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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Southeast:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • 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 Dieffenbachieae

            • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Philodendreae

            • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

            Subfamily Monsteroideae
            Tribe Monstereae

            • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
            • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
            • Anthurium pedatoradiatum - southern Mexico
            • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America
            • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
            • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Aristolochiaceae

                Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                Tribe Aristolochieae

                • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Agavoideae
                  Tribe Agaveae

                  • Agave sisalana - Mexico (Chiapas)
                  • Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Eupatorieae

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

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Heliantheae

                    • Sphagneticola trilobata - West Indies, central America and northern South America

                    Begoniaceae

                    • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                    • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                    • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras
                    • Begonia thiemei - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

                    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 Hechtioideae

                        • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                        Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                        • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                        Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                        • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                        • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                        • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                        • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                        • Tillandsia seleriana - southern Mexico to Central America
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                        • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                        • Tillandsia xerographica - S. Mexico to C. America

                        Burseraceae

                        • Bursera schlechtendalii - Central America
                        • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                        Cactaceae

                          Subfamily Cactoideae
                          Tribe Phyllocacteae

                          • Selenicereus chrysocardium - Mexico: Chaipas

                          Subfamily Opuntioideae
                          Tribe Opuntieae

                          • 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

                          Caricaceae

                          • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                          Cibotiaceae

                          • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                          Clusiaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Clusieae

                            • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                            Commelinaceae

                              Subfamily Commelinoideae
                              Tribe Tradescantieae

                              • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                              • Callisia gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
                              • Callisia warszewicziana - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Guatemala
                              • Tradescantia pallida - eastern Mexico
                              • Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
                              • Tradescantia spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                              • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                              • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                              Costaceae

                              • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                              • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                              • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                              • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                              • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                              • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                              Cyclanthaceae

                                Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Droseraceae

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

                                  Ebenaceae

                                  • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                  Equisetaceae

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

                                  Ericaceae

                                    Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                    Tribe Vaccinieae

                                    • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                      Tribe Plukenetieae

                                      • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Aleuritideae

                                      • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Jatropheae

                                      • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                                      • Jatropha podagrica - Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Manihoteae

                                      • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                                      • Euphorbia guiengola - Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                        Tribe Acacieae

                                        • Vachellia cornigera - Mexico to Costa Rica
                                        • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                        Tribe Mimoseae

                                        • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                        • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                        Gelsemiaceae

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

                                        Gesneriaceae

                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                                          • Columnea schiedeana - eastern Mexico

                                          Haemodoraceae

                                            Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                            • Xiphidium caeruleum - S. Mexico to Trop. America

                                            Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                            Iridaceae

                                              Subfamily Iridoideae
                                              Tribe Trimezieae

                                              • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                              Lamiaceae

                                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                Tribe Mentheae

                                                • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                                Lauraceae

                                                • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                                Lentibulariaceae

                                                • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                                • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                                • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                                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 Gossypieae

                                                    • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                    Tribe Malveae

                                                    • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                                    Marantaceae

                                                    • Calathea aff. micans - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                    • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C
                                                    • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                                    • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                    Melastomataceae

                                                      Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                      Tribe Melastomeae

                                                      • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                      Metaxyaceae

                                                      • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                      Moraceae

                                                        Subfamily
                                                        Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                        • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                        Subfamily
                                                        Tribe Ficeae

                                                        • Ficus aurea - Florida, n & w Caribbean south to Panama

                                                        Myricaceae

                                                        • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                        Myrtaceae

                                                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                          Tribe Myrteae

                                                          • Pimenta dioica - S. Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                          • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                          Orchidaceae

                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                            Tribe Arethuseae

                                                            • Chysis bractescens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Sobralia decora - southern Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Sobralia decora x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                            • Maxillaria houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                                            • Maxillaria tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                            • Mormolyca hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Mormolyca ringens - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Trigonidium egertonianum - Mexico to Columbia & Ecuador
                                                            • Brassia maculata majus - S. Mexico to C. America, Cuba, Jamaica
                                                            • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                            • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                            • Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
                                                            • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                            • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                            • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                            • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua

                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                            • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                            • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Myrmecophila christinae - SE. Mexico to Belize
                                                            • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                            • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                            • Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                            • Specklinia grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                            • Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Stelis argentata - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                            • Stelis immersa - southern Mexico to Venezuela
                                                            • Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                            Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                            Tribe Vanilleae

                                                            • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                            Passifloraceae

                                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                                              • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                              Piperaceae

                                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                                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
                                                                    • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                                                    • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                    Polygonaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                      • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                      Pteridaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                        • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                        Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                                        • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                                        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 cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                          • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                          Salviniaceae

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

                                                                          Sapotaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                            • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                            Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                            Tribe Sapoteae

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

                                                                            Solanaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                              Tribe Cestreae

                                                                              • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                              Tribe Solaneae

                                                                              • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                              Talinaceae

                                                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                              Urticaceae

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Cecropieae

                                                                                • Cecropia peltata - Carribean, Tropical America

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Urticeae

                                                                                • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                                Verbenaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                  Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                                  • 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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                                    • Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                                    • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                    Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                      Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                      Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                      • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 190 accessions native to Mexico Southeast

                                                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                      = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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