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

              Burseraceae

              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Hylocereeae

                • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                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 America

                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 Commelineae

                    • Commelina coelestis - Mexico to C. America

                    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 scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                    Cucurbitaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Benincaseae

                      • Melothria scabra - Mexico to Central America

                      Cyclanthaceae

                        Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                        • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cypereae

                          • Kyllinga brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                          Droseraceae

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

                          Ebenaceae

                          • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                          Equisetaceae

                          • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                          Eriocaulaceae

                            Subfamily Eriocauloideae

                            • Eriocaulon decangulare - southeastern US

                            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 Faboideae
                                Tribe Phaseoleae

                                • Sigmoidotropis speciosa - central America to tropical South America

                                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 amethystina - Florida, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru
                                      • 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

                                          Moraceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Dorstenieae

                                            • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                            Muntingiaceae

                                            • Muntingia calabura - tropical 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
                                                • Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                                • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                • Dinema polybulbon - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                • 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
                                                • Guarianthe x guatemalense - SE. Mexico to C. America
                                                • 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
                                                • Meiracyllium trinasutum - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                • Restrepiella ophiocephala - S. Florida, S. Mexico to Colombia
                                                • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                • Stelis argentata - 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

                                                        Polemoniaceae

                                                          Subfamily Cobaeoideae
                                                          Tribe Cobaeeae

                                                          • Cobaea scandens - tropical America

                                                          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

                                                                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 179 accessions native to Honduras

                                                                            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 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 02:08:15 -0400

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