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 - Mexico to Trop. America
- 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
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
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.
- Canna indica
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
W/C
- Canna tuerckheimii
- Mexico to Ecuador
W/C
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
Costaceae
- Costus pictus
- Mexico to C. America
- Costus scaber
- Mexico to Trop. America
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
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 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
Marantaceae
- Maranta arundinacea
- Mexico to Trop. America
W/C
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
Portulacaceae
- Claytonia perfoliata - western North 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
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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