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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Central:

Acanthaceae

    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

      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 - Mex. to Panama
          • Syngonium vellozianum - northern South America

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

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

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

            • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Agavoideae

              • Agave americana - eastern Mexico
              • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
              • Agave tequilana - Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
              • Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Eupatorieae

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

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bignonieae

                  • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
                  • Pyrostegia venusta - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Tecomeae

                  • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                  Bromeliaceae

                    Subfamily Hechtioideae

                    • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                    Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                    • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                    Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                    • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                    • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                    • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                    • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C

                    Burseraceae

                    • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                    Cactaceae

                      Subfamily Cactoideae
                      Tribe Cereeae

                      • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo

                      Subfamily Cactoideae
                      Tribe Hylocereeae

                      • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                      Subfamily Opuntioideae
                      Tribe Opuntieae

                      • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico

                      Cannaceae

                      • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.

                      Caricaceae

                      • Carica papaya - tropical America

                      Combretaceae

                        Subfamily Combretoideae
                        Tribe Laguncularieae

                        • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                        Commelinaceae

                          Subfamily Commelinoideae
                          Tribe Commelineae

                          • Commelina coelestis - Mexico to C. America

                          Subfamily Commelinoideae
                          Tribe Tradescantieae

                          • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                          • Callisia navicularis - NE. Mexico (to Puebla)
                          • Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis - Mexico W/C
                          • Tradescantia pallida - eastern Mexico
                          • Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
                          • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                          Crassulaceae

                            Subfamily Sempervivoideae

                            • Cremnophila linguifolia - Mexico (Mexico State)

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Taxodioideae

                              • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

                                • Kyllinga brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                Ebenaceae

                                • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                Equisetaceae

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

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Jatropheae

                                  • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Manihoteae

                                  • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Faboideae
                                    Tribe Phaseoleae

                                    • Sigmoidotropis speciosa - central America to tropical South America

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Acacieae

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

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Mimoseae

                                    • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                    Gelsemiaceae

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

                                    Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                    Lamiaceae

                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                      Tribe Mentheae

                                      • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                      Lauraceae

                                      • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                      Lentibulariaceae

                                      • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                      • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                      • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico
                                      • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                                      Malpighiaceae

                                      • Galphimia gracilis - eastern Mexico
                                      • Malpighia glabra - Texas south to South America

                                      Malvaceae

                                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                        Tribe Adansonieae

                                        • Ceiba pentandra - tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
                                        • Pachira aquatica - Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                        Tribe Malveae

                                        • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                        Melastomataceae

                                          Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                          Tribe Melastomeae

                                          • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                          Moraceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Dorstenieae

                                            • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                            Myrtaceae

                                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                              Tribe Myrteae

                                              • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                              Orchidaceae

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                • Maxillariella houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
                                                • Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                • Maxillariella variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                • Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Epidendreae

                                                • Dinema polybulbon - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
                                                • Epidendrum magnoliae - SE. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
                                                • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                Passifloraceae

                                                  Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                  Tribe Passifloreae

                                                  • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                  Phytolaccaceae

                                                  • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                  Piperaceae

                                                    Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                    • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

                                                    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
                                                        • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                        Tribe Sacchareae

                                                        • Zea mexicana - Mexico (Chihuahua to N. Oaxaca)

                                                        Polemoniaceae

                                                          Subfamily Cobaeoideae
                                                          Tribe Cobaeeae

                                                          • Cobaea scandens - tropical America

                                                          Polygonaceae

                                                            Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                            • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                            Pteridaceae

                                                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                              • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                              Rubiaceae

                                                                Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                Tribe Cephalantheae

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

                                                                Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                Tribe Guettardeae

                                                                • Arachnothryx leucophylla - Mexico

                                                                Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                Rutaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                  • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                  Sapotaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                    • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                    Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                    Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                    • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                    Saururaceae

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

                                                                    Solanaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                      Tribe Solaneae

                                                                      • Solanum appendiculatum - Mexico and Central America
                                                                      • Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica

                                                                      Talinaceae

                                                                      • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                      Urticaceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                                                        • Urera baccifera - American tropics and into the subtropics

                                                                        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 tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                            • Cissus verticillata - northern South America
                                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 112 accessions native to Mexico Central

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

                                                                            data regenerated on Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:08:17 -0500

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