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Ruellia simplex, the Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell or Britton's wild petunia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. It has become a widespread invasive plant in Florida , where it was likely introduced as an ornamental before 1933, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as in the ...
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico. The western portion of the Mexico–United States border passes through the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran ...
Mexico ranks first in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, second in mammals with 438 species, fourth in amphibians with 290 species, and fourth in flora, with 26,000 species. [3] Mexico is also ranked second in the world in ecosystems and fourth in overall species. [4] About 2,500 species are protected by Mexican legislation. [4]
This category includes the native flora of Mexico, in North America. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Mexico" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. In the WGSRPD scheme Mexico is its own level 2 ...
Native plants in the U.S. are under threat from habitat loss, construction, overgrazing, wildfires, invasive species, bioprospecting — the search for plant and animal species from which ...
Washingtonia robusta, known by common name as the Mexican fan palm, Mexican washingtonia, or skyduster is a palm tree native to the Baja California peninsula and a small part of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. Despite its limited native distribution, W. robusta one of the most widely cultivated subtropical palms in the world. [3]
Pseudophoenix sargentii, commonly known as the Florida cherry palm [3] or buccaneer palm, [4] is a medium-sized palm native to the northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Florida in the United States.
Richardia grandiflora, the largeflower Mexican clover, largeflower pusley, or Florida snow, is a species of flowering plant native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. [1] It is in the Rubiaceae family. Used as a ground cover, it has proliferated in Florida where it has sometimes been perceived as a weed. [2] [3 ...