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Collection Holdings native to Nicaragua:

Alismataceae

  • Echinodorus grisebachii - Trop. America

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
    Tribe Gomphreneae

    • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Annoneae

      • Annona reticulata - central 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 tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
          • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) 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
          • Anthurium wendlingeri - SE. Nicaragua to NW. Colombia

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            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 nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

              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

                Bixaceae

                • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                Bromeliaceae

                  Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

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

                    Subfamily Cactoideae
                    Tribe Phyllocacteae

                    • Hylocereus costaricensis - Costa Rica; Nicaragua

                    Cannaceae

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

                    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

                          • Cochliostema odoratissimum - C. & W. South America
                          • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                          Costaceae

                          • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                          • Costus bracteatus - C. America
                          • Costus lasius - C. & S. Trop. America
                          • Costus malortieanus - Central America
                          • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                          • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                          • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                          • Costus woodsonii - C. America to Colombia
                          • Dimerocostus strobilaceus - C. & S. Trop. America

                          Cyclanthaceae

                            Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                            • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva
                            • Ludovia integrifolia - Nicaragua to Peru

                            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

                              Eriocaulaceae

                                Subfamily Eriocauloideae

                                • Eriocaulon decangulare - southeastern US

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                  Tribe Plukenetieae

                                  • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Aleuritideae

                                  • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                  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

                                    Gesneriaceae

                                      Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                      Tribe Gesnerieae

                                      • Drymonia conchocalyx - Costa Rica to Ecuador

                                      Haemodoraceae

                                        Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                        • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                        Iridaceae

                                          Subfamily Iridoideae
                                          Tribe Trimezieae

                                          • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                          Lamiaceae

                                            Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                            • Scutellaria argentata - Costa Rica

                                            Lauraceae

                                            • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                                            Malpighiaceae

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

                                            Malvaceae

                                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                              Tribe Adansonieae

                                              • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                              • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                              Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                              Tribe Theobromeae

                                              • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                              • Theobroma cacao - Central & South 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

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                      • 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
                                                      • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                      • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                      • 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 oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                      • Stanhopea wardii - Nicaragua to Venezuela

                                                      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 schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                      • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                      • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                      • 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 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 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
                                                          • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                          • Piper arboreum - South America
                                                          • Piper cenocladum - Costa Rica and surrounding countries

                                                          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

                                                            Polygonaceae

                                                              Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                              • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                Rhizophoraceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                  • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Coussareeae

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

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                    • Carapichea ipecacuanha - Nicaragua to Brazil

                                                                    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

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Urticeae

                                                                          • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                          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 tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                              • 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 168 accessions native to Nicaragua

                                                                                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 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:08:28 -0500

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