182 Collection Holdings native to Mexico Southwest:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Odontonema callistachyum - Mexico, C. America
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 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 Lemnoideae
- Wolffia columbiana
- N & S America
Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae
- Monstera adansonii - S. Mexico to Trop. America
- Monstera deliciosa
- Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
- Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae
- Anthurium pedatoradiatum - Mexico - Chiapas and Veracruz
- 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
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Agave americana
- eastern Mexico
- Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
- Agave nizandensis - Mexico (Oaxaca)
- Agave parryi - SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. Mexico
- Agave schidigera - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)
- Agave tequilana
- Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
- Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Nolineae
- Beaucarnea recurvata - Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Eupatorieae
- Bartlettina sordida
- Mexico - Puebla, Morelos and Oaxaca states
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Heliantheae
- Podachaenium eminens - Mexico to Central America
Begoniaceae
- 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 Crescentieae
- Crescentia cujete - tropical America
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Tecoma stans
- tropical America
Bixaceae
- Bixa orellana
- 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
- USA
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Peru
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Dominican Republic
W/C
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Trop. & Subtrop. America
- Tillandsia xerographica
- S. Mexico to C. America
Burseraceae
- Beiselia mexicana - Mexico
- Bursera fagaroides - Mexico
- Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Cactaceae
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae
- Coryphantha cornifera
- Mexico
W/C
- Mammillaria bombycina
- Mexico - Aguascalientes and Jalisco
- Stenocactus phyllacanthus - Mexico
Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae
- Disocactus speciosus
- Central Mexico
Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae
- Opuntia decumbens - Mexico
Cannaceae
- Canna indica
- S. America. W. Indies.
Caricaceae
- Carica papaya
- tropical America
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Commelinaceae
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Commelineae
- Commelina coelestis
- Mexico to C. America
Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae
- Callisia fragrans
- Mexico
- Callisia gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
- Tradescantia pallida
- eastern Mexico
- Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
- Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
- Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Ipomoeeae
- Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' - Mexico
Cornaceae
- Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico
Costaceae
- Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sempervivoideae
Tribe Sedeae
- Echeveria zorzaniana - Mexico, Oaxaca W/C
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
Eriocaulaceae
Subfamily Eriocauloideae
- Eriocaulon decangulare - southeastern US
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 mcvaughii - Mexico (Sinaloa to Jalisco)
- Jatropha multifida - Mexico, Caribbean
- Jatropha podagrica
- Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics
Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae
- Euphorbia guiengola
- Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)
Fabaceae
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
- Vachellia hindsii
- 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
Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gloxinieae
- Achimenes admirabilis
- Oaxaca State, Mexico
Haemodoraceae
Subfamily Haemodoroideae
- Xiphidium caeruleum
- S. Mexico to Trop. America
Iridaceae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Trimezieae
- Trimezia steyermarkii
- S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela
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
- Malpighia glabra
- Texas south to South America
Malvaceae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
- Ceiba acuminata - Mexico
- Ceiba pentandra
- tropical America
- Pachira aquatica
- Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
- Theobroma cacao
- Central & South America
- Theobroma cacao
- Central & South America
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
- Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
- Mexico
Marantaceae
- 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
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 x leucantha
- S. Mexico to N. Honduras
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Catasetum integerrimum
- Mexico to C. America, Cuba
- Lycaste aromatica - Mexico to C. America
- Maxillariella houtteana - Mexico to Honduras
- Maxillariella tenuifolia - Mexico to C. America
- Maxillariella 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
- Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Lockhartia oerstedii - Mexico (Chiapas) to Colombia
- Oncidium maculatum
- Mexico to C. America
- Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
- Gongora galeottiana - sw. Mexico
- Gongora unicolor
- S. Mexico to C. America
- Stanhopea graveolens
- S. Mexico to Honduras
- Stanhopea oculata
- S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
- Dichaea glauca - Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
- Barkeria melanocaulon
- Mexico (Oaxaca)
- Barkeria melanocaulon
- Mexico (Oaxaca)
- Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
- Brassavola nodosa
- Mexico to Trop. America
- Dinema polybulbon
- Mexico to C. America, Caribbean
- Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
- Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
- Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
- Myrmecophila tibicinis
- Mexico to N. Venezuela
- Meiracyllium trinasutum - S. Mexico to Honduras
- Dracula pusilla - S. Mexico to C. America
- Restrepiella ophiocephala - S. Florida, S. Mexico to Colombia
- Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
- Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
- Stelis argentata - Mexico to S. Trop. America
- Stelis megachlamys - S. Mexico to C. America
- 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
- Peperomia serpens
- Mexico to South America
- Piper arboreum - South America
Plantaginaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Antirrhineae
- Rhodochiton atrosanguineum - southern Mexico (north-eastern Oaxaca)
Poaceae
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 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
Saururaceae
- Anemopsis californica
- W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico
W/C
Solanaceae
Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae
- Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae
- Solanum appendiculatum - Mexico and Central America
- Solanum wendlandii - Costa Rica
Urticaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Cecropieae
- Cecropia peltata
- Carribean, Tropical America
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
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