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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Central:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Justicia brandegeeana - Mexico
    • Justicia brandegeeana "Yellow Queen" - Mexico
    • Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
      Tribe Gomphreneae

      • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Sprekelia formosissima - Mexico

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Asclepiadeae

          • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Plumerieae

          • Cascabela thevetia - tropical America
          • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Caladieae

            • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
            • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Agavoideae
                Tribe Agaveae

                • Agave americana - eastern Mexico
                • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
                • Agave attenuata - Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán and México)
                • Agave tequilana - Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
                • Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico

                Asteraceae

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Eupatorieae

                  • Bartlettina sordida - Mexico - Puebla, Morelos and Oaxaca states

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Bignonieae

                    • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                    • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Tecomeae

                    • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Hechtioideae

                      • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                      • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                      • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                      Burseraceae

                      • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Cereeae

                        • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Hylocereeae

                        • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                        Subfamily Opuntioideae
                        Tribe Opuntieae

                        • Opuntia microdasys - central and northern Mexico
                        • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico

                        Cannaceae

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

                        Combretaceae

                          Subfamily Combretoideae
                          Tribe Laguncularieae

                          • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                          Commelinaceae

                            Subfamily Commelinoideae
                            Tribe Tradescantieae

                            • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                            • Callisia navicularis - NE. Mexico (to Puebla)
                            • Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis - Mexico W/C
                            • Tradescantia pallida - eastern Mexico
                            • Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
                            • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                            Costaceae

                            • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                            • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                            • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America

                            Crassulaceae

                              Subfamily Sempervivoideae

                              • Cremnophila linguifolia - Mexico (Mexico State)

                              Cupressaceae

                                Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Ebenaceae

                                  • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                  Equisetaceae

                                  • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America
                                  • Equisetum myriochaetum - Mexico, Mesoamerica

                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Jatropheae

                                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Manihoteae

                                    • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                    Fabaceae

                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                      Tribe Acacieae

                                      • 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

                                      Gelsemiaceae

                                      • Gelsemium sempervirens - Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia

                                      Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                      Lamiaceae

                                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                        Tribe Mentheae

                                        • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                        Lauraceae

                                        • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                        Lentibulariaceae

                                        • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                        • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico
                                        • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                                        Lythraceae

                                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                                          • Heimia salicifolia - tropical America

                                          Malpighiaceae

                                          • Galphimia gracilis - eastern Mexico
                                          • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                          Malvaceae

                                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                            Tribe Adansonieae

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

                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                            Tribe Malveae

                                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                            Marantaceae

                                            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C

                                            Melastomataceae

                                              Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                              Tribe Melastomeae

                                              • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                              Moraceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                Myricaceae

                                                • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                Myrtaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                  Tribe Myrteae

                                                  • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                  Orchidaceae

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                    • Maxillariella houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                                    • Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                    • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                    • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                                    • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                    • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                    Passifloraceae

                                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                      Tribe Passifloreae

                                                      • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                      Phytolaccaceae

                                                      • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                      Piperaceae

                                                        Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                        • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                                        Plantaginaceae

                                                          Subfamily
                                                          Tribe Russelieae

                                                          • Tetranema roseum - Mexico

                                                          Poaceae

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                            • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                            • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Sacchareae

                                                            • Zea mexicana - Mexico (Chihuahua to N. Oaxaca)

                                                            Polygonaceae

                                                              Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                              • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                Rubiaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                  Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                                  • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                                  Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                  Tribe Guettardeae

                                                                  • Arachnothryx leucophylla - Mexico

                                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                  Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                  • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                  Rutaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                    • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                    Sapotaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                      • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                      Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                      Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                      • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                      • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                      Saururaceae

                                                                      • Anemopsis californica - W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico W/C

                                                                      Solanaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                        Tribe Solaneae

                                                                        • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                        Talinaceae

                                                                        • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                        Urticaceae

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Urticeae

                                                                          • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                          Verbenaceae

                                                                            Subfamily
                                                                            Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                            • Aloysia gratissima - Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina W/C
                                                                            • 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
                                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 116 accessions native to Mexico Central

                                                                              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, 30 Jan 2023 02:08:24 -0500

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