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Collection Holdings from Mexico:

Includes:

  1. MXC: Mexico Central
  2. MXE: Mexico Northeast
  3. MXG: Mexico Gulf
  4. MXI: Mexican Pacific Is.
  5. MXN: Mexico Northwest
  6. MXS: Mexico Southwest
  7. MXT: Mexico Southeast

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Aphelandra aurantiaca - Mexico to northern South America

    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

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Hippeastreae

        • Sprekelia formosissima - Mexico

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros coahuilensis - Mexico W/C

        Anacardiaceae

          Subfamily Anacardioideae

          • Pachycormus discolor - Mexico (Baja California)

          Annonaceae

            Subfamily Annonoideae
            Tribe Annoneae

            • Annona purpurea - Mexico & central America

            Apocynaceae

              Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
              Tribe Asclepiadeae

              • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America
              • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

              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

                • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
                • 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 bakeri - Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
                • Anthurium clarinervium - Mexico (Chiapas)
                • 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

                  Arecaceae

                    Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
                    Tribe Hyophorbeae

                    • Chamaedorea elegans 'Bella' - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
                    • Chamaedorea metallica - Veracruz, Mexico

                    Subfamily Coryphoideae
                    Tribe Corypheae

                    • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

                    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
                        • Agave attenuata - Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán and México)
                        • Agave cf parryi - southeast Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico
                        • Agave cf stricta - Mexico - Oaxaca
                        • Agave cf. titanota - Mexico
                        • Agave geminiflora - Mexico - Nyarit W/C
                        • Agave guiengola - Mexico (Oaxaca: Cierro Guiengola), up to 3500 feet elevation W/C
                        • Agave murpheyi - Arizona, Sonora Mexico
                        • Agave nizandensis - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                        • 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 tequilana - Mexico - cultivated only, no wild populations known
                        • Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                        • Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                        • Beschorneria septentrionalis - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)
                        • Manfreda maculosa - s Texas, ne Mexico (endemic)
                        • Polianthes tuberosa - Mexico

                        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 Coreopsideae

                          • Coreopsis tinctoria - southern Canada to northern 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

                          • Roldana petasitis - Mexico
                          • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                          Begoniaceae

                          • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                          • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                          • Begonia peltata - southern Mexico to Honduras
                          • Begonia thiemei - Mexico, Guatemala, 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
                              • Pitcairnia xanthocalyx - Mexico (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí)

                              Subfamily Tillandsioideae

                              • Tillandsia baileyi - SE. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
                              • Tillandsia brachycaulos - Mexico to Venezuela
                              • Tillandsia bulbosa - Trop. America
                              • Tillandsia ionantha - Mexico to Nicaragua
                              • Tillandsia recurvata - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Trop. & Subtrop. America
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Peru W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - USA W/C
                              • Tillandsia usneoides - Dominican Republic W/C
                              • Tillandsia xerographica - S. Mexico to C. America

                              Burseraceae

                              • Bursera fagaroides - Mexico
                              • Bursera hindsiana - Mexico
                              • Bursera microphylla - Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico
                              • Bursera schlechtendalii - Central America
                              • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                              Cactaceae

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cacteae

                                • Ariocarpus fissuratus - Mexico, USA (Texas)
                                • Astrophytum myriostigma - Mexico
                                • Coryphantha cornifera - Mexico W/C
                                • Coryphantha difficilis - Mexico
                                • Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis - San Luis Potosi, Mexico W/C
                                • Echinocactus grusonii - Mexico - Queretaro, Zacatecas
                                • Echinocactus texensis - southwestern USA, northern Mexico W/C
                                • Ferocactus glaucescens - San Joaquin, Queretaro, Mexico W/C
                                • Ferocactus glaucescens - Mexico
                                • Ferocactus pilosus - Mexico (Chihuahuan endemic)
                                • Leuchtenbergia principis - northern & central Mexico - Chihauhan Desert
                                • Mammillaria bocasana - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria bombycina - Mexico - Aguascalientes and Jalisco
                                • Mammillaria compressa - Hidalgo, Queretaro, Mexico. 1300-2240m
                                • Mammillaria compressa - Mexico
                                • Mammillaria formosa - Doctor arroyo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria glochidiata - Mexico: Hidalgo: Metzquititlan W/C
                                • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima - Eastern Mexico - Hidalgo and Queretaro
                                • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria hertrichiana - Mexico, Chihuahua, Sierra Obscura W/C
                                • Mammillaria hertrichiana - Sierra Obscura, Chihuahua, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria magnimamma - central Mexico
                                • Mammillaria parkinsonii - Querétaro, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria petterssonii - Guanajuato and Queretaro, Mexico. Altitude 1300-2600m. W/C
                                • Mammillaria plumosa - Coahuila & Nuevo Leon, Mexico
                                • Mammillaria scheideana - Mexico W/C
                                • Mammillaria uncinata - Zacatecas, Mexico W/C
                                • Mammilloydia candida - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas). W/C
                                • Obregonia denegrii - Mexico, Tamaulipas, San Vicente near Ciudad Victoria
                                • Ortegocactus macdougallii - Oaxaca, Mexico
                                • Stenocactus coptonogonus - Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
                                • Stenocactus crispatus - Hidalgo, Mexico W/C
                                • Stenocactus phyllacanthus - Mexico
                                • Thelocactus rinconensis - Nuevo León, Mexico W/C
                                • Turbinicarpus jauernigii - Mexico (San Luis Potosi)

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Cereeae

                                • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo
                                • Pilosocereus purpusii - W. Mexico

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Hylocereeae

                                • Heliocereus speciosus - Central Mexico

                                Subfamily Cactoideae
                                Tribe Phyllocacteae

                                • Carnegiea gigantea - Southern Arizona, southeast California and northwest Mexico
                                • Cephalocereus euphorbioides - Mexico
                                • Cephalocereus quadricentralis - Oaxaca, Mexico W/C
                                • Cephalocereus senilis - Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)
                                • Echinocereus scheeri ssp. scheeri - Mexico W/C
                                • Echinocereus subinermis - Mexico (southern Sonora, western Chihuahua, northern Sinaloa)
                                • Echinocereus subinermis ssp. ochoterenae - Mexico
                                • Escontria chiotilla - southern Mexico (Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla)
                                • Lophocereus schottii - Baja California
                                • Stenocereus stellatus - central Mexico (endemic)
                                • Selenicereus anthonyanus - Mexico (Chiapas)
                                • Selenicereus chrysocardium - Mexico: Chaipas

                                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                Tribe Cylindropuntieae

                                • Cylindropuntia kleiniae - USA (NM, Tx), northeast Mexcio
                                • Grusonia bradtiana - Coahuila, Mexico W/C
                                • Pereskiopsis porteri - Mexico - Baja California Sur

                                Subfamily Opuntioideae
                                Tribe Opuntieae

                                • Opuntia microdasys - central and northern Mexico
                                • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose" - Mexico
                                • Opuntia microdasys ssp. rufida - northern Mexico into Texas

                                Cannaceae

                                • Canna indica - S. America. W. Indies.
                                • Canna indica - Trop. & Subtrop. America W/C
                                • Canna tuerckheimii - Mexico to Ecuador W/C

                                Ceratophyllaceae

                                • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                                Clusiaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Clusieae

                                  • Clusia rosea - Caribbean region

                                  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 gentlei var. elegans - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras
                                      • 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 sillamontana - Mexico (Nuevo León)
                                      • 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 Convolvuleae

                                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                        Tribe Ipomoeeae

                                        • Ipomoea batatas - believed to originate near Veracruz, Mexico

                                        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
                                        • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                                        • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                                        Crassulaceae

                                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae

                                          • Cremnophila linguifolia - Mexico (Mexico State)

                                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                                          Tribe Sedeae

                                          • Dudleya pulverulenta - USA: MRO283, Vista, Ca W/C
                                          • Echeveria elegans - N. Mexico
                                          • Echeveria gigantea - southern Mexico W/C
                                          • Echeveria laui - Mexico (Oaxaca)
                                          • Echeveria runyonii - Sierra Chiquita, south of San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Mexico W/C
                                          • Echeveria skinneri - Mexico - Oaxaca
                                          • Echeveria zorzaniana - Mexico, Oaxaca W/C
                                          • Graptopetalum bellum - Mexico
                                          • Pachyphytum longifolium - Mexico W/C
                                          • Sedum morganianum - Mexico (Veracruz)
                                          • Sedum praealtum - Mexico
                                          • Villadia batesii - Mexico

                                          Cucurbitaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Coniandreae

                                            • Ibervillea tenuisecta - southwestern United States, northern Mexico
                                            • Psiguria triphylla - southern Mexico to northern Bolivia

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Cucurbiteae

                                            • Cucurbita foetidissima - southwestern US & Mexico W/C

                                            Cupressaceae

                                              Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                              • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                              Cyclanthaceae

                                                Subfamily Carludovicioideae

                                                • Carludovica palmata - Mexico to Boliva

                                                Cyperaceae

                                                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                                  Tribe Cypereae

                                                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                                  Droseraceae

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

                                                  Ebenaceae

                                                  • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                                  Ephedraceae

                                                  • Ephedra nevadensis - sw USA and northern Mexico

                                                  Equisetaceae

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

                                                  Ericaceae

                                                    Subfamily Vaccinioideae
                                                    Tribe Vaccinieae

                                                    • Macleania insignis - southern Mexico to Costa Rica

                                                    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 cathartica - SC. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
                                                        • 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)
                                                        • Euphorbia lomelii - Mexico (Baja Californica, S Sonora)

                                                        Fabaceae

                                                          Subfamily Faboideae
                                                          Tribe Amorpheae

                                                          • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                                                          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

                                                          • Acacia angustissima -
                                                          • 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

                                                          Fagaceae

                                                            Subfamily Quercoideae

                                                            • Quercus gambelii - WC. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico

                                                            Fouquieriaceae

                                                            • Fouquieria columnaris - Baja California
                                                            • Fouquieria diguetii - Mexico, sw California
                                                            • Fouquieria splendens - Mexico, Baja California

                                                            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

                                                                Hydrocharitaceae

                                                                • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                                                                Iridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                                  Tribe Trimezieae

                                                                  • Trimezia steyermarkii - S. Mexico to NW. Venezuela

                                                                  Juncaginaceae

                                                                  • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                                                                  Lamiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                                    Tribe Mentheae

                                                                    • Monarda citriodora - C. & S. U.S.A. to Mexico
                                                                    • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala
                                                                    • Salvia pinguifolia - S. New Mexico to Texas, NE. Mexico

                                                                    Lauraceae

                                                                    • Persea americana - southern Mexico
                                                                    • Umbellularia californica - Oregon & California

                                                                    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

                                                                    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 Byttneroideae
                                                                        Tribe Theobromeae

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

                                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                                        Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                                        Tribe Hibisceae

                                                                        • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                                                        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
                                                                        • Pleiostachya pruinosa - SE. Mexico to Ecuador
                                                                        • 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

                                                                          Metaxyaceae

                                                                          • Metaxya rostrata - Mexico to South America W/C

                                                                          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 hedwigiae - SE. Mexico to Colombia
                                                                              • 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
                                                                              • Cuitlauzina pulchella - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                                              • 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
                                                                              • Acineta chrysantha - SE. Mexico to C. America
                                                                              • Gongora cassidea - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                                              • Stanhopea graveolens - S. Mexico to Honduras
                                                                              • Stanhopea oculata - S. Mexico to N. Nicaragua
                                                                              • Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - Mexico (Veracruz, Hidalgo)

                                                                              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
                                                                              • Encyclia ambigua - Mexico (S. Chiapas) to W. Guatemala
                                                                              • Encyclia kennedyi - N. Mexico
                                                                              • Epidendrum magnoliae - SE. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
                                                                              • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                                              • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                              • Epidendrum rigidum - I. Socorro, S. Florida, Trop. America
                                                                              • Epidendrum schlecterianum - Trinidad and Tobago, S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                              • Guarianthe bowringiana - Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras
                                                                              • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                                              • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                                              • Myrmecophila christinae - SE. Mexico to Belize
                                                                              • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                                              • Scaphyglottis confusa - Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America
                                                                              • 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 grobyi - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
                                                                              • 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 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

                                                                              Oxalidaceae

                                                                              • Oxalis lasiandra - Mexico

                                                                              Passifloraceae

                                                                                Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                                Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                                • Passiflora affinis - Texas USA, Mesoamerica
                                                                                • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                                                Subfamily Turneroideae

                                                                                • Turnera ulmifolia - West Indies, Mexico

                                                                                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
                                                                                    • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                                                    • Piper arboreum - South America
                                                                                    • Piper auritum - Mexico to Colombia W/C

                                                                                    Plantaginaceae

                                                                                      Subfamily
                                                                                      Tribe Russelieae

                                                                                      • Russelia equisetiformis - Mexico
                                                                                      • Tetranema roseum - Mexico

                                                                                      Poaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                                                        • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                                                        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)

                                                                                        Podocarpaceae

                                                                                        • Podocarpus matudae - Guatemala, Mexico

                                                                                        Polygonaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                                                          • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                                                          Polypodiaceae

                                                                                            Subfamily Polypodioideae
                                                                                            Tribe non-grammitid ferns

                                                                                            • Microgramma lycopodioides - Mexico, c. and s. America, West Indies

                                                                                            Pteridaceae

                                                                                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                                              • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                                              Rhizophoraceae

                                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                                Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                                                                                • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                                                                                Rosaceae

                                                                                                  Subfamily Amygdaloideae
                                                                                                  Tribe Maleae

                                                                                                  • Heteromeles arbutifolia - Oregon & California, USA W/C

                                                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                                                    Tribe Cephalantheae

                                                                                                    • Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack - E. Canada to C. America, Cuba

                                                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                                                    Tribe Guettardeae

                                                                                                    • Arachnothryx leucophylla - Mexico

                                                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                                                    Tribe Hamelieae

                                                                                                    • Csapodya splendens - Chiapas, Mexico

                                                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                                                    Tribe Coussareeae

                                                                                                    • Coccocypselum cordifolium - Costa Rica
                                                                                                    • Coccocypselum hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                                                    Rutaceae

                                                                                                      Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                                                      • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                                                      Salviniaceae

                                                                                                      • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                                                                                                      Sapindaceae

                                                                                                        Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                                                        • Ungnadia speciosa - Mexico, southwestern USA

                                                                                                        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

                                                                                                          Scrophulariaceae

                                                                                                            Subfamily
                                                                                                            Tribe Leucophylleae

                                                                                                            • Leucophyllum frutescens - Texas, USA into northern Mexico

                                                                                                            Selaginellaceae

                                                                                                            • Selaginella cf. peruviana - N.Mex., Okla., Tex.; Mexico; South America
                                                                                                            • Selaginella cf. wrightii - N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico
                                                                                                            • Selaginella pallescens aurea - Mexico, Central & South America

                                                                                                            Solanaceae

                                                                                                              Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                                                              Tribe Cestreae

                                                                                                              • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae

                                                                                                              • Solandra maxima - Mexico

                                                                                                              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
                                                                                                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                                                                                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 alata - Mexico to Columbia, Brazil
                                                                                                                    • Cissus tiliacea - Mexico
                                                                                                                    • Cissus verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                                                    Zamiaceae

                                                                                                                      Subfamily Ceratozamieae

                                                                                                                      • Ceratozamia hildae - Mexico: Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states

                                                                                                                      Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                                                      Tribe Diooeae

                                                                                                                      • Dioon edule - NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)

                                                                                                                      Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                                                                                      Tribe Zamieae

                                                                                                                      • Zamia furfuracea - Mexico (Veracruz)

                                                                                                                      Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                                                        Subfamily Larreoideae

                                                                                                                        • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico

                                                                                                                        Subfamily Zygophylloideae
                                                                                                                        Tribe Larreoideae

                                                                                                                        • Guaiacum sanctum - Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
                                                                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 371 accessions native to Mexico

                                                                                                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                                                        = Currently Flowering
                                                                                                                        = Image(s) Available
                                                                                                                        = map available for this accession

                                                                                                                        data regenerated on Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:09:10 -0500

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