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Collection Holdings native to Bahamas:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araliaceae

      Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

      • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

      Arecaceae

        Subfamily Coryphoideae
        Tribe Corypheae

        • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

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

            Burseraceae

            • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Cactoideae
              Tribe Cereeae

              • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C
              • Pilosocereus polygonus - Dominican Republic W/C

              Cannaceae

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

              Capparaceae

              • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Clusieae

                • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Laguncularieae

                  • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Phaseoleae

                        • Rhynchosia phaseoloides - South America

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Mimoseae

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

                        Goodeniaceae

                        • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                        Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Malveae

                          • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                          Muntingiaceae

                          • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                          Myricaceae

                          • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                          Myrtaceae

                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                            Tribe Myrteae

                            • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Epidendreae

                              • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                              • 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

                                      Verbenaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Lantaneae

                                        • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                                        Vitaceae

                                          Subfamily Vitoideae

                                          • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                          Zygophyllaceae

                                            Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                            Tribe Larreoideae

                                            • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 43 accessions native to Bahamas

                                            W/C = Wild Collected
                                            = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                            = images available for this accession
                                            = map available for this accession
                                            = accession added within past 90 days

                                            data regenerated on Wed, 29 Mar 2023 02:08:03 -0400

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