Herbaceous Plants of the Northern Yucatan Peninsula

Read excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter concerning these Yucatec herbaceous plants:
Amaranth, Spiny (Amaranthus spinosus) Anamú (Petiveria alliaceae) *Anthurium schlechtendalii* Anglepod (Mexican) (Macroscepis cf. diademata) *Aphelandras* Balsam-pear (Momordica charantia) Barleria, Yellow (Barleria micans) Boat Lily (Tradescantia spathacea) BROMELIADS *Aechmea bracteata* Piñuela (Bromelia pinguin) Tillandsia (Tillandsia brachycaulos) Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata) Butter Daisy (Melampodium divaricatum) Butterfly-Pea (Centrosema schottii) CACTI Acanthocereus (Acanthocereus tetragonus) Mammillaria, Gaumer's (Mammillaria gaumeri) Night-blooming Cereus (Hylocereus undatas) Old-Man (Cephalocereus gaumeri) Pricklypear (Opuntia inaperta) Callisia (Callisia cordifolia) Caltrop, Big Contrayerba (Dorstenia contrajerva) Dayflower (Commelina elegans) Devil's Claw (Martynia annua) FERNS Giant Leather (Acrostichum danaefolium) Maidenhair, Brittle (Adiantum tenerum) Maiden, Roughhairy (Thelypteris hispidula) Maidenhair, Hairy (Adiantum tricholepis) Microgramma (Microgramma nitida) Southern Lip (Cheilanthes microphylla)	Feverfew (Parthenium hysterophorus) Fournwort, Hairy (Tetramerium nervosum) Four-O'Clock, Violet Flowered (Mirabilis violaceae) *Funastrum lindenianum* GRASSES Crowfoot Grass, Egyptian(Dactyloctenium aegyptiuma) Feather Finger-grass (Chloris virgata) Foxtail, Perennial (Setaria parviflora) Goosegrass (Eleusine indica) Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) *Lasiacis* ("A Black-grained, Woody, Climbing Grass") Sandbur, Coastal (Cenchrus spinifex) Setariopsis auriculata *Gronovia scandens* *Hippobroma longiflora* Joyweed, Yellow (Alternanthera flavescens) Llantém (Plantago major) Marsdenia coulteri) Metastelma schlechtendalii (small vine) MORNING-GLORIES Blue (Ipomoea clavata) Blue (Ipomoea nil) Blue (Ipomoea cf seleri) "Heterodox" (I. heterodoxa) Jacquemontia (Jacquemontia nodiflora) Red (Ipomoea coccinea) Leadwort (Plumbago scandens) Orchid (Oncidium carthagenense) Orchid (Catasetum integerrimum) Peperomia (Peperomia angustata) Petunia, Mexican Wild (Ruellia nudiflora) Philodendron (Philodendron cf. hederaceum) Poinsettia, Wild (Euphorbia cyathophora) Poinsettia, Wild (Euphorbia heterophylla) Porophyllum punctatum Sage, Scarlet (Salvia coccinea) Scarlet-Bush (Hamelia patens) Solanum tridynamum Spiny Cucumbers (Cucumis anguria) Spinypod, Yucatan (Dictyanthus yucatanensis) Stick-Tight (Bidens alba) Velvetbean (Mucuna pruriens) Waltherias (Waltheria americana) Water-Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Wild Yam (Dioscorea sp.)
MORE INFO: The online Flora of the Yucatán illustrates and describes more and more species as time pases.