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Collection Holdings native to Chile North:

Apiaceae

    Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

    • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

    Bromeliaceae

      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

      Cactaceae

        Subfamily Cactoideae
        Tribe Copiapoinae

        • Copiapoa laui - Chile W/C

        Subfamily Cactoideae
        Tribe Notocacteae

        • Eulychnia breviflora - Chile W/C

        Subfamily Opuntioideae
        Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

        • Cumulopuntia sphaerica - Andes: Peru to central Chile

        Subfamily Opuntioideae
        Tribe Tephrocacteae

        • Maihueniopsis atacamensis - Chile W/C

        Equisetaceae

        • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
        • Equisetum bogotense - Chile W/C
        • Equisetum bogotense - Columbia, Medellin
        • Equisetum bogotense - San Lorenzo, Salta Prov., Argentina

        Euphorbiaceae

          Subfamily Crotonoideae
          Tribe Jatropheae

          • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

          Poaceae

            Subfamily Panicoideae
            Tribe Paniceae

            • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

            Salviniaceae

            • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

            Solanaceae

              Subfamily Nicotianoideae

              • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

              Vitaceae

                Subfamily Vitoideae

                • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Chile North

                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 02:08:09 -0400

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