Anredera baselloides

Author: Henri Ernest Baillon

1888
Family: Basellaceae
Habitat: Ecuador
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 4 centimetres
Height: 6 meters
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds/Rhizome
Pop names: Gulf Madeira vine.
Bridal wreath, Cascade
creeper, Lamb's tail,
Madeira vine.
Synonyms: Boussingaultia
baselloides Kunth
1825, Anredera
weberbaueri (Ulbr.)
Soukup
1967, Boussingaultia
weberbaueri Ulbr.
1934.
Got it from: Wachtendunk, D
Year: 2003
 Ariocarpus agavoides
Web: http://naturalista.conabio. This member of the Cactaceae family was given this
gob.mx/taxa/189452-
Ariocarpus-agavoides name by Edward Frederick Anderson in 1962. It is found
Family: Cactaceae in two locations in Mexico: San Luis Potosi and
Habitat: Micro-ondas Nunez, Tamaulipas. It grows in grit or other well drained soil
Guadalcazar, San Luis with little to some water and lots of sun. The caudex
Potosi, Tula,
Tamaulipas, Mexico
can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the plant will
Soil: Mix grow to six centimetres height, twelve if the caudex is
Water: Minimum exposed. The flowers are bright pink.
Sun: Maximum The name "agavoides" means looking like agave.
Thickness: 5 centimetres
Height: 6 (12) centimetres
Flower: Pink
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Neogomesia
agavoides, Marcelino
Castañeda y Nuñez de
Caceres 1941.
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Inf http://unibio.unam.mx/irekani/
handle/123456789/25296?mod
e=full&proyecto=Irekani
Family: Cactaceae
Habitat: El Leoncito, Villa de Guadalupe ,
SLP, Microondas Nuñez,
Guadalcazar, SLP.
This member of the Cactaceae family was described with this name by Karl Moritz
Schumann in 1894. It is found in Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis
Potosi and Zacatecas, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little water
and lots of sun. It can grow to twenty centimetres in diameter. The flowers are
from pale pink to dark lilac.
"Ariocarpus" is derived from the Greek 'Aria' meaning Sorb (Sorbus aria, Rosaceae,
is the white-beam tree) and the Greek word 'karpos' meaning fruit.

Soil: Mix
Water: Minimum
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 5 centimetres
Flower: Pinkly-Lilac
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Chautle, False-Peyote, Living
Rock, Living Rock Cactus, Star
Cactus, Star Rock
Synonyms: Mammillaria fissurata , Georg
Engelmann 1956. Anhalonium
fissuratum, Georg
Engelmann. Roseocactus
fissuratus A.Berger, Roseocactus
intermedius Backeb.&
Kilian. Anhalonium engelmannii,
K. Schumann. Roseocactus
intermedius
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Web: http://naturalista.conabio.gob.mx/taxa/18945
4-Ariocarpus-kotschoubeyanus
Family: Cactaceae
Habitat: Toliman, Queretaro. Soledad Degraciano
Sanches, SLP. Cadereyta de Montes, QRO.
Soil: Arenoso
Water: Minimum
La raíz es muy gruesa y carnosa, cilíndrica, desproporcionada al tallo, que posee tan solo
5 cm de altura. En la naturaleza permanece semienterrado, con la parte apical casi a ras
del suelo. Está formada por tubérculos triangulares, de color verde amarillento,
afieltrado en la base y con la parte superior más o menos planas recorrida por un único
surco muy lanoso, se disponen en espiral unos sobre otros, con una anchura basal y un
espesor inferior a 1 cm, son muy rígidos, con la epidermis casi córnea. Las flores
aparecen en el centro de la axila de los tubérculos más jóvenes, rodeadas por un
ramillete de pelos, y miden aproximadamente 3 cm de diámetro, los segmentos externos
del perianto son escasos y blanquecinos, los internos de color rosado o rojo carmín. Hay
una variedad de flor blanca (albiflorus), una más pequeña (macdowellii) y otra de tamaño
algo más grande (elephantidens). Los ejemplares viejos pueden amacollarse.

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 2 centimetres

Height: 1 centimetres

Flower: Pink/Whitish

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Pata de Venado

Synonyms: Anhalonium kotschoubeyanum Lemaire.

1842. Roseocactus
kotschoubeyanus. Anhalonium sulcatum.
Ariocarpus
kotschoubeyanus var macdowellii=
Ariocarpus macdowellii W.T. Marshall
Got it from: Zwijndrecht, NL / Erfurt, D

Year: 2003 / 2012

Beaucarnea compacta
This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Luis Hernández Sandoval and
Sergio Zamudio in 2003. It is found in the xerophytic scrub in the Sierra Madre Oriental near
Atarjea, Guanajuato, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun.
The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres or more the stems are almost absent,
resemblingCalibanus, hence the name; compacta.
Author: Luis Hernández Sandoval & Sergio Zamudio 2003

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: North-Eastern Mexico

Soil: Mix – Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 25 Centimetres

Height: 60 Centimetres

Flower: Cream Coloured

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -
Beaucarnea gracilis
Author: Charles Lemaire 1861 This member of the Nolinaceae family was first described by Charles Lemaire in
1861. It is found in Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. It prefers well-drained soil with
Family: Nolinaceae little water and lots of sun. Old plants form a stem up to two and a half meters
in diameter. The small flowers are crème.
Habitat: Tehuacan Valley, Mexico, Puebla

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickne 2,5 meters

ss:

Height: 7 meters

Flower: Crème

Reprodu Seeds/Cuttings
ction:

Pop -
names:

Synony Dasylirion gracile J.F.Macbr. 1918. Nolina gracilis Cif.

ms: & Giacom 1950
Beaucarnea stricta This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Charles Lemaire in 1861. It is
Web: http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/spe found in the central Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun.
cimens/urn/IBUNAM:MEXU:PVsn30633
The stem can grow up to three and a half meter in diameter and reach five meters in height.
Family: Nolinaceae
The flowers are from crème coloured to maroon.
Habitat: Dto. Tehuantepec; Cerro Guiengola,
de Sur a Norte, después de las
Ruinas. El Ocotal
Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 3,5 metres

Height: 5 metres

Flower: Crème - Maroon

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Ponytail Palm, Bottle Palm

Synonyms: -
Bignonia capreolata This member of the Bignoniaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is
Author: Carl Linnaeus 1753 found in the South-Eastern part of North America, growing in the forests' rich soil, with
some water and little to lots of sun. The tubers will grow to 30 centimetres in diameter,
Family: Bignoniaceae the vines up to 17 meters. The flowers are dark orange out-side, yellow in-side. It can be
reproduced both by seeds and tubers.
Habitat: South-Eastern North America

Soil: Peat

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 30 centimetres

Height: 17 meters

Flower: Orange/Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds/Rhizome

Pop names: Cross-vine, Tangerine Beauty

Synonyms: Doxantha capreolata Miers

1853, Anisostichus capreolata, Anisostichus
crucigera

Got it from: Amsterdam..

Year: 2006
Beiselia mexicana Beiselia mexicana was discovered by Karl-Werner Beisel (owner of German Kakteenland) in
Author: Lewis Leonard Forman 1987
1982 in a remote area of Mexico, and its position in the family was not immediately clear. A
thorough study by Lewis Leonard Forman considered many characters and could only
Family: Burseraceae
tentatively conclude that it should belong in Bursereae. The gross morphology suggested
affinities with Bursereae, pollen indicated affinities with Canarieae, and many anatomical
Habitat: Aquila, Michoacán, Mexico characters indicated closer agreement with Bursereae and Protieae than Canarieae. The main
basis for its final grouping was the emphasis given to fruit characters, which showed
Soil: Mix similarities to Boswellia and Triomma fruits. B. m. has simple cotyledons; molecular studies
suggest that it is sister to the rest of the family (e.g. Clarkson 2002). This has considerable
Water: Medium implications for character evolution, including cotyledon morphology; Beiselia also has
probably derived features, like it gyneocium with its 9-12 carpels.
Sun: Maximum

Thickness: ?

Height: ?

Flower: ?

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -
Brighamian insignis
Web: http://plantayflor.blogspot.mx/2010/06/br This member of the Campanulaceae family was first described by Asa Gray in
1867. It is found on the northern island of Hawaii; Kaua’i, growing on sea
ighamia-insignis.html
cliffs and up to 2000 meters height. Give it a well-drained potting soil, lots of
Family: Campanulaceae water and sun. The stem will get up to 30 centimetres wide and 180
centimetres high. The flowers are white to yellow, and as far as I know; it can
only be reproduced by seeds.Prefer temperatures around 20-25 C.There are
Habitat: Northern island of Hawaii; Kaua’i, fewer than 20 Brighamia insignis plants on Kaua’i. First, the male pollen pops
out, then the female grifle.
Soil: Peat

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 8 meters

Flower: White-Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Cabbage on a stick, Olulu, pu aupaka

Synonyms: Brighamia citrina, H. St. John

1958. Brighamia citrina var.
napaliensis, H. St. John 1969

Got it from: Honselersdijk, The Nederland's

Year: 2003
Bursera fagaroides
Web: http://www.uaq.mx/FCN/naturaleza/Bursera%20fa Árbol o arbusto aromático; cor teza gris, café o amarillenta, exfoliándose con
garoides.php, facilidad; hojas pecioladas, imparipinnadas, foliolos de 1 a 7 pares, rara vez 9,
láminas de los foliolos glabras en ambas superficies; inflorescencia enforma de
http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/
racimos con pedúnculos cor tos o bien, las flores solitarias o en pares en las axilas de
IBUNAM:MEXU:PVsn15579 las hojas; flores unisexuales ocasionalmente hermafroditas; las masculinas
Family: Burseraceae comúnmente pentámeras pétalos de 3 a 6 mm de longitud, blanquecinos, estambres
generalmente
Habitat: Huimilpan, El Marqués, Querétaro, 10, a veces 6 u 8; flores femeninas similares en forma y tamaño a las masculina,
pero generalmente trímeras, ovario sésil con tres lóculos, estambres por lo general
Corregidora,Tasquillo, Hgo. Metztitlan, presentes pero no son funcionales; fruto en forma de drupa.
Soil: Somero a profundo
Water: Riegos poco frecuentes, aunque riegos
regulares durante época de sequía ayudan a
conservar su follaje
Sun: Moderado cuando jóvenes, abundante
cuando grandes. Puede mantenerse en
interiores
Thickness: 30 centimetres
Height: 8 meters
Flower: Crème/Greenish
Reproduction: Semilla/Esqueje

Pop names: Elephant tree

Synonyms: Bursera obvata, Turez. Bursera scheffneri,
Watson. Elaphrium fagaroides, Kunth. And
Rose tried: Elaphrium obvata + Elaphrium
scheffneri.
Got it from: Hellevoetsluis, NL
Year: 2003
Bursera filicifolia
Author: Townshend Stith Brandegee 1908
Family: Burseraceae
Habitat: Baja California, Mexico
This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Townshend Stith
Brandegee in 1908. It is found in Baja California, Mexico, growing in well-drained soil
with some water and some sun. The stem can grow to eight centimetres or more in
diameter, and will reach up to one meter. The flowers are white and the plant can
be reproduced both by the small red seeds and by cuttings. Named after: Joachim
Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 8 centimetres

Height: 1 meter

Flower: White

Reproducti Seeds/Cuttings
on:

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Elaphrium filicifolium Rose

1911. Bursera laxiflora S.Watson
subsp. filicifolia Felger 1970
Bursera galeottiana La Bursera galeottiana es un tipo de árbol pequeño perteneciente al género Bursera.
También se conoce como Terebinthus galeottiana (Rose, 1906) y Elaphrium
Author: Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler 1881 galeottianum (Rose, 1911). En Querétaro es conocida como Xixote colorado.

Posee hojas compuestas por 13 a 25 foliolos pequeños, de 4 a 4.7 cm de largo, lisas;

Family: Burseraceae corteza fácilmente desprendible en sus capas superiores al secarse, de coloración
rojiza.
Habitat: Cerro El Gavilán, al SE de Caltepec,
Puebla, Queretaro, Oaxaca , Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 25 centimetres

Height: 6 meters
Flower: Greenish Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Terebinthus galeottiana Rose

1906. Elaphrium galeottianum Rose 1911.
Bursera jorullensis
Web: http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/u This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Heinrich
rn/IBUNAM:MEXU:PV1140582 Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained
soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres
Family: Burseraceae and the whole plant up to four metres in height.

Habitat: México, Michoacán, Zitacuaro. Zitácuaro-Laurelles Named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 30 centimetres

Height: 4 metres

Flower: ?

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Elaphrium jorullense Kunth 1924

Bursera schlechtendalii
Web: http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBUNAM:
MEXU:PVsn31252
Family: Burseraceae
Habitat: Oaxaca, Dto. Tehuantepec; Cerro Guiengola, de
Sur a Norte, después de las Ruinas. El Ocotal.
This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and Mexico, growing in a well drained
soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to fourteen
centimetres in diameter, the small tree up to 120 centimetres height.
The flowers are creme-yellow-maroonish.
Named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 14 centimetres

Height: 120 centimetres

Flower: Crème-Yellow-Maroonish

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Elaphrium simplicifolium Schltdl. 1842. Bursera

simplicifolia DC. 1830. Bursera jonesii Rose
1895.Might now be Terebinthus
schlechtendalii Joseph Nelson Rose 1906.
By mistake: Bursera schlectendahlii
Bursera simplicifolia This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Augustin
Pyramus de Candolle in 1825. It is found on Jamaica and in Oaxaca, Mexico. It
Web: http://www1.inecol.edu.mx/publicaciones/resumeness
will eventually grow to three and a half meter with a stem measuring 30 or
/FLOBA/Flora%203.pdf even 50 centimetres in diameter. It need a well drained soil with some water
Family: Burseraceae when in growth and lots of sun. The small flowers are greenish yellow.

Named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

Habitat: Jamaica, Oaxaca, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 30-50 centimetres

Height: 3,5 metres

Flower: Greenish Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Torote Prieto

Synonyms: Terebinthus simplicifolia Nathaniel Lord Britton

1908. Elaphrium jamaicense Joseph Nelson Rose
1911
Calibanus glassianus This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Luis Hernández
Sandoval and Sergio Zamudioin 2003. It is found between the tropical
Author: Luis Hernández Sandoval & Sergio Zamudio deciduous forest and the subontane scrub in the Sierra Madre Oriental near
2003 Xichú, Guanajuato, the north-eastern Mexico, growing in a well drained soil
with some water and some to lots of sun. The natural exposed caudex can
Family: Nolinaceae grow to 60 centimetres or more.

Habitat: North-Eastern Mexico It is named after Shakespeare's monster Caliban and the specific epithet
honours: Charles Glass. Uni. of Connecticut list Calibanus as Agavaceae.
Soil: Mix - Grit The International Plant Names Index list Nolina as Dracaenaceae.
Missouri Botanical Garden list Nolina as Liliaceae.
Water: Medium Steven Jankalski list Calibanus as Nolinaceae.
Sun: Medium - Maximum
Thickness: 60 Centimetres or more
Height: 70 Centimetres
Flower: Yellowish
Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -
Synonyms: -
Calibanus hookeri
Web: http://www.cactus-
This member of the Nolinaceae family was first described by Sir William Hooker
as Dasylirion hartwegianum (by mistake). Then by Lemaire in 1859, as Dasylirion
hookeri. In 1911 William Trelease moved it to the Calibanus genesis. Its found in
Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where it grows in grit and enjoys quite some
art.biz/schede/CALIBANUS/Calibanus_hookerii/C water in the short growing-period and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to one
alibanus_hookerii/Calibanus_hookerii.htm meter in diameter, but the grass-like leaves will only get half a meter long. The
clusters of flowers are pink, and it can not be reproduced by cuttings of the caudex
Family: Nolinaceae (or leafs). I found my first small one in Llandilo, Australia in 2002.

Habitat: Mexico It is dioecious, I don't know what I got.

Soil: Grit Maybe it was re-named by G.D. Rowley in 1990, as Nolina hookeri. Despite of its
differences in seeds.
Water: Medium
Uni. of Connecticut list Calibanus hookeri as Agavaceae.
The International Plant Names Index list Nolina hookeri as Dracaenaceae.
Sun: Medium
Missouri Botanical Garden list Nolina hookeri as Liliaceae.
Steven Jankalski list Calibanus hookeri as Nolinaceae.
Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 50 centimetres

Flower: Pink

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Sacamencate

Synonyms: Nolina hookeri Rowley 1990, Dasylirion

hookeri Lemaire 1859. Beaucarnea
hookeri Baker 1872.Calibanus
caespitosus Rose 1906.

Got it from: Llandilo, Au + Honselersdijk Nl

Year: 2002 + 2004

Ceratozamia mexicana This member of the Zamiazeae family was described with
this name by Adolphe Théodore de Brongniart in 1846. It is
found in forests of Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosi &
Author: Adolphe Théodore de Brongniart 1846 Veracruz, Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some
Family: Zamiaceae water and some sun. The stem will grow up to 25
centimetres in diameter and 50 centimetres high. The
Habitat: Pisaflores, Jacala, Chapulhuacan, Molango, Tenango, leaves can reach 150 centimetres long. The male cone is
Hgo. brown, the female grey.

Soil: Mix MoBot list it as a member of the Cycadaceae family. The

name is from the Greek: "ceras" means horn, and "azaniae"
Water: Medium-Maximum cone.
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 25 centimetres
Height: Stem 50 centimetres, leaves 150 centimetres long.
"Flower": Pollen cones brown, Seed cones grey
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Mexican Horncone Cycad
Synonyms: Zamia mexicana, Jean Jules Linden 1853. Ceratozamia
brevifolia, Miq. 1848. Ceratozamia intermedia, Miq.
1848.Ceratozamia longifolia var. minor, Miq.
1849. Dipsacozamia mexicana , Liebm. ex Dyer 1884
Chenopodium multifidum This member of the Chenopodiaceae family was describes by Carl Linnaeus
in 1753. It is found on the west- and south coast of North America and in all
of Latin America. It grows in well drained soil with little to some water and
Author: Carl Linnaeus 1753 lots of sun. The caudex will grow to five centimetres, the annual stems will
reach crawl for 40 centimetres. The flowers are greenish, and it can be
Family: Chenopodiaceae reproduced by cuttings as well.
Habitat: Latin America, North America
Also seen as a member of the AMARANTHACEAE family
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 5 centimetres
Height: 20 (40) centimetres
Flower: Green/White
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Cutlaaf Goosefoot, Paico, Paiquillo, Pichín
Tirao
Synonyms: Roubieva multifida, Moq.
1834. Ambrina pinnatisecta Spach
1836. Teloxys multifida, W.A.Weber
1985. Dysphania multifida, Mosyakin &
Clemants 2002.
Got it from: Amsterdam..
Year: 2006
Cissus tuberosa
Described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1824. This Vitaceae comes
from Mexico, where it lives among the rocks. A bit of water and some sun,
and the small green flowers will appear. It can be reproduced both by "air-
bulbs" cutting and seeds. The caudex will grow to 20 centimetres in
Author: Augustin Pyramus de Candolle diameter, and several meters long, lying on the ground. The vines will
reach for up to 5 meters.
1824
Family: Vitaceae It might have been described by Knuth as Cissus tiliacea in 1821, but the
well-known name tuberosa remains.
Habitat: Puebla, Mexico, Temascaltepec, Edo
Also classicified as Ampelidaceae.
de Mexico,
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 5 meters
Flower: Green
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:
Synonyms: Vitis tuberosa, Helmsley 1879.
Got it from: Copenhagen
Year: 2003
Cistanthe guadalupensis This member of the Portulacaceae family was given this name by Roger
Charles Carolin after Mark A. Herschkovitz in 1990. It is found on the
Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. It needs a very well drained
soil, little water and lots of sun. The flowers are pale to bright pink,
Author: Roger Charles Carolin ex Mark A.
and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
Herschkovitz 1990
Family: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico
Soil: Grit
Water: Minimum
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 10 centimetres
Height: 40 centimetres
Flower: Pale - Bright Pink
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Talinum guadalupense Dudley 1896
Coccinia grandis This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by
Johann Otto Voigt in 1845. It is indigenous to quite some
countries around Equator, and have, more or less, been spread to
the rest. It is not picky regarding soil, and will get bye with
average water and all from little to full sun. The caudex can grow
Author: Johann Otto Voigt 1845
to twelve centimetres or more, the vines grow up to three
Family: Cucurbitaceae meters or even 20 metres. It is dioecious (either male- or female
plant), with both sexes having white flowers around four
Habitat: Africa, Australia (NT), Philippines, India, centimetres. The fruits are smooth, scarlet and from three to six
China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, centimetres long.Grown in Asia and Philippines for it's leaves and
fruits which are used in cooking. In some parts of the world, it is
Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
considered highly invasive.
(Hawaii, Fiji, Central Americas)
Soil: Anything goes
Water: Medium
Sun: Minimum-Maximum
Thickness: 12 centimetres or more
Height: 3-20 meters
Flower: White (dioecious)
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Ivy Gourd, Gentleman's Toes, Scarlet gourd,
Scarlet-fruited Gourd, Kundru, Kiuri Awia,
Tindora , Talacucha
Synonyms: Bryonia grandis Carl Linnaeus 1767. Coccinia
indica Wight & Arn. 1834. Cephalandra
indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin 1866. (Coccinia
cordifolia Cogn.)
Commiphora aff. humbertii
Author:
Family: Burseraceae
Habitat:
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness:
Height:
Flower:
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:
Synonyms:
Dioscorea mexicana
Author: Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler 1837
This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was described by Michael
Joseph François Scheidweiler in1837. It's the only member of this family
from Mexico, El Salvador and Panama. Prefers a well-drained soil, some
Family: Dioscoreaceae to lots of water and moderate sun. The caudex forms out of the ground,
and gets 50 cm in diameter. The few vines reaches six meters. It seems
Habitat: Mexico, El Salvador, Panama like the leaves grows back-wards. Both male and female flowers are
Soil: Mix greenish and dark purple. It's possible to make cuttings.

Water: Medium-Maximum The caudex must be kept in shade. It's dioecious; either male or female
plant. This is kind of a winter grower, but will do fine a summer as well.
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 50 centimetres
Height: 6 meters
Flower: Greenish/Dark Purple
Reproduction Seeds/Cuttings
:
Pop names: Colic Root. Chinese Yam
Synonyms: Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. 1841. Dioscorea
deppei Schiede ex Schltdl. 1843. Dioscorea
macrophylla Schltdl. 1843. Dioscorea tuerckheimii R.
Knuth 1917. Dioscorea deamii Matuda, 1953. Dioscorea
macrostachya var.sessiliflora Uline 1896 = Dioscorea
mexicana var. sessiliflora (Uline) Matuda, 1953.
Got it from: Copenhagen
Year: 2002
Dolichothele longimamma Cactus globular verde con espinas blancas. Se trata de un cacto pequeño que
se desarrolla formando grupos. Da flores amarillas que forman un anillo
alrededor de la corona o ápice del cacto que son seguidas por pequeñas
Web: http://naturalista.conabio.gob.mx/taxa/20647 bayas alargadas de color rojo muy decorativas. Esta especie de cactus
necesita un suelo fértil y bien drenado, en clima cálido pero con protección
6-Mammillaria-longimamma frente al sol directo. En invierno se debe mantener seco mientras que en
primavera y verano debemos aportar riegos y abonados. Es sensible al frío
Family: Cactaceae por lo que en climas frescos debemos cultivarlo en invernadero o en maceta,
Habitat: Zimapan, Toliman como planta de interior.

Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Minimum
Thickness: 6 centimetres
Height: 12 centimetres
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Finger Cactus, Nipple Cactus, Finger-mound
Synonyms: Mammillaria longimamma, A. P. de Candolle
1829
Ficus petiolaris Son árboles que alcanzan un tamaño de 8 a 10 m de altura, tiene el tronco
de color amarillento verdoso. Las hojas tienen forma acorazonada, por el
anverso son de color verde intenso y por el reverso tienen un mechón de
pelos blanquecinos. Las flores y los frutos son de color verde con manchas
rojas y aterciopeladas.
Web: http://naturalista.conabio.gob.mx/taxa/205972-Ficus-
petiolaris
Family: Moraceae
Habitat: Malinalco, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca,
Cañon del Zopilote, Guerrero,
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 80 centimetres
Height: 10-30 meters
Flower: Green
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Amate Amarillo

Synonyms: Until Felger & Lowe got in, it was F. petiolaris Kunth
1817 (green veins) and F. palmeri S. Watson 1889
((red veins)
Got it from: Manly, Australia
Year: 2002
Fouquieria columnaris El tronco del cirio, es de hasta 24 cm de grueso, con las ramas
pegándose hacia fuera perpendicularmente, cubierto todo
con hoja pequeñas de entre 1,5 a 4 cm de largo. Pueden alcanzar una
altura de 20 m.
Web: http://naturalista.conabio.gob.mx/taxa/201380- Las flores aparecen en verano y otoño; forman unos racimos pequeños,
Fouquieria-columnaris y son de un color amarillo cremoso con un olor de miel.
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Habitat: Ensenada, Catavina, Baja California
Soil: Grit-Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 50 centimetres
Height: 18 meters
Flower: Crème/Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Boojum Tree, Cirio
Synonyms: Idria columnaris Kellogg 1860
Got it from: Wijndrecht, The Netherlands
Year: 2003
Fouquieria diguetii This member of the Fouquieriaceae family was given this name by Ivan Murray
Johnston in 1925. It if found in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The stem will grow to 30 centimetres in diameter
and reach for four meters in height. The flowers are red, and the plant can be
Author: Ivan Murray Johnston 1925 reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Named after Leon Diguet, a French explorer.
Habitat: La Paz, Comita, Baja California, Hidalgo, Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 30 centimetres
Height: 4 meters
Flower: Red
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Palo Adan, Adam's Tree
Synonyms: Fouquieria digueti, Bronnia digueti van Tieghem
1899
Got it from: Oostvoorne, The Netherlands
Year: 2004
Fouquieria fasciculata This member of the Fouquieriaceae family was given this
name by George Valentine Nash in 1903. It is found in
Mexico, growing in grit or well-drained soil with some water
and lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to 60 centimetres in
Author: George Valentine Nash 1903 diameter, the branches reach for five meters. The flowers
are white, and the plant can also be reproduced by cuttings.
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Habitat: Southern Hildalgo, Mexico Also seen as a member of the Tamaricaceae
and Polemoniaceae (Cantua) families.
Soil: Grit
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 60 centimetres
Height: 50 metres
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Árbol de Barril
Synonyms: Cantua fasciculata, Willdenow ex Roem. &
Schult.1819
Fouquieria purpusii This member of the Fouquieriaceae family was described by
Townshend Stith Brandegee in 1909. It is found in the central to
southern Mexico. It grows on the rocky hill-sides in well-drained grit
with a little to some water and lots of sun. The stem will get 25
centimetres wide and reach four meters. The flowers are white.The
Author: Townshend Stith Brandegee 1909 name Fouquieria comes from: P.E. Fouquier, Parisian medical
Family: Fouquieriaceae professor.
Habitat: San José Miahuatlán, PUE, MX
Soil: Mix or Grit
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 25 centimetres
Height: 4 meters
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Ocotillo de Tehuacan

Synonyms: -
Ibervillea fusiformis This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Denis M.
Kearns in 1994. It is found in the western part of main Mexico, growing in a well
drained soil with some to lots of water water and quite some sun. The caudex
Author: Denis M. Kearns1994 can grow to 40 or even 50 centimetres in diameter while the vines can reach
four metres. The flowers are white to pale yellow.
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Habitat: Colima, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium - Maximum
Sun: Medium - Maximum
Thickness: 40-50 Centimetres
Height: 3-4 Metres
Flower: White - Pale Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Abenallilla
Synonyms: Dieterlea fusiformis, Emily Jane Lott 1986
Ibervillea hypoleuca This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by
Charles Jeffrey in 1978. It is found in Mexico where it grows in well-
drained soil, using quite some water in the growing-period and not
too much sun. The caudex can grow to twelve centimetres, the vines
Author: Charles Jeffrey 1978 up to two metres.The flowers are yellow
Family: Cucurbitaceae Ibervillea is dioecious, there are separate male and female plants.
Habitat:
Mexico Zihuatanejo, 17 km al NE de
Zihuatanejo, por la carr. Zihuatanejo-Cd.
Altamirano
Mata, La, a 6 km al N y 20 km al N de La
Ventosa, carretera a Matías Romero, Cd
Ixtepec, Oaxaca
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 12 centimetres
Height: 2 metres
Flower: Yellow
Reproductio Seeds/Cuttings
n:
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Corallocarpus hypoleucus, Paul Carpenter Standley
1937
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Web: http://www.unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/ur
n/IBUNAM:M?f=Cucurbitaceae&s=Ibervillea+lindheimeri
+%28A.+Gray%29+Greene
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Habitat: Adjuntas, Peña Miller, Guadalcazar.
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Edward Lee
Greene in 1895. It is found in Mexico and south-western U.S.A., growing in in
busk land with a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex
can grow up to 40 centimetres in diameter, the vines will reach three meters.
The flowers are yellow and greenish.
It is named after the Texan Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (1801-1879).
Ibervillea is dioecious, there are separate male and female plants.

Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 40 centimetres
Height: 3 meters
Flower: Greenish/Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Balsam Gourd, Snake Apple, Lindheimer's
Globeberry, Wild Balsam
Synonyms: Sicydium lindheimeri, A. Gray 1850. Bryonia
abyssinica Goualt. 1853. Sicydium
tenellum Naudin 1862. Sicydium tripartitum Naudin
1862. Maximowiczia lindheimeri, Célestin Alfred
Cogniaux 1881. Maximowiczia tripartita, Cogn.
1881. Ibervillea tripartita, Green 1895. Ibervillea
tenella, Small 1903.
Ibervillea sonorae This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name
by Edward Lee Green in 1895. It is found in Sonora, Mexico
where it grows in well-drained grit, using quite some water in
the growing-period. Doesn't need much sun, keep the caudex in
Author: Edward Lee Greene 1895 the shade. It can grow to 60 centimetres in diameter, vines up
Family: Cucurbitaceae to three meters. The flower is yellow, the berries red, and it's
possible to make cuttings. It is dioecious.
Habitat: Sonora, Mexico
Soil: Grit
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 60 centimetres
Height: 3 meters
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: wareque o guareque
Synonyms: Maximowiczia sonorae. S. Watson 1889. Ibervillea
insularis, Wiggins 1980.
Got it from: Manly, Australia
Year: 2002
Ibervillea tenuisecta
Web: http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Fami
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by
John Kunkel Small in1903. It is found in open areas of Mexico and
south western U.S.A., growing in a well drained soil with little to some
water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 35 centimetres
ly/Cucurbitaceae/1019/Ibervillea_tenuisecta in diameter, the vines will crawl along the ground for three meters.
The flowers are yellow with a dash of green.
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Habitat: Parras, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. SLP. Ibervillea is dioecious, there are separate male and female plants.
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 35 centimetres
Height: 3 meters (long)
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Slimlobe Globeberry
Synonyms: Sicydium lindheimeri var. tenuisectum Asa Gray
1852. Maximowiczia lindheimeri var. tenuisecta (A.
Gray) Cogn. 1881
Jatropha cathartica This member of the Euphorbiaceae was described by Manuel de Mier y
Teran & Jean Louis Berlandier in 1832. It is from Texas and Mexico. Give
it a well-drained clay, very little water and lots of sun. It seems like the
caudex will grow up to 20 centimetres in diameter. The branches should
Web: http://www.cactus- only get 10 centimetres, but mine seems to get more than 35 centimetres.
art.biz/schede/JATROPHA/Jatropha_berlandi The flowers are pink to red.

eri/Jatropha_berlandieri/Jatropha_berlandie First, the centred female flowers will open, then the many surrounding
ri.htm male flowers. It can self fertilize. The seedpods will pop when ripen,
throwing the two to six seeds several metres away. Can be sown right
Family: Euphorbiaceae away.
Habitat: Km 206 Carr. Cd Victoria-Matamoros, According to some books, it should only get 10 cm, but mine raises to 35
Tamaulipas, Mex. centimetres!

Soil: Clay
Water: Minimum
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 35 centimetres
Flower: Pink to Red
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -
Synonyms: Jatropha berlandieri, Torrey 1858
= Adenoropium berlandieri, Small 1927
Got it from: Rijnsburg, NL
Year: 2004
Jatropha cuneata This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Ira Loren
Wiggins and Reed Clark Rollins in 1943. It is found in dry areas of the Sonora
Desert and Baja Norte in Mexico and Arizona in North America, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The swollen root can grow
Author: Ira Loren Wiggins & Reed Clark Rollins 1943 to twelve centimetres or more, the entire bush can reach two metres in height.
Family: Euphorbiaceae Te flowers are pale yellow.

Habitat: Sonora, Baja Norte ; Mexico, Arizona; US

Soil: Mix - Grit
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium - Maximum
Thickness: 12 Centimetres
Height: 200 Centimetres
Flower: Pale Yellow
Reproductio Seeds/Cuttings
n:
Pop names: Limberbush, Haat, Leatherplant, Matacora
Synonyms: -
Jatropha macrorhiza
Author: George Bentham 1839
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by
George Bentham in 1839. It is found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,
central and northern Mexico, growing in a rich but well drained soil
with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to six
centimetres, the plant up to 50 centimetres height. The flowers are
Family: Euphorbiaceae pale pink.
Habitat: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Central + Northern Mexico
Soil: Rich - Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 6 centimetres
Height: 50 centimetres
Flower: Pale Pink
Reproduction Seeds/Cuttings?
:
Pop names: Ragged Nettlespurge, Arizona Desert Potato, Physic Nut
Synonyms: -
Lewisia leeana This member of the Portulacaceae family was given this name Benjamin
Lincoln Robinson in 1897. It is found in Oregon and north-west California. It
grows in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can
grow up to 3,5 centimetres in diameter, the plant reach up to 20
Author: Benjamin Lincoln Robinson 1897 centimetres. The flowers are white to lavender.

Family: Portulacaceae
Habitat: California, NW Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 3,5 centimetres
Height: 20 centimetres
Flower: White-Lavender
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Lee's Bitter-root
Synonyms: Calandrinia leeana, T. Porter 1876. Oreobroma
leeanum, Howell 1893. "Lewisia leana"
Leuchtenbergia principis
Author: William Jackson Hooker 1848
La multiplicación se realiza mediante semillas o por vástagos basales.
Requiere macetas profundas y exposición a pleno sol. Temperatura
media mínima 10 ºC. Requiere poco riego, ya que es sensible a la
pudrición. Se distribuye por México central y septentrional, en los
estados de San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Zacatecas y Coahuila,
partícularmente abundante en la Sierra de Parras y en la Sierra de La
Family: Cactaceae Paila.
Habitat: Northern Central Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 70 centimetres
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Agave Cactus, Palmilla de San Pedro
Synonyms: -
Lomatium hendersonii This Member of the Apiaceae family was given this name by John
Merle Coulter and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1888 as Peucedanum
hendersonii, then in 1900 as a Lomatium. It is from the western part
of north America, growing in clay, receiving a little water and lots of
sun. The caudex will grow to 10 centimetres, the stem to 30
Author: John Merle Coulter & Joseph Nelson Rose 1900 centimetres. The flowers are yellow.
Family: Apiaceae
Habitat: Western U.S.A.
Soil: Clay
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 10 centimetres
Height: 30 centimetres
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Hendersons Lomation
Synonyms: Peucedanum hendersonii Coult & Rose 1888
Macfadyena unguis-cati Es nativa de la selva tropical seca de Centroamérica, Suramérica y
elCaribe. Puede convertirse en invasora, y está presente en todo el
mundo, a excepción de la Antártida.[2] Macfadyena unguis-cati afecta a
todas las capas de plantas de los ecosistemas forestales por su difusión
Author: Alwyn Howard Gentry 1973 rápida tanto vertical como horizontalmente en contacto con el dosel
herbáceo.
Family: Bignoniaceae
Habitat: Finca Montecarlo, a 1 km al N, camino a las Lobas, San
Miguel del Puerto, Oaxaca. Victoria, Tamaulipas
Soil: Peat or Mix
Water: Maximum
Sun: Med-Max
Thickness: 3 centimetres
Height: 15 meters
Flower: Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings/Tubers
Pop names: Cat's Claw Climber, - Creeper, - Trumpet, Funnel Creeper,
Macfadyena, Uña de Gato, Bejuco de Gato
Synonyms: Bignonia unguis-cati, Carl Linaeus 1753. Microbignonia
auristellae Kraenzl. Batocydia unguis Mart. ex DC. Doxantha
unguis Miers. Doxantha praesignis Miers. Doxantha
serrulata Miersand and lots of other names!
Macleania insignis This member of the Ericaceae family was described by Martin Martens &
Henri Guillaume Galeotti in 1842. It's found in the trees as a epiphyte in
the cloud forests of southern Mexico to Costa Rica and Guatemala. Lots
of water and some sun. The tube-like caudex will grow to 20
Web http://www.unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBU centimetres in diameter, the stems one to four meters. The flowers are
pink, and seeds are the only way of reproducing.
NAM:M?f=Ericaceae&s=Macleania%2Binsignis%2BM.%2BMar
tens%2B%2526%2BGaleotti
Family: Ericaceae
Habitat: Santiago Comaltepec, ca. 28 km al NE de la desviación
(al SO de La Esperanza); ruta 175 Tuxtepec a Oaxaca,
Santiago Comaltepec, Oax.,
Soil: No, Epiphytic
Water: Maximum
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 2 metres
Flower: Red
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Macleania coccinea Decne, Macleania compacta A.C.
Sm., Macleania cordata Lem., Macleania linearifolia A.C.
Sm.,Macleania longifolia Lindl., Macleania
ovata Klotzsch, Macleania subracemosa L.O.
Williams, Macleania tuberosaNied.
Marah fabacea
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by
Edward Lee Greene in 1910. It is found in south western U.S.A., growing
in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can
grow up to 60 centimetres in diameter, and it is said to grow very long:
Two meters. The vines can reach six meters, the flowers are white, and
Author: Edward Lee Greene 1910 the fruits filled with soft spikes.
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Habitat: South western U.S.A.
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 60 centimetres
Height: 6 meters
Flower: Greenish Yellow - Cream -White
Reproduction Seeds
:
Pop names: California Manroot, Bigroot, Wild Cucumber
Synonyms: Echinocystis fabacea, Charles Victor Naudin 1859
Matelea cyclophylla
Author: Robert Everard Woodson 1941
This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Robert
Everard Woodson in 1941. It's from Mexico, growing in well-drained soil
with some water and a bit of sun. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres,
the vines can reach two metres. The flowers are brown and smelly! Can
Family: Asclepiadaceae* only be reproduced by seeds.
Habitat: Ladera S del Cerro Guiengola, Santo Domingo *This family might been incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.
Tehuantepec, Oax.,
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 2 metres
Flower: Brown
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Vincetoxicum cyclophyllum Paul Carpenter Standley
1924,
( Gonolobus cyclophyllus ?)
Got it from: Copenhagen
Year: 2004
Opuntia chaffeyi
Es endémica de México en Zacatecas. Su hábitat natural son los cálidosdesiertos. Está
tratada en peligro de extinción por pérdida de hábitat. Opuntia chaffeyi crece muy
ramificada y prostada. Sus brotes surgen de un rizoma que mide hasta 35 centímetros de
largo y tiene un diámetro de hasta 4 cm. Los recién formadas secciones anuales son
suaves y ligeramente aplanadas de color azul-verdoso o rojizo con 7 mm de espesor. Sus
Author: Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose 1913 hojas son testimoniales. Las pequeñas y redondas areolas son de color blanco al
principio, luego marrón, lanudas y con numerosos gloquidios amarillos.
Family: Cactaceae La inflorescencia en espiga es de color blanco a amarillo pálido. Los pétalos de las flores
son de color amarillo limón y el exterior ligeramente rojizo.
Habitat: Masapil, Zacatecas, Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 4 centimetres
Height: 16 centimetres
Flower: Light Yellow
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Nopal sacassi

Synonyms: -
Pachira aquatica
Árbol que llega a medir hasta 18 m de altura. Tiene hojas verdes palmadas, alternas
con 5-6 foliolos obados y corteza suave y verdosa. Las flores son largas, de pétalos
angostos que abren como las cáscaras de la banana, con estambres amarillo-naranja
en cabellera.
Author: Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet 1775 El árbol crece muy bien como ornamental en áreas húmedas, a cubierto de heladas; y
desde seLa Pachira necesita mucha luz, pero también sobrevive en ambientes de
Family: Bombacaceae* media sombra, con temperaturas entre 12°C y 25°C. La planta prefiere que la tierra se
Habitat: Putla Villa de Guerrero, poblado, orilla W, hacia el seque entre los ciclos de regado. El mejor grado de conservación se logra cuando se
permite que la tierra esté más bien seca. Especialmente durante el invierno debe
SW del panteón municipal, Putla Villa de Guerrero, prestarse atención de no regar la planta en demasía. También debe evitarse el aire
Oax., Laguna de Sontecomapan en la Barra (playa) seco de la calefacción. Preferentemente hay que rociarla a diario: de otro modo
Catemaco, Ver. reacciona haciendo caer las hojas. Durante el primer año no es conveniente abonar la
planta. Luego es posible añadir abono en el riego cada 2 a 3 semanas en el verano. Si
Soil: Peat se dan las condiciones propicias para el crecimiento, la planta se desarrolla
Water: Maximum rápidamente. Si se vuelve muy grande, es posible recortarla al tamaño deseado. Luego
de 1 a 2 semanas se desarrollarán nuevos brotes a los lados de las zonas de cortemillas
Sun: Medium o estacas.
Thickness: 60 centimetres
Height: 20 meters
Flower: White
Reproducti Seeds/Cuttings
on:
Pop Malabar Chestnut, Lykke Kastanie, Provision Tree,
names: Saba Nut, Guiana Chestnut, Malabar Chestnut,
Castaño de Guayana, Castanhola, Chestnut of the
Maranhao, Pareira Decuba, Munguba.
Synonyms: Grandiflora pachira, Carolinea princeps, Aquatica
pachira, Nitida pachyra. Bombax
aquaticumK.Schumann 1890.
Pachycormus discolor Los árboles alcanzan un tamaño de 5 m de alto y de ancho, son ligeramente
tolerantes a las heladas. Las plantas se desarrollan mejor a pleno sol. La corteza
exterior exfoliante es de color blanco que revela una corteza interna azul-verde,
fotosintética. Las hojas de color verde oscuro, pinnadas, pubescentes, de hojas
Author: Frederick Vernon Coville 1911 caducas cuando hay sequía. Flores de color crema con centros rosados que
Family: Anacardiaceae aparecen en mayo, y pueden florecer en septiembre, en función de los niveles de
humedad.
Habitat: Cerro Mechudo, Bahia Magdalena, Desierto del
Vizcaino, Baja California. Pachycormus es un género monotípico de plantas, perteneciente a la familia de
las Anacardiaceae. Su única especie: Pachycormus discolor(Benth.) Coville, es
Soil: Lava originaria de México en Baja California.
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 1 meter
Height: 10 meters
Flower: Crème-Pink
Reproduction Seeds
:
Pop names: Arbol de Elefante, Copalquín, Torote Blanco.
Synonyms: Schinus discolor, Bentham 1844. Veatchia discolor T.
S. Brandegee 1889. Rhus veatchiana Kellogg 1863.
Got it from: Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands/Koege, Danmark
Year: 2003/2004
Panax quinquefolium This member of the Araliaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is
found in eastern North America, from Quebec to Manitoba, south to northern Florida,
Alabama, and Oklahoma. It grows in peat with some water and some sun. The caudex
will grow to four centimetres in four to five years. The plant gets up to 50 centimetres
Author: Carl Linnaeus 1753 high. The flowers are green with a little white, the seeds bright red.The name is found in
Family: Araliaceae two ways of spelling. It has been debated whether the specific epithet should end with
the masculine "us" (P. quinquefolius) or the neuter "um" (P. quinquefolium). While some
Habitat: Eastern North America argue for the neuter ending as it appeared in the work of Linnaeus, according to Graham
Soil: Peat (1966) and Tucker et al. (1989), the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(article 76) dictates that this specific epithet must be treated as a masculine, thus
Water: Medium should be Panax quinquefolius. I go with Linnaeus first given name.
Sun: Medium Panax is Greek: "pan" meaning all, and "akos" means cure.
Thickness: 4 centimetres
Height: 50 centimetres
Flower: Green
Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: American ginseng, Five Fingers, Tartar Root,

Red Berry, Man's Health
Synonyms: Panax quinquefolius, Linnaeus 1753 - by
mistake (Latin was not his strong side)? Aralia
quinquefolia Decne. & Planch. 1854. Ginseng
quinquefolium Wood, A.W. 1871.
Got it from: Copenhagen
Year: 2006
Peniocereus fosterianus
Author: Ladislaus Cutak 1945
This member of the Cactaceae family was described by Ladislaus Cutak in 1945. It
is found in Guerrero in Mexico, growing in grit with little water and some to much
sun. The caudex can grow up to twelve centimetres in diameter, the
leaves/stems up to 1,2 meters long. The nocturnal flowers are large and white.

Family: Cactaceae
Habitat: Santiago Astata, El Chorro,Guerrero, Mexico
Soil: Grit
Water: Minimum
Sun: Medium-Maximum
Thickness: 12 centimetres
Height: 1,2 meters
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: -
Synonyms: -
Peniocereus greggii Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, es una especie fanerógama perteneciente
a la familia de las Cactaceae.

Es endémica de México y Arizona en Estados Unidos. Es una especie común en zonas

Author: Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose 1909 localizadas.

Family: Cactaceae Peniocereus greggii crece en posición vertical, raramente con tallos ramificados. Las
bulbosas raíces son muy grandes y alcanzan un diámetro de hasta 60 centímetros. Los
Habitat: Monclova, Mina, Nvo. Leon. esbeltos, tallos gris-verdes alcanzan un tamaño de hasta 3 metros de largo con un
Soil: Grit diámetro de 1,2 centímetros. Tiene cinco y ocho costillas disponibles. Una sola espina
central blanquecina que es casi cónica y mide hasta 2 mm de largo. Las seis a nueve
Water: Minimum espinas radiales son oscuras y menores de 1 milímetro. Las blancas flores se abren por la
noche y son de 15 a 20 cm de largo y un diámetro de 5-7,5 centímetros. El pericarpo y
Sun: Medium to Maximum
el tubo de la flor se llena con un par de espinas pequeñas. Las frutas en forma de huevo
Thickness: 30 centimetres or more! son de color rojo brillante de 5 a 7,5 cm de largo.

Height: 2 meters
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Nightblooming, Huevos de venado, Cereus, Night

Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Deer-horn
Cactus, Sweet-potato Cactus
Synonyms: Cereus greggii Engelmann 1848
Peniocereus maculatus This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Ladislaus
Cutak in 1951. It is found in Guerrero in Mexico, growing in grit with
little water and some sun. The caudex can grow up to seven centimetres
in diameter, the leaves/stems up to 2 meters long. The nocturnal flowers
Author: Ladislaus Cutak 1951
are large and white.
Family: Cactaceae
Habitat: Guerrero, Mexico
Soil: Grit
Water: Minimum
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 7 centimetres
Height: 2 meters
Flower: White
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Cereus maculatus Weingart
1933. Acanthocereus maculatus Bravo 1933
Peniocereus rosei One of the very few members of the Cacataceae family with a caudex. It was
described by Jesús González Ortega in 1926, found in Mexico, growing on the
higher mountain-sides´ well-drained grit. Some water in growth and lots of sun. It
has big crème and pink flowers, which only can been seen at night. It can both be
Author: Jesús González Ortega 1926 reproduced by seeds and cuttings, but only the seedlings and the specially square
"dropping-shots" will form a caudex, which by the way can grow to 20 centimetres
Family: Cactaceae in diameter. If it doesn't freeze down, the stems will reach 3 meters.
Habitat: Jalisco, Sinaloa
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 3 meters
Flower: Crème/Pink
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: -
Synonyms: -
Got it from: Copenhagen
Year: 2002
Peniocereus viperinus This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Franz
Buxbaum in 1975. It is found in Mexico, growing in grit with little water
and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres or more, the
long slim branches to two meters. The flowers are dark red, and the
Author: Franz Buxbaum 1975 plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
Family: Cactaceae
Habitat: Las Estacas, Morelos, Puebla, Sinaloa, Guerrero.
Soil: Grit
Water: Minimum
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 10 centimetres
Height: 2 meters
Flower: Dark Red
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Organito de Vibora, Cardoncillo
Synonyms: Cereus viperinus F.A.C.Weber 1904, Cullmannia
viperina, Wilcoxia viperina, Peniocereus
tomentosus, Wilcoxia tomentosa, Wilcoxia
papillosa, Neoevansia viperina
Got it from: Kernen, Germany
Year: 2004
Peperomia monticola This member of the Peperomiaceae family was described by Friedrich
Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1843. Found in Balnearo de Lourdes, SLP,
Mexico.. Give it a well-drained soil with plenty of water and some sun,
and the green "mouse-tail" flowers will come. The caudex can grow to
Author: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel 1843 five centimetres in diameter, and the leaves, arising directly from it will
grow to seven centimetres or more, if the light are less.Got some new
Family: Peperomiaceae seeds from Skogstorp, Sweden 2003 as well.
Habitat: Orizaba, Jalapa, Ver., Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, Balnearo de
Lourdes, SLP, Mexico.
Soil: Mix
Water: Maximum
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 5 centimetres
Height: 7-12 centimetres
Flower: Green
Reproducti Seeds
on:
Pop names: -
Synonyms: -
Got it Erkelenz - Golkrath, Germany
from:
Year: 2004-2006
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Web: http://www.unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBUN
Es un árbol con flores de color rosado y blanco, de 15 a 30 m de alto y hasta 1,5
m de diámetro. Floración de diciembre a mayo. Riego regular, reproducción
por esqueje. Es nativa del sur de México, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras.

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Family: Bombacaceae*
Habitat: Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 50 centimetres
Height: 10 meters
Flower: White/Pink
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: coquito
Synonyms: Bombax ellipticum, Kunth 1922, Bombax
mexicanum Hemsl.1878, Carolinea fastuosa A. P. de Candolle.
1824. Pachira fastuosa, Decaisne 1880
Got it from: Zwijndrecht
Year: 2003
Pseudobombax palmeri This member of the Bombacaceae* family was given this name by Armando
Dugan in 1943. It is found in the western Mexico, growing in a well drained soil
with some water and some sun. The stem can grow to 40 centimetres and the
tree from seven up to twelve meters in height. The flowers are white.
Author: Armando Dugand 1943
Family: Bombacaceae*
Habitat: Tamaulipas, Sonora
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 40 Centimetres
Height: 7-12 Metres
Flower: White
Reproductio Seeds/Cuttings
n:
Pop names: Cuajilote, Shaving brush Tree
Synonyms: Bombax palmeri Sereno Watson 1887
Pseudosmodingium barkleyi This member of the Anacardiaceae family was given this name by Faustino Miranda in
1961. It is found in Guerrero, Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
some sun.
Author: Faustino Miranda 1961
Family: Anacardiaceae
Habitat: Guerrero, México, Canon del Zopilote, km 246 carretera México-
Acapulco, cerca túnel carretera Antigua
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: ?
Height: ?
Flower: ?
Reproduction Seeds/Cuttings
:
Pop names: -
Synonyms: Pseudosmodingium rhoifolium, F.A.Barkley
var. sensu F.A.Barkley 1937
Pseudosmodingium multifolium This member of the Anacardiaceae family was given this name by Joseph Nelson Rose in 1897.
It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem
can grow to 35 centimetres and the little tree up to three meters in height.
Author: Joseph Nelson Rose 1897
Family: Anacardiaceae
Habitat: Dto. Tehuantepec; Cerro Guiengola, de Sur a Norte, después de
las Ruinas. El Ocotal, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.

San Miguel Ixitlan, Puebla.

Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 35 centimetres
Height: 3 metres
Flower: ?
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Yaga-Lache
Synonyms: -
Pseudosmodingium perniciosum This member of the Anacardiaceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf
Engler in1881. It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water
and some sun. It will grow to eight or even twelve metres with a stem of 40-50
centimetres. The flowers are small.
Author: Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler 1881
Family: Anacardiaceae
Habitat: Olomatlan, Tecomatlan, Puebla. Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán,
Guerrero, Oaxaca, México, Morelos, Puebla
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 40 Centimetres
Height: 8-12 Metres
Flower: Small
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Cuajilote
Synonyms: Rhus pterocarpa, Sesse & Moc.
1894. Pseudosmodingium pterocarpus F.A.Barkley 1937
Tumamoca macdougalii This Monoecious member of the Cucurbitaceae family was described by Joseph Nelson Rose in 1912. It is found in
the Sonoran Desert, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The partly sub terrestrial
caudex will grow to fifteen centimetres in diameter, the vines reaches up in the trees for three meters. The
Author: Joseph Nelson Rose 1912 flowers are from white to greenish yellow. It can be reproduced both by seeds and root-cuttings.
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Habitat: Arizona, Sonora, Mexico
Soil: Grit or mix
Water: Minimum to Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 15 centimetres
Height: 3 meters
Flower: White to Greenish yellow or Pale Yellow
Reproduction Seeds/Roots
:
Pop names: Tumamoc globe-berry
Synonyms: -
Yucca endlichiana
Author: William Trelease 1907
This member of the Agavaceae family was given this name by William Trelease in 1907. In 1933,
Karl Hermann Leonhard Lindinger suggested it as member f the new genera; Sarcoyucca, but
remains known as Yucca. It is found in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, growing in a well drained
limestone soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres or more in
diameter while the stemless leaves reaches 30 centimetres in length. The flowers are dark red
Family: Agavaceae outside and white inside.
Habitat: Presa La Rosa, areas cercanas a la…50 km carr. 40 (Saltillo-
Torreón), General Cepeda, Coahuila, Chihuahua.
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 30 Centimetres or more...
Height: 30 Centimetres
Flower: Dark Red/White
Reproduction: Seeds/Root Cuttings
Pop names: Patilla Yucca, Izote Pitilla
Synonyms: Sarcoyucca endlichiana Karl Hermann Leonhard Lindinger 1933
Yucca filifera Planta arborescente de hasta 10 m de alto con varias rosetas terminales,
el tallo cubier to por las hojas secas, las hojas se deshilachan, flores
blancas en una inflorescencia grande.
Author: J. Benjamin Chabaud 1876
Family: Agavaceae
Habitat: North-eastern Mexico
Soil: Mix
Water: Minimum
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 3 meters
Height: 10-14 meters
Flower: Pale Crème
Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names: Palma China, Palma corriente, Izote
Synonyms: Yucca baccata Torr. in Emory var. filifera Schelle. Yucca australis,
Yucca meldensis Engelm., Yucca flaccida Haw., Yucca filamentosa
flaccida Engelm.
Zamia furfuracea This member of the Zamiaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus Jr. in 1789. It is found
in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem can grow
to 25 centimetres in diameter, the leaves will get 180 centimetres long. It can only be
reproduced by seeds from the brown cones of the female plant.
Author: Carl Linnaeus Jr. 1789
Family: Zamiaceae
Habitat: Alvarado, Catemaco, Córdoba, Hidalgotitlán, Lerdo
de Tejada, Mecayapan, San Andrés Tuxtla y
Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, Mexico.
Soil: Mix
Water: Medium
Sun: Medium
Thickness: 25 centimetres
Height: 1,8 meter
Flower: Cone: Brown
Reproduction: Seeds
Pop names: Cardboard palm
Synonyms: Palmifolium furfuraceum, Kuntze 1891.
Zamia crassifolia Hort
Got it from: Roskilde, Danmark
Year: 2005
Dorstenia foetida This member of the Moraceae family was given this name by Georg August Schweinfurth
in 1896. It is found in Northern Africa, growing in a well-drained soil with lots of water
and little sun. The stem will grow to 15 centimetres in diameter and 40 centimetres high.
The flowers are green and the plant can only be reproduced by seeds, which by the way
Author: Georg August Schweinfurth 1896 pops out of the flower for up to 2 meters.
Family: Moraceae Have to be kept in a rather high air humidity.
Habitat: Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Oman Yemen and
Ethiopia
Soil: Mix
Water: Maximum
Sun: Minimum
Thickness: 15 centimetres
Height: 40 centimetres
Flower: Green
Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -
Synonyms: Dorstenia crispa var. lancifolia. Kosaria foetida, Fårsskål
1775.
Got it from: Honselersdijh, The Netherlands
Year: 2004