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Collection Holdings native to Mexico Gulf:

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

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Asclepiadeae

        • Asclepias curassavica - Trop. America

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Plumerieae

        • Plumeria rubra - Mexico to Venezuela

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Caladieae

          • Syngonium podophyllum - Mexico to Trop. 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 Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Monstera deliciosa - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
          • Monstera siltepecana - S. Mexico to C. America

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Anthurieae

          • Anthurium pedatoradiatum - southern Mexico
          • 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

            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

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Nolineae

                • Beaucarnea recurvata - Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
                • Dasylirion longissimum - Mexico, Hidalgo

                Asteraceae

                  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

                  • Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - Mexico

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia caroliniifolia - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
                  • 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 Tecomeae

                    • Tecoma stans - tropical America

                    Bixaceae

                    • Bixa orellana - Tropical America

                    Bromeliaceae

                      Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

                      • Pitcairnia heterophylla - Mexico to Peru

                      Subfamily Tillandsioideae

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

                      Burseraceae

                      • Bursera simaruba - Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca

                      Cactaceae

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Cereeae

                        • Disocactus flagelliformis - Mexico: Hidalgo

                        Subfamily Cactoideae
                        Tribe Phyllocacteae

                        • Cephalocereus senilis - Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)

                        Cannaceae

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

                        Combretaceae

                          Subfamily Combretoideae
                          Tribe Laguncularieae

                          • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                          Commelinaceae

                            Subfamily Commelinoideae
                            Tribe Tradescantieae

                            • Callisia fragrans - Mexico
                            • 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 spathacea - SE. Mexico to Guatemala
                            • Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina - Mexico to Colombia
                            • Tripogandra multiflora - Mexico to NW. Argentina, Jamaica, Tobago

                            Convolvulaceae

                              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                              Tribe Ipomoeeae

                              • Ipomoea batatas - believed to originate near Veracruz, 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

                                • Sedum morganianum - Mexico (Veracruz)
                                • Villadia batesii - Mexico

                                Cupressaceae

                                  Subfamily Taxodioideae

                                  • Taxodium huegelii - Mexico - Rio Nazas

                                  Cyperaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Cypereae

                                    • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                                    Droseraceae

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

                                    Ebenaceae

                                    • Diospyros nigra - Mexico to Colombia

                                    Equisetaceae

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

                                    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 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

                                      Fabaceae

                                        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

                                        • 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

                                          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

                                              Lamiaceae

                                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                Tribe Mentheae

                                                • Salvia microphylla - Arizona to Guatemala

                                                Lentibulariaceae

                                                • Pinguicula moranensis - Mexico
                                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                                • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                                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 Malvoideae
                                                    Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                                    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

                                                        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 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
                                                            • 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
                                                            • 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
                                                            • Epidendrum nocturnum - S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America
                                                            • Epidendrum radicans - Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Isochilus carnosiflorus - S. Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Laelia rubescens - Mexico to C. America
                                                            • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Mexico to N. Venezuela
                                                            • Specklinia brighamii - S. Mexico to Ecuador, Caribbean
                                                            • 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 quadrifida - Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles

                                                            Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                            Tribe Vanilleae

                                                            • Vanilla planifolia - Mexico to Colombia
                                                            • Vanilla pompona - S. Mexico to S. Trop. America

                                                            Passifloraceae

                                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                                              • Passiflora coriacea - Mexico to Bolivia

                                                              Phytolaccaceae

                                                              • Rivina humilis - S. US & trop America

                                                              Piperaceae

                                                                Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                                • Peperomia obtusifolia - tropical America and S. Florida
                                                                • Peperomia serpens - Mexico to South America
                                                                • Piper arboreum - South America

                                                                Plantaginaceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Russelieae

                                                                  • Tetranema roseum - Mexico

                                                                  Poaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                    Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                                    • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                                                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                    Tribe Paniceae

                                                                    • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                                    • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
                                                                    • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                                                                    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

                                                                              Salviniaceae

                                                                              • Salvinia auriculata - Tropical America

                                                                              Sapotaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                                                • Pouteria campechiana - Mexico to C. America

                                                                                Subfamily Sapotoideae
                                                                                Tribe Sapoteae

                                                                                • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia
                                                                                • Manilkara zapota - Mexico to Colombia

                                                                                Solanaceae

                                                                                  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

                                                                                      • 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 verticillata - northern South America

                                                                                        Zamiaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                          Tribe Diooeae

                                                                                          • Dioon edule - NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)

                                                                                          Subfamily Zamioideae
                                                                                          Tribe Zamieae

                                                                                          • Zamia furfuracea - Mexico (Veracruz)
                                                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 168 accessions native to Mexico Gulf

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

                                                                                          data regenerated on Sat, 01 Apr 2023 02:08:25 -0400

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