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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
              Tribe Agaveae

              • 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

              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 - Peru W/C
                  • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                  • 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 - central and northern Mexico
                    • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico
                    • Opuntia pycnantha - Mexico: Baja California Sur

                    Commelinaceae

                      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

                              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                              Dryopteridaceae

                              • Polystichum munitum - western USA, Canada W/C

                              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 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

                                  Fagaceae

                                    Subfamily Quercoideae

                                    • Quercus gambelii - WC. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico

                                    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

                                      • 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

                                          Martyniaceae

                                          • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                                          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 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 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

                                                          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

                                                                  Sapotaceae

                                                                    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

                                                                    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

                                                                          Zygophyllaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Larreoideae

                                                                            • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico
                                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 105 accessions native to Mexico Northwest

                                                                            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 02:08:25 -0500

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