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Collection Holdings native to Jamaica:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Dieffenbachieae

      • Dieffenbachia amoena cv. - tropical Americas

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Philodendreae

      • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Anthurieae

      • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Bignonieae

          • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Crescentieae

          • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Tecoma stans - tropical America

          Bromeliaceae

            Subfamily Tillandsioideae

            • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
            • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
            • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Caribbean to N. Argentina
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
            • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

            Burseraceae

            • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

            Cannaceae

            • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
            • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.

            Capparaceae

            • Quadrella cyanophallophora - caribbean and s. Florida

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Clusiaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Clusieae

              • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

              Combretaceae

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Commelinaceae

                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                  Tribe Tradescantieae

                  • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Droseraceae

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

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Acalypha chamaedrifolia - S. Florida to Caribbean

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Mimoseae

                        • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                        Goodeniaceae

                        • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                        Haemodoraceae

                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                          • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                          Heliconiaceae

                          • Heliconia caribaea - Caribbean

                          Hydrocharitaceae

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

                          Lentibulariaceae

                          • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                          Lythraceae

                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                            • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                            Malpighiaceae

                            • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                              Tribe Adansonieae

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

                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                              Tribe Gossypieae

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

                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                              Tribe Malveae

                              • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                              Marantaceae

                              • 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

                                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 Cymbidieae

                                    • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                    • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                    • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                    • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                    Passifloraceae

                                      Subfamily Turneroideae

                                      • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                      Phyllanthaceae

                                        Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                        Tribe Phyllantheae

                                        • Phyllanthus angustifolius - Jamiaca, Cayman Islands

                                        Phytolaccaceae

                                        • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                        Piperaceae

                                          Subfamily Piperoideae

                                          • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                          • Peperomia rubella - Jamaica (endemic)
                                          • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America

                                          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

                                            Pteridaceae

                                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                              • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                              Rhizophoraceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                Salviniaceae

                                                • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                                Solanaceae

                                                  Subfamily Petunioideae

                                                  • Brunfelsia undulata - Jamaica W/C

                                                  Talinaceae

                                                  • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                  Urticaceae

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Cecropieae

                                                    • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Lecantheae

                                                    • Pilea nummulariifolia - West Indies, South America

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Urticeae

                                                    • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                    Verbenaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Lantaneae

                                                      • Lantana camara - Mexico to Trop. America

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Petreae

                                                      • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                        Zamiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                          Tribe Zamieae

                                                          • Zamia pumila - Greater Antilles
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 73 accessions native to Jamaica

                                                          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, 30 Mar 2023 02:08:19 -0400

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