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Collection Holdings native to Arizona:

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 americana - eastern Mexico
          • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
          • Agave murpheyi - Arizona, Sonora Mexico
          • Agave parryi - SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. Mexico

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Anthemideae

            • Artemisia tridentata - intermountain west USA

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Tecoma stans - tropical America

              Bromeliaceae

                Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                Burseraceae

                • Bursera fagaroides - Mexico
                • Bursera microphylla - Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico

                Cactaceae

                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                  Tribe Cacteae

                  • Ferocactus cylindraceus - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C

                  Subfamily Cactoideae
                  Tribe Phyllocacteae

                  • Carnegiea gigantea - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C
                  • Carnegiea gigantea - Southern Arizona, southeast California and northwest Mexico
                  • Lophocereus schottii - Baja California

                  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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Amorpheae

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

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Acacieae

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

                        Fagaceae

                          Subfamily Quercoideae

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

                          Grossulariaceae

                          • Ribes cereum - western North America

                          Juncaginaceae

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

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Mentheae

                            • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                            Lentibulariaceae

                            • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                            Martyniaceae

                            • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                            Nyctaginaceae

                            • Mirabilis laevis - western USA W/C

                            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

                              Polemoniaceae

                                Subfamily Polemonioideae
                                Tribe Polemonieae

                                • Polemonium viscosum - western North America

                                Pteridaceae

                                  Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                  • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                  Rosaceae

                                    Subfamily Dryadoideae
                                    Tribe Dryadeae

                                    • 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 watsonii - western USA

                                      Simmondsiaceae

                                      • Simmondsia chinensis - southwestern North America

                                      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 48 accessions native to Arizona

                                            W/C = Wild Collected
                                            = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                            = images available for this accession
                                            = map available for this accession
                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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