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Collection Holdings native to Mexican Pacific Is.:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Gomphrenoideae
    Tribe Gomphreneae

    • Alternanthera brasiliana - West Indies to Brazil

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Burseraceae

      • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

      Equisetaceae

      • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

      Fabaceae

        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

        Lentibulariaceae

        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

        Myricaceae

        • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

        Orchidaceae

          Subfamily Epidendroideae
          Tribe Epidendreae

          • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America

          Phytolaccaceae

          • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

          Piperaceae

            Subfamily Piperoideae

            • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida

            Poaceae

              Subfamily Panicoideae
              Tribe Paniceae

              • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

              Talinaceae

              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America
              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 14 accessions native to Mexican Pacific Is.

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

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