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Collection Holdings native to Turks-Caicos Is.:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

    Arecaceae

      Subfamily Coryphoideae
      Tribe Corypheae

      • Sabal palmetto - SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

      Bignoniaceae

        Subfamily
        Tribe Tecomeae

        • Tecoma stans - tropical America

        Bromeliaceae

          Subfamily Tillandsioideae

          • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America

          Cactaceae

            Subfamily Cactoideae
            Tribe Cereeae

            • Melocactus intortus - North Caicos Isl. W/C

            Passifloraceae

              Subfamily Turneroideae

              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

              Phyllanthaceae

                Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                Tribe Phyllantheae

                • Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus - Near Oakes Field, Nassau, Bahamas W/C
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 7 accessions native to Turks-Caicos Is.

                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

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