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Collection Holdings native to Honduras:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Asclepiadeae

      • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Plumerieae

      • Allamanda cathartica - South America
      • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
      • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Caladieae

        • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Dieffenbachieae

        • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Philodendreae

        • Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium - E. Mexico to Honduras
        • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
        • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

        Subfamily Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
        • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
        • Monstera dubia - tropical Central and South America
        • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

        Subfamily Monsteroideae
        Tribe Spathiphylleae

        • Spathiphyllum phryniifolium - C. America to Colombia

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Anthurieae

        • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
        • Anthurium friedrichsthalii - Central America, northern South America
        • Anthurium gracile - Brazil: Bahia
        • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
        • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
        • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Neurolaeneae

          • Calea zacatechichi - Mexico to Costa Rica

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Senecioneae

          • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

          Begoniaceae

          • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
          • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
          • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras
          • Begonia thiemei - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Bignonieae

            • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
            • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

            Subfamily
            Tribe Crescentieae

            • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Tecoma stans - tropical America

            Bixaceae

            • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

              • Pitcairnia atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
              • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

              • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
              • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
              • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
              • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
              • Tillandsia seleriana - southern Mexico to Central 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

              Cannaceae

              • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
              • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
              • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

              Capparaceae

              • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

              Caricaceae

              • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Cibotiaceae

              • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

              Commelinaceae

                Subfamily Commelinoideae
                Tribe Tradescantieae

                • Callisia gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
                • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                Costaceae

                • Costus malortieanus - Central America
                • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                Cyclanthaceae

                  Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                  • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Droseraceae

                    • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C

                    Ebenaceae

                    • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                    Equisetaceae

                    • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                    Ericaceae

                      Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                      Tribe Vaccinieae

                      • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                        Tribe Plukenetieae

                        • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Jatropheae

                        • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                        • Jatropha podagrica - Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Manihoteae

                        • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Mimosoideae
                          Tribe Acacieae

                          • Vachellia cornigera - Mexico to Costa Rica
                          • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                          Subfamily Mimosoideae
                          Tribe Mimoseae

                          • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere
                          • Prosopis juliflora - Mexico, South America and the Caribbean

                          Gelsemiaceae

                          • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                          Haemodoraceae

                            Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                            • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                            Hydrocharitaceae

                            • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                            Iridaceae

                              Subfamily Iridoideae
                              Tribe Trimezieae

                              • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                              Lauraceae

                              • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                              Lecythidaceae

                                Subfamily Lecythidoideae

                                • Couroupita guianensis - C. & S. Trop. America

                                Lentibulariaceae

                                • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                Malpighiaceae

                                • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America
                                • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                                Malvaceae

                                  Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                  Tribe Adansonieae

                                  • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                                  Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                                  Tribe Malveae

                                  • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                  Marantaceae

                                  • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                  • Goeppertia marantifolia - C. America to Ecuador
                                  • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                  • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                  • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                  Melastomataceae

                                    Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                    Tribe Melastomeae

                                    • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                    Metaxyaceae

                                    • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                    Moraceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Dorstenieae

                                      • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Ficeae

                                      • Ficus aurea - Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama

                                      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
                                        • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                        Orchidaceae

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Arethuseae

                                          • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                          • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia
                                          • Sobralia decora x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Cymbidieae

                                          • Maxillaria houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                          • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                          • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                          • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                          • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                          • Mormolyca rufescens - tropical America
                                          • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                          • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                          • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                          • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                          • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                          • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                          • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                          • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                          • Stanhopea costaricensis - Costa Rica, Panama
                                          • Stanhopea ecornuta - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
                                          • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                          • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                          • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                          • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                          • Epidendrum oerstedii - Central America
                                          • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                          • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                          • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                          • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                          • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                          • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                          • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                          • Scaphyglottis longicaulis - C. America to NW. Ecuador
                                          • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                          • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                          • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                          • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                          • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                          • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                          • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                          Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                          Tribe Vanilleae

                                          • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                          • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                          Passifloraceae

                                            Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                            Tribe Passifloreae

                                            • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                            Subfamily Turneroideae

                                            • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                            Phytolaccaceae

                                            • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                            Piperaceae

                                              Subfamily Piperoideae

                                              • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                              • Piper arboreum - South America

                                              Plantaginaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Russelieae

                                                • Tetranema roseum - 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
                                                  • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                    Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                    • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                    Rhizophoraceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                      • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                        Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                        • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                        Tribe Coussareeae

                                                        • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                        • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                        Salviniaceae

                                                        • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                                        • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                        Sapotaceae

                                                          Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                          • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                          Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                          Tribe Sapoteae

                                                          • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                          • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                          Solanaceae

                                                            Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                            Tribe Cestreae

                                                            • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                            Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                            Tribe Solaneae

                                                            • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                            Talinaceae

                                                            • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                            Urticaceae

                                                              Subfamily
                                                              Tribe Cecropieae

                                                              • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                              Verbenaceae

                                                                Subfamily
                                                                Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                • Phyla scaberrima - Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean

                                                                Subfamily
                                                                Tribe Petreae

                                                                • Petrea volubilis - Florida, 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 176 accessions native to Honduras

                                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                    = accession added within past 90 days

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