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Collection Holdings native to Galapagos:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Cyperaceae

        Subfamily Cyperoideae
        Tribe Cypereae

        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

        Equisetaceae

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

        Malvaceae

          Subfamily Bombacoideae
          Tribe Adansonieae

          • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa

          Subfamily Malvoideae
          Tribe Gossypieae

          • Gossypium darwinii - Galapagos Islands (endemic)

          Muntingiaceae

          • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

          Poaceae

            Subfamily Panicoideae
            Tribe Paniceae

            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

            Pteridaceae

              Subfamily Vittarioideae

              • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

              Vitaceae

                Subfamily Vitoideae

                • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 13 accessions native to Galapagos

                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 Sat, 10 May 2025 02:08:15 -0400

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