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Collection Holdings native to Uruguay:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Hippeastreae

    • Rhodophiala bifida - S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
    • Habranthus robustus - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
    • Zephyranthes candida - SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
    • Zephyranthes minima - Brazil to NE. Argentina

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Spathicarpeae

        • Spathicarpa hastifolia - Brazil to N. Argentina

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Spirodela punctata - Trop. America to C. Chile
        • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

          • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Bignonieae

            • Clytostoma callistegioides - Southern Brazil, Argentina.
            • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

            Bromeliaceae

              Subfamily Bromelioideae

              • Aechmea recurvata - Brazil (São Paulo) to NE. Argentina
              • Billbergia nutans - SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina

              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Cactoideae
                Tribe Phyllocacteae

                • Epiphyllum phyllanthus - central & south America W/C

                Cannaceae

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

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Cresseae

                  • Evolvulus glomeratus - Brazil, Paraguay

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                    Droseraceae

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

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Manihoteae

                      • Manihot grahamii - Brazil, Argentina

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Cassieae

                        • Senna corymbosa - northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Phaseoleae

                        • Erythrina crista-galli - S. America - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay.

                        Gesneriaceae

                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                          • Sinningia tubiflora - Argentina and Uruguay

                          Hydrocharitaceae

                          • Egeria densa - central Minas Gerais region of Brazil and coastal Argentina and Uruguay W/C

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Lythraceae

                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                            • Heimia myrtifolia - Brazil to Uruguay.

                            Malpighiaceae

                            • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - tropical America

                            Myrtaceae

                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                              Tribe Myrteae

                              • Acca sellowiana - Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)
                              • Eugenia uniflora - E. & S. Brazil to S. South America
                              • Psidium cattleianum - E. & S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay

                              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

                                Pontederiaceae

                                • Eichhornia crassipes - Amazon basin; widespread invasive elsewhere

                                Rhamnaceae

                                • Colletia paradoxa - S. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

                                Salviniaceae

                                • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
                                • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                Solanaceae

                                  Subfamily Nicotianoideae

                                  • Nicotiana glauca - s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

                                  Verbenaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Lantaneae

                                    • Aloysia gratissima - Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina W/C
                                    • Lantana montevidensis - S. Trop. America
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 46 accessions native to Uruguay

                                    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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