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Collection Holdings from Mexico:

Includes:

  1. MXC: Mexico Central
  2. MXE: Mexico Northeast
  3. MXG: Mexico Gulf
  4. MXI: Mexican Pacific Is.
  5. MXN: Mexico Northwest
  6. MXS: Mexico Southwest
  7. MXT: Mexico Southeast

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    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

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros coahuilensis - Mexico W/C

        Anacardiaceae

          Subfamily Anacardioideae

          • Pachycormus discolor - Mexico (Baja California)

          Annonaceae

            Subfamily Annonoideae
            Tribe Annoneae

            • Annona purpurea - Mexico & central America

            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 Caladieae

                • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. America

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Dieffenbachieae

                • Dieffenbachia oerstedii - S. Mexico to Ecuador

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Philodendreae

                • Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium - E. Mexico to Honduras
                • Philodendron tripartitum - Mexico to Trop. America

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Pisteae

                • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

                Subfamily Lemnoideae

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

                Subfamily Monsteroideae
                Tribe Monstereae

                • Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                • 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 podophyllum - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) W/C
                • Anthurium scandens - Mexico to Trop. America
                • Anthurium schlechtendalii - Mexico to Central America

                Araliaceae

                  Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                  • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                  Arecaceae

                    Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
                    Tribe Hyophorbeae

                    • Chamaedorea metallica - Veracruz, Mexico

                    Subfamily Coryphoideae
                    Tribe Corypheae

                    • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

                    Aristolochiaceae

                      Subfamily Aristolchioideae
                      Tribe Aristolochieae

                      • Aristolochia arborea - Mexico to El Salvador

                      Asparagaceae

                        Subfamily Agavoideae
                        Tribe Agaveae

                        • Agave americana - eastern Mexico
                        • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
                        • Agave attenuata - Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán and México)
                        • Agave cf parryi - southeast Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico
                        • Agave cf stricta - Mexico - Oaxaca
                        • Agave cf. titanota - Mexico
                        • Agave guiengola - Mexico (Oaxaca: Cierro Guiengola), up to 3500 feet elevation W/C
                        • Agave murpheyi - Arizona, Sonora Mexico
                        • Agave nizandensis - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                        • Agave parrasana - Coahuila, Mexico
                        • Agave parryi - SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. Mexico
                        • Agave polianthiflora - Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
                        • Agave schidigera - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)
                        • Agave tequilana - Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
                        • Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                        • Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                        • Beschorneria septentrionalis - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)
                        • Manfreda maculosa - s Texas, ne Mexico (endemic)
                        • Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico

                        Subfamily Nolinoideae
                        Tribe Nolineae

                        • Beaucarnea recurvata - Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
                        • Calibanus hookeri - North central Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
                        • Dasylirion longissimum - Mexico, Hidalgo

                        Asteraceae

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Coreopsideae

                          • Dahlia sorensenii - Mexico

                          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

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Senecioneae

                          • Roldana petasitis - Mexico
                          • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                          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 atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                              • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru
                              • Pitcairnia xanthocalyx - Mexico (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí)

                              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                              • Tillandsia albida - Mexico
                              • Tillandsia albida - Mexico
                              • Tillandsia baileyi - SE. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
                              • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                              • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                              • Tillandsia intermedia - Mexico
                              • 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 - Dominican Republic W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                              • Tillandsia xerographica - S. Mexico to C. America

                              Burseraceae

                              • Bursera fagaroides - Mexico
                              • Bursera hindsiana - Mexico
                              • Bursera microphylla - Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico
                              • Bursera schlechtendalii - Central America
                              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                              Cactaceae

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cacteae

                                • Ariocarpus fissuratus - Mexico, USA (Texas)
                                • Astrophytum myriostigma - Mexico
                                • Astrophytum ornatum - Mexico W/C
                                • Coryphantha cornifera - Mexico W/C
                                • Coryphantha difficilis - Mexico
                                • Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis - San Luis Potosi, Mexico W/C
                                • Echinocactus grusonii - Mexico - Queretaro, Zacatecas
                                • Echinocactus texensis - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C
                                • Ferocactus cylindraceus - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C
                                • Ferocactus glaucescens - Mexico
                                • Ferocactus glaucescens - San Joaquin, Queretaro, Mexico W/C
                                • Ferocactus gracilis - Mexico: Baja California
                                • Ferocactus pilosus - Mexico (Chihuahuan endemic)
                                • Leuchtenbergia principis - northern & central Mexico - Chihauhan Desert
                                • Mammillaria bocasana - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria bombycina - Mexico - Aguascalientes and Jalisco
                                • Mammillaria compressa - Hidalgo, Queretaro, Mexico. 1300-2240m
                                • Mammillaria compressa - Mexico
                                • Mammillaria glochidiata - Mexico: Hidalgo: Metzquititlan W/C
                                • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima - Eastern Mexico - Hidalgo and Queretaro
                                • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria hertrichiana - Mexico, Chihuahua, Sierra Obscura W/C
                                • Mammillaria hertrichiana - Sierra Obscura, Chihuahua, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria magnimamma - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria mystax - Mexico
                                • Mammillaria parkinsonii - Querétaro, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria petterssonii - Guanajuato and Queretaro, Mexico. Altitude 1300-2600m. W/C
                                • Mammillaria plumosa - Coahuila & Nuevo Leon, Mexico
                                • Mammillaria scheideana - Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria uncinata - Zacatecas, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammilloydia candida - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas). W/C
                                • Ortegocactus macdougallii - Oaxaca, Mexico
                                • Stenocactus crispatus - Hidalgo, Mexico W/C
                                • Stenocactus lamellosus - Mexico W/C
                                • Thelocactus rinconensis - Nuevo León, Mexico W/C
                                • Turbinicarpus jauernigii - Mexico (San Luis Potosi)

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cereeae

                                • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo
                                • Pilosocereus purpusii - W. Mexico

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Phyllocacteae

                                • Carnegiea gigantea - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C
                                • Carnegiea gigantea - Southern Arizona, southeast California and northwest Mexico
                                • Cephalocereus euphorbioides - Mexico
                                • Cephalocereus quadricentralis - Oaxaca, Mexico W/C
                                • Cephalocereus senilis - Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)
                                • Echinocereus scheeri ssp. scheeri - Mexico W/C
                                • Echinocereus subinermis - Mexico (southern Sonora, western Chihuahua, northern Sinaloa)
                                • Echinocereus subinermis ssp. ochoterenae - Mexico
                                • Escontria chiotilla - southern Mexico (Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla)
                                • Lophocereus schottii - Baja California
                                • Stenocereus stellatus - central Mexico (endemic)
                                • Selenicereus anthonyanus - Mexico (Chiapas)
                                • Selenicereus chrysocardium - Mexico: Chaipas

                                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                Tribe Cylindropuntieae

                                • Cylindropuntia kleiniae - USA (NM, Tx), northeast Mexcio
                                • Grusonia bradtiana - Coahuila, Mexico W/C
                                • Pereskiopsis porteri - Mexico - Baja California Sur

                                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                Tribe Opuntieae

                                • Opuntia microdasys - central and northern Mexico
                                • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico
                                • Opuntia microdasys ssp. rufida - northern Mexico into Texas
                                • Opuntia pycnantha - Mexico: Baja California Sur

                                Cannaceae

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

                                Caricaceae

                                • Carica papaya - tropical Central America to Venezuela

                                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                                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 navicularis - NE. Mexico (to Puebla)
                                    • Callisia warszewicziana - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Guatemala
                                    • Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis - Mexico W/C
                                    • Tradescantia pallida - eastern Mexico
                                    • Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
                                    • Tradescantia sillamontana - Mexico (Nuevo León)
                                    • Tradescantia spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                                    • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                                    • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                                    Convolvulaceae

                                      Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                      Tribe Convolvuleae

                                      • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                      Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                      Tribe Ipomoeeae

                                      • Ipomoea batatas - believed to originate near Veracruz, Mexico

                                      Cornaceae

                                      • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                                      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

                                      Crassulaceae

                                        Subfamily Sempervivoideae

                                        • Cremnophila linguifolia - Mexico (Mexico State)

                                        Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                                        Tribe Sedeae

                                        • Dudleya pulverulenta - USA: MRO283, Vista, Ca W/C
                                        • Echeveria elegans - N. Mexico
                                        • Echeveria gigantea - southern Mexico W/C
                                        • Echeveria laui - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                                        • Echeveria runyonii - Sierra Chiquita, south of San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Mexico W/C
                                        • Echeveria skinneri - Mexico - Oaxaca
                                        • Echeveria zorzaniana - Mexico, Oaxaca W/C
                                        • Graptopetalum bellum - Mexico
                                        • Pachyphytum longifolium - Mexico W/C
                                        • Sedum morganianum - Mexico (Veracruz)
                                        • Sedum praealtum - Mexico
                                        • Sedum suaveolens - Mexico
                                        • Villadia batesii - Mexico

                                        Cucurbitaceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Coniandreae

                                          • Ibervillea tenuisecta - southwestern United States, northern Mexico
                                          • Psiguria triphylla - southern Mexico to northern Bolivia

                                          Cupressaceae

                                            Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                            • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                            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

                                                Dryopteridaceae

                                                • Polystichum munitum - western USA, Canada W/C

                                                Ebenaceae

                                                • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                                Ephedraceae

                                                • Ephedra nevadensis - sw USA and northern Mexico

                                                Equisetaceae

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

                                                Ericaceae

                                                  Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                                  Tribe Vaccinieae

                                                  • Cavendishia bracteata - southern Mexico to Bolivia
                                                  • Macleania insignis - southern Mexico to Costa Rica

                                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                                    Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                                    Tribe Plukenetieae

                                                    • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                                    Tribe Aleuritideae

                                                    • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                                    Tribe Jatropheae

                                                    • Jatropha cathartica - SC. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
                                                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                    • Jatropha mcvaughii - Mexico (Sinaloa to Jalisco)
                                                    • Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean
                                                    • 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 antisyphilitica - southwestern USA, northern Mexico
                                                    • Euphorbia guiengola - Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)
                                                    • Euphorbia lomelii - Mexico (Baja Californica, S Sonora)

                                                    Fabaceae

                                                      Subfamily Faboideae
                                                      Tribe Amorpheae

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

                                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                      Tribe Acacieae

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

                                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                      Tribe Ingeae

                                                      • Calliandra californica - Mexico: Baja California

                                                      Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                                      Tribe Mimoseae

                                                      • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                                      • 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
                                                        • Fouquieria diguetii - Mexico, sw California
                                                        • Fouquieria splendens - Mexico, Baja California

                                                        Gelsemiaceae

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

                                                        Gesneriaceae

                                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                          Tribe Gesnerieae

                                                          • Columnea schiedeana - eastern Mexico

                                                          Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                                          Tribe Gloxinieae

                                                          • Achimenes admirabilis - Oaxaca State, 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

                                                              Juncaginaceae

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

                                                              Lamiaceae

                                                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                                Tribe Mentheae

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

                                                                Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                                                • Scutellaria tuberosa - USA and Mexico, Pacific Coast W/C

                                                                Lauraceae

                                                                • Persea americana - southern Mexico
                                                                • Umbellularia californica - Oregon & California

                                                                Lentibulariaceae

                                                                • Pinguicula agnata - Mexico
                                                                • Pinguicula cyclosecta - Mexico: Nuevo León
                                                                • Pinguicula gigantea - Mexico: Oaxaca
                                                                • Pinguicula kondoi - Mexico
                                                                • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                                                • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                                                • Pinguicula rectifolia - Mexico
                                                                • Pinguicula rotundiflora - 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 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 Byttneroideae
                                                                    Tribe Theobromeae

                                                                    • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                                                    • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America

                                                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                                    Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                                    Tribe Hibisceae

                                                                    • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                                                    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

                                                                    Martyniaceae

                                                                    • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                                                                    Melastomataceae

                                                                      Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                                      Tribe Melastomeae

                                                                      • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                                      Metaxyaceae

                                                                      • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                                      Moraceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Ficeae

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

                                                                        Muntingiaceae

                                                                        • Muntingia calabura - tropical America

                                                                        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
                                                                            • Oncidium tigrinum - Mexico
                                                                            • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                                            • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                                            • Stanhopea intermedia - southwestern Mexico
                                                                            • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                                            • Stanhopea tigrina - Mexico
                                                                            • Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - Mexico (Veracruz, Hidalgo)

                                                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                            Tribe Epidendreae

                                                                            • Barkeria melanocaulon - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                                                                            • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                                            • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                            • Encyclia kennedyi - N. Mexico
                                                                            • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                            • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                            • 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

                                                                            Oxalidaceae

                                                                            • Oxalis lasiandra - Mexico

                                                                            Passifloraceae

                                                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                              • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                                              Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                                              • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, 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

                                                                                Piperaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Piperoideae

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

                                                                                  Plantaginaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                                    Tribe Russelieae

                                                                                    • Russelia equisetiformis - Mexico
                                                                                    • 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)

                                                                                      Podocarpaceae

                                                                                      • Podocarpus matudae - Guatemala, Mexico

                                                                                      Polygonaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                                        • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                                        Polypodiaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                                          Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                                          • Microgramma lycopodioides - Mexico, c. and s. America, West Indies

                                                                                          Pteridaceae

                                                                                            Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                                                                            • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                                                                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                                            Subfamily Vittarioideae

                                                                                            • Adiantum macrophyllum - tropical Central and South America, Caribbean

                                                                                            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 cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                                                  • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                                                  Rutaceae

                                                                                                    Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                                                    • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                                                    Salviniaceae

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

                                                                                                    Santalaceae

                                                                                                    • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                                                                                    Sapindaceae

                                                                                                      Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                                                      • Ungnadia speciosa - Mexico, southwestern USA

                                                                                                      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

                                                                                                        Scrophulariaceae

                                                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                                                          Tribe Leucophylleae

                                                                                                          • Leucophyllum frutescens - Texas, USA into northern Mexico

                                                                                                          Selaginellaceae

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

                                                                                                          Solanaceae

                                                                                                            Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                                                            Tribe Cestreae

                                                                                                            • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                                                            Subfamily Solanoideae

                                                                                                            • Solandra maxima - Mexico

                                                                                                            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
                                                                                                              • 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
                                                                                                                • 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

                                                                                                                  Zamiaceae

                                                                                                                    Subfamily Ceratozamieae

                                                                                                                    • Ceratozamia hildae - Mexico: Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states

                                                                                                                    Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                                                    Tribe Diooeae

                                                                                                                    • Dioon edule - NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)

                                                                                                                    Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                                                                                    Tribe Zamieae

                                                                                                                    • Zamia furfuracea - Mexico (Veracruz)

                                                                                                                    Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                                                      Subfamily Larreoideae

                                                                                                                      • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico

                                                                                                                      Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                                                      Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                                                      • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 378 accessions native to Mexico

                                                                                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                                                      = Currently Flowering
                                                                                                                      = Image(s) Available
                                                                                                                      = map available for this accession

                                                                                                                      data regenerated on Sun, 11 May 2025 02:09:10 -0400

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