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Collection Holdings native to New Mexico:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

        • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Agavoideae
          Tribe Agaveae

          • Agave parryi - SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. Mexico
          • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Anthemideae

            • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA
            • Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana - western US

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Astereae

            • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada
            • Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa - western plains & rocky mountains, USA

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Tecoma stans - tropical America

              Cactaceae

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Cylindropuntieae

                • Cylindropuntia kleiniae - USA (NM, Tx), northeast Mexcio

                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                Tribe Opuntieae

                • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common

                Ceratophyllaceae

                • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Convolvuleae

                  • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                  Cornaceae

                  • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                  Crassulaceae

                    Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                    Tribe Sedeae

                    • Dudleya pulverulenta - USA: MRO283, Vista, Ca W/C

                    Cystopteridaceae

                    • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern North America

                    Equisetaceae

                    • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Jatropheae

                      • Jatropha cathartica - SC. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico

                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                      • Euphorbia antisyphilitica - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Amorpheae

                        • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Acacieae

                        • Acacia angustissima -

                        Fagaceae

                          Subfamily Quercoideae

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

                          Grossulariaceae

                          • Ribes cereum - western North America

                          Hydrocharitaceae

                          • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                          • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                          Juncaginaceae

                          • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Mentheae

                            • Salvia pinguifolia - S. New Mexico to Texas, NE. Mexico

                            Lentibulariaceae

                            • 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

                              Martyniaceae

                              • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico
                              • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                              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

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Andropogoneae

                                  • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                  Polemoniaceae

                                    Subfamily Polemonioideae
                                    Tribe Polemonieae

                                    • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                                    Pteridaceae

                                      Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                      • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                      Rosaceae

                                        Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                        Tribe Dryadeae

                                        • Cercocarpus montanus - western US
                                        • Purshia tridentata - western US & Canada

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                          Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                          Santalaceae

                                          • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                          Saururaceae

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

                                          Selaginellaceae

                                          • Selaginella cf. peruviana - N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico; South America
                                          • Selaginella cf. wrightii - N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico

                                          Talinaceae

                                          • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                          Urticaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Urticeae

                                            • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                            Verbenaceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Lantaneae

                                              • Aloysia gratissima - Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina W/C

                                              Zygophyllaceae

                                                Subfamily Larreoideae

                                                • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 49 accessions native to New Mexico

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

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