Collection Holdings native to Mexico Northeast:
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 Philodendreae
- Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium - E. Mexico to Honduras
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
Arecaceae
Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae
- Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Agave americana
- eastern Mexico
- Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
- 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 victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
- Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
- Manfreda maculosa - s Texas, ne Mexico (endemic)
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 Senecioneae
- Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
- Mexico
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae
- Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America
Subfamily
Tribe Crescentieae
- Crescentia cujete - tropical America
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Tecoma stans
- tropical America
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily Hechtioideae
- Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.
Subfamily Pitcairnioideae
- Pitcairnia xanthocalyx - Mexico (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí)
Subfamily Tillandsioideae
- Tillandsia baileyi - SE. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
- 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
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia usneoides
- USA
W/C
Burseraceae
- Bursera microphylla
- Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico
- Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae
- Ariocarpus fissuratus
- Mexico, USA (Texas)
- Coryphantha cornifera
- Mexico
W/C
- Echinocactus grusonii
- Mexico - Queretaro, Zacatecas
- Ferocactus pilosus - Mexico (Chihuahuan endemic)
- Leuchtenbergia principis
- northern & central Mexico - Chihauhan Desert
- Mammillaria bombycina
- Mexico - Aguascalientes and Jalisco
- Mammillaria glochidiata
- Mexico: Hidalgo: Metzquititlan
W/C
- Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima
- Eastern Mexico - Hidalgo and Queretaro
- Mammillaria scheideana
- Mexico
W/C
- Mammillaria uncinata - Zacatecas, Mexico W/C
- Mammilloydia candida - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas). W/C
- Stenocactus phyllacanthus - Mexico
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae
- Heliocereus speciosus
- Central Mexico
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae
- Cephalocereus senilis
- Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)
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 sillamontana - Mexico (Nuevo León)
- Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
Cornaceae
- Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sempervivoideae
Tribe Sedeae
- Graptopetalum bellum - Mexico
Cupressaceae
Subfamily Taxodioideae
- Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas
Ebenaceae
- Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America
- Equisetum myriochaetum
- Mexico, Mesoamerica
Euphorbiaceae
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 multifida - Mexico, Caribbean
Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae
- Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Amorpheae
- Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
- Sigmoidotropis speciosa
- central America to tropical South America
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Acacieae
- Vachellia cornigera
- Mexico to Costa Rica
- 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 acuminata - Mexico
- Ceiba pentandra
- tropical America; also found in western tropical Africa
- Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala
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 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
- Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - Mexico (Veracruz, Hidalgo)
- Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
- Brassavola nodosa
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Encyclia kennedyi - N. Mexico
- Epidendrum magnoliae - SE. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
- Myrmecophila tibicinis
- Mexico to N. Venezuela
- Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
- Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Passiflora affinis - Texas USA, Mesoamerica
- Passiflora coriacea
- Mexico to Bolivia
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
Poaceae
Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Andropogoneae
- Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico
Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae
- Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
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
Rhizophoraceae
Subfamily
Tribe Rhizophoreae
- Rhizophora mangle
- tropical America
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
Sapindaceae
Subfamily Sapindoideae
- Ungnadia speciosa
- Mexico, southwestern USA
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Sapotoideae
Tribe Sapoteae
- 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
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum appendiculatum - Mexico and Central America
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
Subfamily
Tribe Petreae
- Petrea volubilis
- Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
- Cissus verticillata
- northern South America
Zamiaceae
Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Diooeae
- Dioon edule
- NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)
W/C = Wild Collected
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