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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Southwest:

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

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Sprekelia formosissima - Mexico

        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 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 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 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
                Tribe Agaveae

                • Agave americana - eastern Mexico
                • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
                • Agave guiengola - Mexico (Oaxaca: Cierro Guiengola), up to 3500 feet elevation W/C
                • 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

                  Begoniaceae

                  • 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 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 atrorubens - SW. Mexico to Colombia
                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                      • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                      • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                      • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                      • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                      • 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 Hylocereeae

                        • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                        Subfamily Opuntioideae
                        Tribe Opuntieae

                        • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico

                        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 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

                          Cornaceae

                          • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                          Costaceae

                          • Costus aff. guanaiensis - S. Mexico to Trop. America
                          • Costus comosus var. bakeri - S. Mexico to Ecuador
                          • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                          • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador

                          Crassulaceae

                            Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                            Tribe Sedeae

                            • Echeveria laui - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                            • Echeveria zorzaniana - Mexico, Oaxaca W/C

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Taxodioideae

                              • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

                                • Cyperus 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 Crotonoideae
                                    Tribe Manihoteae

                                    • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                    Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                    Tribe Euphorbieae

                                    • Euphorbia guiengola - Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)

                                    Fabaceae

                                      Subfamily Faboideae
                                      Tribe Dalbergieae

                                      • Aeschynomene virginica - eastern US to Mexico

                                      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

                                              • Monarda citriodora - C. & S. U.S.A. to Mexico
                                              • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                              Lauraceae

                                              • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                              Lentibulariaceae

                                              • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                              • Utricularia amethystina - Florida, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru
                                              • 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

                                                • 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 Byttneroideae
                                                  Tribe Theobromeae

                                                  • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America
                                                  • Theobroma cacao - Central & South America

                                                  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

                                                    Menyanthaceae

                                                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                    Moraceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                      • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                      Muntingiaceae

                                                      • Muntingia calabura - tropical 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 x leucantha - S. Mexico to N. Honduras

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                          • 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
                                                          • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                          • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua

                                                          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
                                                          • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                          • 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 argentata - S. 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

                                                              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)

                                                                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 cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                        • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                        Rutaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                          • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                          Santalaceae

                                                                          • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                                                          Sapotaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                            • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                            Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                            Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                            • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                            • 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 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

                                                                                  • 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
                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 199 accessions native to Mexico Southwest

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

                                                                                    data regenerated on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:08:25 -0400

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