Herbaceous Plants of the Yucatan Peninsula

Read excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter concerning these Yucatec herbaceous plants:
Agave (Agave angustifolia) Ageratum (Ageratum maritimum) Amaranth, Spiny (Amaranthus spinosus) Anamú (Petiveria alliaceae) *Aphelandras* Artillery Plant (Pilea microphylla) Balsam-pear (Momordica charantia) Barleria, Yellow (Barleria micans) Basil, Wild (Ocimum campechianum) Boat Lily (Tradescantia spathacea) BROMELIADS *Aechmea bracteata* Piñuela (Bromelia pinguin) Tillandsia (Tillandsia brachycaulos) Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata) Tillandsia (Tillandsia elongata) Butter Daisy (Melampodium divaricatum) Buttonweed (Spermacoce densiflora) 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 Cocolmeca (Milleria quinqueflora) Contrayerba (Dorstenia contrajerva) Dayflower (Commelina elegans) Desmanthus (Desmanthus virgatus) Devil's Claw (Martynia annua) Duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis) FERNS Calaguala (Phlebodium decumanum) Giant Leather (Acrostichum danaefolium) Maidenhair, Brittle (Adiantum tenerum) Maiden, Roughhairy (Thelypteris hispidula) Maidenhair, Hairy (Adiantum tricholepis) Microgramma (Microgramma nitida) Pine Fern (Anemia adiantifolia) Southern Lip (Cheilanthes microphylla) Spleenwort, Triangle (Asplenium pumilum) Hurricane-Grass (Fimbristyles cymosa Feverfew (Parthenium hysterophorus) Sixangle Foldwing (Dicliptera sexangularis) Fournwort, Hairy (Tetramerium nervosum) Four-O'Clock, Violet Flowered (Mirabilis violaceae) Four-O'Clock, White Flowered (Mirabilis longiflora) Goatweed (Capraria biflora)	GRASSES Bur-Grass, (Cenchrus brownii) Cordgrass, Sand(Spartina bakeri) Couch Grass, Sand(Sporobolus virginicus) Crowfoot Grass, Egyptian(Dactyloctenium aegyptiuma) Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Feather Finger-grass (Chloris virgata) Foxtail, Perennial (Setaria parviflora) Gouinia cf. virgata) Goosegrass (Eleusine indica) Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Indian Bluegrass (Bothriochloa pertusa) *Lasiacis* Panicgrass, Tropical (Panicum trichoides) Sandbur, Coastal (Cenchrus spinifex) Setariopsis auriculata Woods-Grass (Oplismenus burmannii) Zoysia Grass (Zoysia cf. tenuifolia) *Gronovia scandens* *Hippobroma longiflora* Inch Plant (Callisia repens) Jamaica Weed (Nama jamaicense) Jícama, Wild (Pachyrrhizus erosus) Joint-Vetch (Aeschynomene fascicularis) Joyweed, Yellow (Alternanthera flavescens) Lantana (Lantana camara) Leadwort (Plumbago scandens) Llantém (Plantago major) Macroptilium atropurpureum Mallow, Bladder (Herissantia crispa) Mallow, Viscid Bastardia viscosa Maranta gibba Nightshade Solanum hirtum ORCHIDS Bletia, Purple (Bletia purpurea) Oncidium carthagenense Catasetum integerrimum Cyrtopodium macrobulbon Encyclia nematocaulon Ionopsis utricularioides Oeceoclades maculata Peperomia (Peperomia angustata) Peperomia (Peperomia pellucida) Periwinkle, Madagascar (Catharanthus roseus) Petunia, Mexican Wild (Ruellia nudiflora) Pluchea (Pluchea) Poinsettia, Wild (Euphorbia cyathophora) Poinsettia, Wild (Euphorbia heterophylla) Poorman's-Pepper (Lepidium virginicum) Porophyllum punctatum Purslane, Common (Portulaca oleracea) Rosemallow, Poeppig's (Hibiscus poeppigiiI) Sage, Scarlet (Salvia coccinea) Sandmat, Prostrate (Euphorbia prostrata) Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) Scarlet-Bush (Hamelia patens) Scorpon Tail (Heliotropium angiospermum) Skullcap, Gaumer's (Scutellaria gaumeri) Solanum tridynamum Spiderflower, African (Gynandropsis gynandra) Spiny Cucumbers (Cucumis anguria) Spurge, Leafy (Euphorbia hyssopifolia) Star-Sedge, White (Rhynchospora colorata) Stick-Tight (Bidens alba) Sunflower Goldeneye (Viguiera dentata) Talinum paniculatum Turkey-tangle (Phyla nodiflora) Velvetleaf (Abutilon permolle) Waltherias (Waltheria americana) Water-Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Zarzabacoa Dulce (Desmodium glabrum)
MORE INFO: The online Flora of the Yucatán illustrates and describes more and more species as time pases.