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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

    Alismataceae

    • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. 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
        • Syngonium vellozianum - northern South 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 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 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 usneoides - USA W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C

              Burseraceae

              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Hylocereeae

                • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                Cannaceae

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

                Capparaceae

                • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Laguncularieae

                  • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                  Commelinaceae

                    Subfamily Commelinoideae
                    Tribe Tradescantieae

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

                    Costaceae

                    • Costus allenii - C. America to NW. Venezuela
                    • 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

                        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
                                  • 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

                                      Menyanthaceae

                                      • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                      Metaxyaceae

                                      • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                      Moraceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Dorstenieae

                                        • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                        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 x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                            • Maxillariella houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                            • Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                            • Maxillariella 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
                                            • Cuitlauzina pulchella - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                            • 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 nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. 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 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

                                                      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 172 accessions native to Honduras

                                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                      = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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