Collection Holdings native to Mexico Northwest:
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
Tribe Gomphreneae
- Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil
Anacardiaceae
Subfamily Anacardioideae
- Pachycormus discolor
- Mexico (Baja California)
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae
- Asclepias curassavica
- Trop. America
- Asclepias tuberosa
- SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae
- Cascabela thevetia
- tropical America
- Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
- Wolffia columbiana
- N & S America
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Agave americana
- eastern Mexico
- Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
- Agave murpheyi - Arizona, Sonora Mexico
- Agave polianthiflora - Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
- Agave schidigera - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)
- Agave tequilana
- Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Astereae
- Gutierrezia californica - southern California, Baja California
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae
- Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
- Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. 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 recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
Burseraceae
- Bursera fagaroides - Mexico
- Bursera hindsiana - Mexico
- Bursera microphylla
- Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico
- Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae
- Heliocereus speciosus
- Central Mexico
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Carnegiea gigantea
- Southern Arizona, southeast California and northwest Mexico
- Lophocereus schottii - Baja California
Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae
- Pereskiopsis porteri - Mexico - Baja California Sur
Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae
- Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico
Caricaceae
- Carica papaya
- tropical America
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Commelineae
- Commelina coelestis - Mexico to C. America
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Convolvuleae
- Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America
Cornaceae
- Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico
Costaceae
- Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
- Costus spicatus
- Mexico, Caribbean
W/C
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sempervivoideae
Tribe Sedeae
- Dudleya pulverulenta - USA: MRO283, Vista, Ca W/C
Cupressaceae
Subfamily Taxodioideae
- Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America
- Equisetum myriochaetum
- Mexico, Mesoamerica
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae
- Garcia nutans - Colombia
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae
- Jatropha mcvaughii - Mexico (Sinaloa to Jalisco)
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Amorpheae
- Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Sigmoidotropis speciosa
- central America to tropical South America
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
Fouquieriaceae
- Fouquieria columnaris
- Baja California
Gelsemiaceae
- Gelsemium sempervirens
- Southeastern N. America - Florida to Texas, N to Arkansas & W. Virginia
Juncaginaceae
- Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
- Monarda citriodora - C. & S. U.S.A. to Mexico
- Salvia mellifera - W. California to Mexico (N. Baja California) W/C
- Salvia microphylla
- Arizona to Guatemala
Lauraceae
- Persea americana - southern Mexico
- Umbellularia californica - Oregon & California
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
- Malpighia glabra
- Texas south to South America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba acuminata - Mexico
- Ceiba pentandra
- tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
- Pachira aquatica
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
- Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
- Mexico
Marantaceae
- Maranta arundinacea
- Mexico to Trop. America
W/C
Moraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae
- Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Psidium guajava
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
- Encyclia kennedyi - N. Mexico
- Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora affinis - Texas USA, Mesoamerica
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
Phytolaccaceae
- Rivina humilis
- S. US & trop America
Pinaceae
Subfamily Pinoideae
- Pinus engelmannii - SE. Arizona to SW. New Mexico and N. Mexico
- Pinus ponderosa - SW. Canada to N. Mexico
Piperaceae
Subfamily Piperoideae
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- tropical America and S. Florida
Poaceae
Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae
- Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
Polygonaceae
Subfamily Eriogonoideae
- Antigonon leptopus
- Mexico & central America
Portulacaceae
- Claytonia perfoliata - western North America
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
Rhizophoraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Rhizophoreae
- Rhizophora mangle
- tropical America
Rosaceae
Subfamily Amygdaloideae
Tribe Maleae
- Heteromeles arbutifolia - Oregon & California, USA W/C
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
Santalaceae
- Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Sapotoideae
Tribe Sapoteae
- Manilkara zapota
- Mexico to Colombia
Saururaceae
- Anemopsis californica
- W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico
W/C
Solanaceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum appendiculatum - Mexico and Central America
Talinaceae
- Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America
Urticaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Urticeae
- Urera baccifera
- American tropics and into the subtropics
- Urtica dioica
- widely naturalized in temperate climates
Verbenaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae
- Aloysia gratissima - Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina W/C
- Lantana camara
- Mexico to Trop. America
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
- Cissus verticillata
- northern South America
W/C = Wild Collected
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