais
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia dahlstedtii - southern Brazil
- Peperomia incana - Brazil
- 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
- Panicum sphaerocarpon
- SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil
Pontederiaceae
- Eichhornia crassipes
- Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Vittarioideae
- Adiantum raddianum cv. - Brazil
Rhamnaceae
- Colletia paradoxa
- S. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Cinchoneae
- Manettia luteorubra
- eastern Brazil
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Gardenieae
- Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum
- S. Trop. America
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Posoquerieae
- Posoqueria longiflora
- S. Trop. America
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Coussareeae
- Coccocypselum cordifolium
- Costa Rica
- Coccocypselum hirsutum
- tropical America
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Carapichea ipecacuanha
- Nicaragua to Brazil
Salviniaceae
- Azolla caroliniana
- Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
- Salvinia adnata - obscure, presumably southern America
Solanaceae
Subfamily Nicotianoideae
- Nicotiana glauca
- s. Bolivia, n. Argentina
Subfamily Petunioideae
- Petunia exserta
- southern Brazil
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Capsiceae
- Capsicum chinense
- Brazil
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae
- Brugmansia suaveolens - southeast Brazil
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Juanulloeae
- Juanulloa aurantiaca
- South 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
Velloziaceae
Subfamily Vellozioideae
- Barbacenia purpurea
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Verbenaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae
- Aloysia gratissima
- Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina
W/C
- Lantana camara
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Lantana montevidensis
- S. Trop. America
Subfamily
Tribe Petreae
- Petrea volubilis
- Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus verticillata
- northern South America
W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
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