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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Gulf:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • 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

        • 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 Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
          • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • 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

            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

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Nolineae

                • Beaucarnea recurvata - Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
                • 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

                  • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                  • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                  • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras

                  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

                    Bixaceae

                    • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                      • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                      • 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 simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Cacteae

                        • Stenocactus lamellosus - Mexico W/C

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Cereeae

                        • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Phyllocacteae

                        • Cephalocereus senilis - Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)

                        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

                        Cibotiaceae

                        • Cibotium regale - tropical Central America

                        Commelinaceae

                          Subfamily Commelinoideae
                          Tribe Tradescantieae

                          • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                          • 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 spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                          • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                          • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                          Convolvulaceae

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Ipomoeeae

                            • Ipomoea batatas - believed to originate near Veracruz, Mexico

                            Costaceae

                            • 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
                              Tribe Sedeae

                              • Sedum morganianum - Mexico (Veracruz)
                              • Villadia batesii - Mexico

                              Cupressaceae

                                Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                Cyperaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                  Droseraceae

                                  • Drosera capillaris - Liberty County, Florida, USA W/C

                                  Ebenaceae

                                  • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                  Equisetaceae

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

                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                    Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                                    Tribe Plukenetieae

                                    • Dalechampia spathulata - Mexico to Peru

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Aleuritideae

                                    • Garcia nutans - Colombia

                                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Jatropheae

                                    • Jatropha curcas - Mexico to Trop. America
                                    • 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

                                    Fabaceae

                                      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

                                      • Leucaena leucocephala - Mexico - Yucatan
                                      • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                      Gelsemiaceae

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

                                      Gesneriaceae

                                        Subfamily Gesneroideae
                                        Tribe Gesnerieae

                                        • Columnea schiedeana - eastern 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

                                            Lamiaceae

                                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                              Tribe Mentheae

                                              • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                              Lentibulariaceae

                                              • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                              • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                              • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                              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 Malvoideae
                                                  Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                                  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
                                                  • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                                  Melastomataceae

                                                    Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                    Tribe Melastomeae

                                                    • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                                    Moraceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                      • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south 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 tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                          • 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
                                                          • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                          • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                          • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                          • Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - Mexico (Veracruz, Hidalgo)

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                                          • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                          • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                          • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                          • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                          • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                          • 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 quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                          Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                          Tribe Vanilleae

                                                          • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                          • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                          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
                                                              • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                              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
                                                                  • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                                                  • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                  Polygonaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                    • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                    Pteridaceae

                                                                      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

                                                                        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

                                                                            • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                            Sapotaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                              • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                              Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                              Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                              • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                              • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                              Solanaceae

                                                                                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

                                                                                  Verbenaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                                    Tribe Lantaneae

                                                                                    • 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 verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                      Zamiaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                        Tribe Diooeae

                                                                                        • Dioon edule - NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)

                                                                                        Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                                                        Tribe Zamieae

                                                                                        • Zamia furfuracea - Mexico (Veracruz)
                                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 172 accessions native to Mexico Gulf

                                                                                        W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                                        = accession added within past 90 days

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