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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Northeast:

Acanthaceae

    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

        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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Philodendreae

            • Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium - E. Mexico to Honduras

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
            • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

            Subfamily Pothoideae
            Tribe Anthurieae

            • Anthurium pentaphyllum var. bombacifolium - Mexico to C. America

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Arecaceae

                Subfamily Coryphoideae
                Tribe Corypheae

                • Sabal minor - southeastern US W/C

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Agavoideae
                  Tribe Agaveae

                  • Agave americana - eastern Mexico
                  • Agave americana 'Marginata' - western Mexico
                  • 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 victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                  • Agave victoriae-reginae - NE. Mexico
                  • Beschorneria septentrionalis - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)
                  • Manfreda maculosa - s Texas, ne Mexico (endemic)

                  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

                    • Dahlia sorensenii - Mexico

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Senecioneae

                    • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                    Begoniaceae

                    • Begonia nelumbiifolia - Mexico to Colombia

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Bignonieae

                      • Dolichandra unguis-cati - Mexico to Trop. America

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Crescentieae

                      • Crescentia cujete - tropical America

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

                      • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                      Bromeliaceae

                        Subfamily Hechtioideae

                        • Hechtia glomerata - Tex & Mex.

                        Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                        • Pitcairnia xanthocalyx - Mexico (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí)

                        Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

                        Burseraceae

                        • Bursera microphylla - Arizona, Cal. NW Mexico
                        • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                        Cactaceae

                          Subfamily Cactoideae
                          Tribe Cacteae

                          • Ariocarpus fissuratus - Mexico, USA (Texas)
                          • Astrophytum myriostigma - Mexico
                          • Astrophytum ornatum - Mexico W/C
                          • Coryphantha cornifera - Mexico W/C
                          • Coryphantha difficilis - Mexico
                          • Echinocactus grusonii - Mexico - Queretaro, Zacatecas
                          • Ferocactus pilosus - Mexico (Chihuahuan endemic)
                          • Leuchtenbergia principis - northern & central Mexico - Chihauhan Desert
                          • Mammillaria bombycina - Mexico - Aguascalientes and Jalisco
                          • Mammillaria glochidiata - Mexico: Hidalgo: Metzquititlan W/C
                          • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima - Eastern Mexico - Hidalgo and Queretaro
                          • Mammillaria mystax - 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
                          • Stenocactus lamellosus - Mexico W/C
                          • Turbinicarpus jauernigii - Mexico (San Luis Potosi)

                          Subfamily Cactoideae
                          Tribe Cereeae

                          • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo

                          Subfamily Cactoideae
                          Tribe Phyllocacteae

                          • Cephalocereus senilis - Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)

                          Subfamily Opuntioideae
                          Tribe Cylindropuntieae

                          • Cylindropuntia kleiniae - USA (NM, Tx), northeast Mexcio

                          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

                          Commelinaceae

                            Subfamily Commelinoideae
                            Tribe Tradescantieae

                            • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                            • Callisia navicularis - NE. Mexico (to Puebla)
                            • Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis - Mexico W/C
                            • Tradescantia pallida - eastern Mexico
                            • Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea' - eastern Mexico
                            • Tradescantia sillamontana - Mexico (Nuevo León)
                            • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia

                            Cornaceae

                            • Cornus sericea - Canada, USA, Mexico

                            Costaceae

                            • Costus pictus - Mexico to C. America
                            • Costus pulverulentus - Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador
                            • Costus scaber - Mexico to Trop. America
                            • Costus spicatus - Mexico, Caribbean W/C

                            Crassulaceae

                              Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                              Tribe Sedeae

                              • Graptopetalum bellum - Mexico
                              • Sedum suaveolens - Mexico

                              Cupressaceae

                                Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                Ebenaceae

                                • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                Equisetaceae

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

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  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 multifida - Mexico, Caribbean

                                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                  Tribe Manihoteae

                                  • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico to C. America

                                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                  Tribe Euphorbieae

                                  • Euphorbia antisyphilitica - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Faboideae
                                    Tribe Amorpheae

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

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Acacieae

                                    • Vachellia cornigera - Mexico to Costa Rica
                                    • Vachellia farnesiana - widely naturalized, but probably native to S. USA and Mexico

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Mimoseae

                                    • Mimosa pudica - widespread in central & south America, naturalized elsewhere

                                    Fagaceae

                                      Subfamily Quercoideae

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

                                      Gelsemiaceae

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

                                      Hydrocharitaceae

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

                                      Lamiaceae

                                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                        Tribe Mentheae

                                        • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala
                                        • Salvia pinguifolia - S. New Mexico to Texas, NE. Mexico

                                        Lauraceae

                                        • Persea americana - southern Mexico

                                        Lentibulariaceae

                                        • Pinguicula agnata - Mexico
                                        • Pinguicula cyclosecta - Mexico: Nuevo León
                                        • Pinguicula kondoi - Mexico
                                        • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                        • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower - Mexico, Central America
                                        • Pinguicula rotundiflora - 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
                                            • Pseudobombax ellipticum - eastern Mexico to Guatemala

                                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                                            Tribe Malveae

                                            • Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus - Mexico

                                            Marantaceae

                                            • Maranta arundinacea - Mexico to Trop. America W/C

                                            Martyniaceae

                                            • Proboscidea parviflora - southwestern USA, northern Mexico

                                            Melastomataceae

                                              Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                              Tribe Melastomeae

                                              • Arthrostemma ciliatum - Colombia, Ecuador

                                              Moraceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Dorstenieae

                                                • Dorstenia contrajerva - central and south America

                                                Myricaceae

                                                • Morella cerifera - southeastern US to Central America

                                                Myrtaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                  Tribe Myrteae

                                                  • Psidium guajava - Trop. & Subtrop. America

                                                  Orchidaceae

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                    • Maxillaria variabilis - Mexico to NW. Venezuela
                                                    • Brassia verrucosa - Mexico to N. Brazil
                                                    • Oncidium maculatum - Mexico to C. America
                                                    • Oncidium sphacelatum - Mexico to C. America, SE. Venezuela
                                                    • Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - Mexico (Veracruz, Hidalgo)

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                                    • Brassavola cucullata - Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean
                                                    • Brassavola nodosa - Mexico to Trop. America
                                                    • Encyclia kennedyi - N. Mexico
                                                    • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                    • Specklinia tribuloides - Mexico to C. America, Suriname, Caribbean
                                                    • Stelis quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                    Passifloraceae

                                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                      Tribe Passifloreae

                                                      • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                      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

                                                          Poaceae

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                            • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Sacchareae

                                                            • Zea mexicana - Mexico (Chihuahua to N. Oaxaca)

                                                            Polygonaceae

                                                              Subfamily Eriogonoideae

                                                              • Antigonon leptopus - Mexico & central America

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                                                • Cheilanthes eatonii - USA and Mexico

                                                                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 hirsutum - tropical America

                                                                    Rutaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                      • Casimiroa edulis - Mexico and central America

                                                                      Salviniaceae

                                                                      • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                      Santalaceae

                                                                      • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                                                                      Sapindaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                        • Ungnadia speciosa - Mexico, southwestern USA

                                                                        Sapotaceae

                                                                          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

                                                                            Solanaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Browallioideae
                                                                              Tribe Cestreae

                                                                              • Cestrum nocturnum - West Indies

                                                                              Talinaceae

                                                                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                                                                              Urticaceae

                                                                                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

                                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                                  Tribe Petreae

                                                                                  • Petrea volubilis - Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

                                                                                  Vitaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                                    • 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)

                                                                                      Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily Larreoideae

                                                                                        • Larrea tridentata - southwestern USA and Mexico
                                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 175 accessions native to Mexico Northeast

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

                                                                                        data regenerated on Sat, 10 May 2025 02:08:25 -0400

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