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 USBG   1st FS   LONGWOOD 
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Species Location(s) collected SOURCE TYPE LIST Notes
Acacia farnesiana Cape de Verde Islands, St. Jago SB   USBG Fragrant yellow fls. - spring/winter bloom
Acacia koa Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, Mauna Kea SB   USBG  
Acalypha wilkesiana   MBF   USBG Named for Wilkes by a contemporary botanist, colorful cultivars abound
Adiantum capillus-veneris Madeira and Hawaii MBF   USBG Maidenhair fern, cosmopolitan distribution
Agalia odorata Singapore     USBG very fragrant small shrub, in trade
Angiopteris evecta Pacific Islands (Fiji, Samoa, etc.) USBG   USBG BG has descendants of Wilke's collection, BG to provide (2) 6-8' specimen
Araucaria heterophylla   MBF/FL   USBG Norfolk Island Pine
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Oregon and Washington MBF   USBG bearberry, eadily available evergreen in trade
Cestrum parqui South America MBF   USBG Plant Delights sells it!
Citharexylum spinosum South America MBF   USBG fiddlewood, fragrant and attractive small tree/shrub, also FL native, in trade
Coprosma repens (& others) Lord Auckland Islands MBF   USBG Now a major sub-tropical landscape shrub/groundcover
Cycas circinalis   USBG   USBG BG has descendants of Wilke's collection, BG to provide (2) 2-4' specimen
Darlingtonia californica California, Sacramento River headwaters, near Mt. Shasta MBF   USBG Wilke's collection is the type specimen for the species, CARNIVOROUS
Davallia feejensis Feejee Islands, Ovolau MBF   USBG rabbit's-foot fern
Dicentra formosa Puget Sound, fertile woods MBF   USBG West coast species of bleeding heart...forceable?
Dodonaea viscosa Brazil, Peru, New Zealand, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii     USBG nice foliage, purple leaf forms in trade are spectacular, 4-6' HEDGE
Encephalartos horridus   MBF   USBG aridland cycad, AWESOME SILVER FOLIAGE
Gardenia taitensis Society Islands, Tahiti MBF   USBG coarse, attractive species, available in FL
Genista canariensis   MBF   USBG YELLOW BLOOM, 
Gynura sarmentosa Philippines MBF   USBG purple passion vine
Indigofera tinctoria Mindanao, Caldera (Phillippines) MBF   USBG dye plant
Lavandula pinnata Funchal (Madeira) MBF   USBG popular container/bedding plant, non hardy, blooms year 'round in greenhouses
Lavandula stoechas Funchal (Madeira) MBF   USBG showy species, popular
Metrosideros collina NZ, Fiji, Society Islands MBF   USBG Increasingly popular container/garden species, BOTTLEBRUSH
Murraya paniculata Luzon, Manilla MBF   USBG Fragrant shrub, popular, MOCK ORANGE, WHITE FLOWER
Myoporum sandwicense Hawaii (three locations) MBF   USBG GROUNDCOVER SHRUB
Nepenthes ampullaria se Asia MBF   USBG CARNIVOROUS
Nepenthes rafflesiana se Asia MBF   USBG CARNIVOROUS
Nephrolepis exaltata Sandwich Islands MBF   USBG the "Boston Fern"
Phlebodium aureum Brazil, Organ Mountains MBF   USBG Golden polypody or bear's foot fern, coarse, resilient, attractive.
Platycerium alcicorne New South Wales, Illawarra MBF   USBG staghorn fern
Strelitzia reginae   MBF   USBG Bird of Paradise
Strongylodon macrobotrys       USBG Jade Vine, stunning aquamarine flowers, TUFF NOT SURE IT CAN BE FORCED