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Collection Holdings native to Bermuda:

Araceae

    Subfamily Lemnoideae

    • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

    Araliaceae

      Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

      • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

      Bromeliaceae

        Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

        Ceratophyllaceae

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

        Cyperaceae

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Cypereae

          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

          Malvaceae

            Subfamily Malvoideae
            Tribe Gossypieae

            • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

            Myricaceae

            • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

            Passifloraceae

              Subfamily Passifloroideae
              Tribe Passifloreae

              • Passiflora incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda

              Subfamily Turneroideae

              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

              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

                Urticaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Lecantheae

                  • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America

                  Vitaceae

                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                    • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 16 accessions native to Bermuda

                    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 Thu, 08 May 2025 02:08:03 -0400

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