Spanish-English Medicinal Plant Names for Southwest U.S.A. and Mexico
(Emphasis on Plants of New Mexico, U.S.A. & Morelos, Mexico)

Incomplete Draft

Compiled by Paul Mc Kee (2019)

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A

Abanico - Celosia argentea - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Abecedaria - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)

Abedul - Alnus acuminata - (Mexican-American)
- Betula alba (= Betula pubescens) - (Mexican-American)
- Betula pubescens - (Mexican-American)
- Populus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelasia - Cyperus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelasir - Cyperus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelasis - Cyperus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelmoschus - Medik. - Genus Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Name
Abelmoschus - - (BONAP)
See notes.

Abelmoschus esculentus - (L.) Moench - Species Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Names
Abelmosco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Abelmosco comestible - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ají turco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Algalia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Angelonia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Angú - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bindi - - (MMPND-English)
Bolondrón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Café del país - - (Spanish-Américas)
Calalú - - (Spanish-Américas)
Candia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Candía - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chaucha turca - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chicombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chimbombo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chimbombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chumbombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocra - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gambó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gombo - - (MMPND-English, MMPND-Spanish)
Guingambó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guingombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gumbo - - (MMPND-English)
Gumbó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ladies' fingers - - (MMPND-English)
Lady's finger - - (MMPND-English)
Lagarto - - (Spanish-Américas)
Majagua - - (Spanish-Américas)
Molondrón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Morito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Najú or ñajú or ñangú - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ocra - - (Spanish-Américas, MMPND-Spanish)
Ochro - - (EthnobotDB)
Okra - - (Spanish-Américas, BONAP)
Quiabeiro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quiabo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quigombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quimbombo - - (MMPND-Spanish)
Quimbombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quingombo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quingombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ruibarbo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Semilla de culebra - - (Spanish-Américas)
Yambó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Yerba de culebra - - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelmoschus manihot - (L.) Medik - Species Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Name
Pajiza - - (southwest US & northern Mexico)
Viuda - - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abelmoschus moschatus - Medik. - Species Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Names
Abelmosco - - (EthnobotDB, Spanish-Américas)
Alcalia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Algalia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Almis - - (Atlas Mexico)
Almizcle - - (Spanish-Américas)
Almizcle vegetal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Almizclillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Alvira - - (Atlas Mexico)
Ambarcillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ambarina - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ambreta - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ambrette - - (southwest US & northern Mexico)
Anaucho - - (Spanish-Américas)
Antiviperina - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Argalia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bomba kapel - - (Atlas Mexico: San Luis Potosí)
Borraja - - (Atlas Mexico)
Guingambó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba almizclada - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de culebra - - (Atlas Mexico)
Hierba de la culebra - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba de semilla de culebra - - (Atlas Mexico)
Lagarto - - (Spanish-Américas)
Malva almizclera - - (Spanish-Américas)
Monito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Musk mallow - - (southwest US & northern Mexico, MMPND-English)
Musk okra - - (MMPND-English)
Musky-seeded hibiscus - - (MMPND-English)
Quigombó de cheiro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Quimbombó - - (Spanish-Américas)
Rosa almiscarada - - (Spanish-Américas)
Semilla de culebra - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Silk flower - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Viborana - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Zaandy ujts - - (Atlas Mexico: Oaxaca)

Abelmosco - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)
- Abelmoschus moschatus - (EthnobotDB, Spanish-Américas)

Abelmosco comestible - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Abelo - Populus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

Abeto - Abies balsamea - (Mexico)
- Abies concolor - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Abies religiosa - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abeto balsámico - Abies balsamea - (Spanish-Américas)

Abeto blanco americano - Abies arizonica - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abeto blanco de las rocosas - Abies arizonica - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abeto blanco de las sierras - Abies arizonica - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abeto de las Montañas Rocosas - - (Spanish-Américas)

Abeto del Colorado - Abies concolor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abeto lasiocarpa americano - Abies arizonica - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abies - P. Mill. - Genus Name
Family Pinaceae
Common Name
Fir - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 2 species: - - (BONAP)
Abies arizonica Merriam
(= Cork-bark fir, Subalpine fir)
Abies concolor (Gordon & Glendinning) Lindley ex Hildebrand
(= White fir),
See notes.

Abies balsamea - (L.) P. Mill. - Species Name
Famiy Pinaceae
Common Names
Abeto - - (Mexico)
Abeto balsámico - - (Spanish-Américas)
Alerce balsámico del Canadá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Balsam fir - - (U.S.A.)
Bálsamo del Canadá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Fir - - (Mexico)
Sapino - - (Spanish-Américas)

Abies arizonica - (Hook.) Nutt. - Species Name
Family Pinaceae
Common Name
Abeto blanco americano - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Abeto blanco de las rocosas - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Abeto blanco de las sierras - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Abeto lasiocarpa americano - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alpine fir - - (U.S.A.)
Balsam fir - - (U.S.A.)
Blanco de las sierras - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino real - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino real blanco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino real blanco de las sierras - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino real de las sierras - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Rocky mountain fir - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Subalpine fir - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Abies bifolia A. Murray var. arizonica - (Merriam) O'Kane & K.D.Heil - (NM)
Abies lasiocarpa (Hooker) Nuttall var. arizonica - (Merriam) Lemmon - (NM)

Abies concolor - (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. - Species Name
Family Pinaceae
Common Name
Abeto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Abeto de las Montañas Rocosas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Abeto del Colorado - - (southwest US & Mexico)
California white fir - - (CRC)
Pinabete - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino blanco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino real blanco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Rocky Mountain white fir - - (CRC)
Sierra white fir - - (CRC)
White fir - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Abies religiosa - (H.B.K.)Schldl.&Cham. - (PFAF) Species Name
Family Pinaceae
Common Name
Abeto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Acsoyate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acxoyate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acxoyatl - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Axoyate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bansú - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cahuite - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cipreso - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guayamé - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hoja petate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hoja de petate - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Jalocote - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Ocopetla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Oyamel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Oyametl - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Picea común - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pinabete - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pino - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pino oyamel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Sacred fir - - (Southwestern N. America/Mexico)
Tucumu - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Xalócotl - - (southwest US & Mexico)
See Aceite de Pale or Aceite de Abeto.

Abizcoba - Arctostaphylos pungens - (Spanish-Américas)
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - (Spanish-Américas)

Abobeira de moita - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abobobeira grande - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora almiscar - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora almiscarada - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora amarela - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora carneira - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora catinga - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora cheirosa - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora chila - Cucurbita ficifolia - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora de agua - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora de coroa - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora de enfeite - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora de porco - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora do telhado - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora gigante - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora gila - Cucurbita ficifolia - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora grande - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora jerimu - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora laranja - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora machado - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora melão - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora menina - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora moganga - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora moranga - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora pepa - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora porqueira - Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora preta - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abóbora rasteira - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)

Abreojos - Tribulus terrestris - (Spanish-Américas)

Abreuello - Tribulus terrestris - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrin - Abrus precatorius - (Uphof, 1959)

Abrofia - Achillea millefolium - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrojo - Tribulus cistoides - (Mexican-American)
- Tribulus terrestris - (Mexican-American)

Abrojo amarillo - Tribulus cistoides - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrojo común - Tribulus terrestris - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrojo de tierra caliente - Tribulus terrestris - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Abrojo rojo - Tribulus cistoides - (Mexican-American)
- Tribulus terrestris - (Mexican-American)

Abrojo terrestre - Tribulus terrestris - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrojo terrestre de Cuba - Tribulus cistoides - (Spanish-Américas)

Abronia - Juss. - Genus Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Name
Sand verbena - - (BONAP)
Sand-verbena - - (NM)
In New Mexico, 6 species: - - (BONAP, NM)
Abronia angustifolia Greene
(= Narrow-leaf sand-verbena, Purple sand verbena),
Abronia bigelovii Heimerl.
(= Galisteo sand verbena),
Abronia bolackii Atwood, Welsh, & Heil.
(= Bolack's sand-verbena),
Abronia carletonii Coulter & Fisher
(= Carleton's sand verbena),
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson
(= White sand-verbena),
Abronia fragrans Nuttall ex Hooker
(= Fragrant sand-verbena, Heart's delight, Snowball sand verbena)
See notes.

Abronia elliptica - A. Nels. - Species Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Name
Fragrant white sand verbena - - (BONAP)
White sand-verbena - - (NM)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP, NM)
Synonyms
Abronia fragrans var. elliptica - (A. Nels.) M.E. Jones - (BONAP)
Abronia nana S. Watson var. harrisii - Welsh - (NM)
Abronia pumila - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Abronia ramosa - Standl. - (BONAP)
Abronia salsa - Rydb. - (BONAP)

Abronia fragrans - Nutt. ex Hook. - Species Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Names
Alfambrilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Fragrant sand-verbena - - (NM)
Heart's-delight - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Lasater's pride - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Lechuguilla - - Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Sand puff - - (U.S.A.)
Sand verbena - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Snowball sand verbena - - (U.S.A.)
Sweet sand verbena - - (southwest US & Mexico)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP, NM)
Synonym
Abronia fendleri - Standley - (NM)
Abronia fragrans var. glaucescens - A. Nels. - (BONAP)

Abronia maritima - Nutt. ex S. Wats. - Species Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Names
Alfambrilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alfombrilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Beach sand verbena - - (southwest US & Mexico)

Abrina - Abrus precatorius - (Spanish-Américas)

Abro de cuentas - Abrus precatorius - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrus - Abrus precatorius - (Spanish-Américas)

Abrus - Adans. - Genus Name
Family Fabaceae
See notes.

Abrus precatorius - L. - Species Name
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Abrin - - (Uphof, 1959)
Abrina - - (Spanish-Américas)
Abro de cuentas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Abrus - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bangati - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bead vine - - (CRC)
Bejuco de peonia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Black-eyed Susan - - (CRC)
Brujitos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bugallón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cansasage - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chochito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chocho - - (Spanish-Américas)
Coral-bead plant - - (CRC)
Coral pea - - (Plant Book)
Crab-eye vine - - (CRC)
Crab's eye - - (Uphof, 1959)
Guisantes de América - - (Spanish-Américas)
Habros - - (Spanish-Américas)
Indian licorice - - (CRC)
Indian liquorice - - (Uphof, 1959)
Jamaica liquorice - - (CRC)
Jecquirity bean - - (CRC)
Jequerity seeds - - (Plant Book)
Jequiriti - - (Spanish-Américas)
Jequirity - - (Uphof, 1959)
Jequirity bean - - (CRC)
John crow beads - - (CRC)
Jumbie bead - - (CRC)
Licorice - - (CRC)
Licorice bean - - (CRC)
Licorice vine - - (CRC)
Licor indio - - (Spanish-Américas)
Love bean - - (CRC)
Love pea - - (CRC)
Lucky bean - - (CRC)
Lucky beans - - (Plant Book)
Mate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Oxcoac - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Oxoak - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Paternoster beans - - (Plant Book)
Peonía - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Peronía - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pois rouge - - (Lady Bird Johnson)
Prayer bean - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Prayer beads - - (CRC)
Precatory bean - - (Lady Bird Johnson)
Precatory-pea - - (CRC)
Red bead plant - - (CRC)
Red bean vine - - (CRC)
Regaliz de las Antillas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Rosario - - (Spanish-Américas)
Rosary pea - - (Uphof, 1959)
Rosarypea - - (Lady Bird Johnson)
Sagán - - (Spanish-Américas)
Semilla de culebra - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tento muido - - (Lady Bird Johnson)
Weather plant - - (CRC)
Weather vine - - (CRC)
Wild licorice - - (CRC)
Wild liquorice - - (Uphof, 1959)
Xoxoac - - (Spanish-Américas)
Yogoak - - (CRC)
See notes.

Absinth - Artemisia absinthium - (Mexico)

Absinth sagewort - Artemisia absinthium - (BONAP)

Absinthe - Artemisia absinthium - (International)

Abugués - Arctostaphylos pungens - (Spanish-Américas)
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - (Spanish-Américas)

Abuje - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - (Spanish-Américas)

Abutilon - P. Mill. - Genus Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Names
Abutilon - - (U.S.A.)
Indian mallow - - (BONAP)
Pelotazo - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 7 species: - - (BONAP, NM)
Abutilon fruticosum Guillemin & Perrottet
(= Shrubby Indian-mallow),
Abutilon incanum (Link) Sweet
(= Pelotazo),
Abutilon malacum S. Watson
(= Yellow Indian mallow),
Abutilon mollicomum (Willdenow) Sweet
(= Sonoran Indian mallow),
Abutilon parvulumGray
(= Dwarf Indian mallow),
Abutilon theophrasti Medikus
(= Velvetleaf),
Abutilon wrightii Gray
(= Wright's Indian mallow).

Abutilon - Abutilon incanum - (BONAP)

Abutilón - Abutilon theophrasti - (Spanish-Américas)

Abutilon incanum - (Link) Sweet - Species Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Name
Abutilon - - (BONAP)
Escoba - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Indian mallow - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Malva - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Malva peluda - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pelotazo - - (BONAP, NM)
Pelotazo chico - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pringle's abutilon - - (BONAP)
Tronador - - (southwest US & Mexico)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Abutilon incanum ssp. pringlei - (Hochr.) Felger & Lowe - (NM)
Abutilon pringlei - Hochr. - (BONAP)
Sida incana - Link - (NM)
See notes.

Abutilon theophrasti - Medik. - Species Name
Family Malvaceae
Common Name
Abutilón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acalia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Button weed - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chinajute - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de la China - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Malva india - - (Spanish-Américas)
Malva índica - - (Spanish-Américas)
Malvavisco de Indias - - (Spanish-Américas)
Malvavisco de las Indias - - (Spanish-Américas)
Velvetleaf - - (BONAP, NM)
Yute de la China - - (Spanish-Américas)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Abutilon abutilon - (L.) Rusby - (BONAP)
Abutilon avicennae - Gaertn. - (BONAP)
Sida abutilon - Linnaeus - (NM)
See notes.

Acacia - P. Mill. - Genus Name
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Acacia - - (BONAP)
Tezo - - (Kay)
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, 6 species: - - (BONAP, NM)
Acacia angustissima (= Prairie acacia)
= Acaciella angustissima (Miller) Britton & Rose,
Acacia constricta (= Whitethorn acacia)
= Vachellia constricta (Bentham) Seigler & Ebinger,
Acacia greggii (= Catclaw acacia)
= Senegalia greggii (Gray) Britton & Rose,
Acacia millefolia (= Milfoil wattle)
= Mariosousa millefolia (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger,
Acacia neovernicosa (= Viscid acacia)
= Vachellia vernicosa (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger,
Acacia roemeriana (= Roundflower catclaw)
= Senegalia roemeriana (Scheele) Britton & Rose.
6 species of Acacia s.l. used medicinally in Mexico
(including common names): - - (Atlas Mexico)
Acacia angustissima (Miller) Kuntze (= Timbre)
= Acaciella angustissima (Miller) Britton & Rose,
Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (= Cubata)
= Vachellia campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger,
Acacia collinsii Saff (= Cornezuelo),
= Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd (= Cornezuelo),
= Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger,
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. (= Huizache)
= Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight et Arn.,
Acacia pennatula (Cham. & Schlechtendal) Benth. (= Tepame)
= Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger.
The genus Acacia world-wide has been redefined, and although
all are still known (by common name) as Acacia, the recently segregated genera
of North America are Acaciella, Mariosousa, Senegalia, and
Vachellia.
See notes.

Acacia - Acacia - (BONAP)
- Acacia cornigera - (Atlas Mexico)
- Acacia farnesiana - (Mexico)
- Acacia senegal - (Mexico)

Acacia angustissima - (P. Mill.) Kuntze - Species Name
= Acaciella angustissima (Miller) Britton & Rose
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Acacia de las praderas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Barba de chivo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cantemó - - (Atlas Mexico: Tabasco)
Cáscara del timbre - - (Atlas Mexico)
Cheramusco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chirahui - - (Atlas Mexico: Sonora)
Day - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Fern acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Gavia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Guaje brujo - - (Atlas Mexico)
Guajillo - - (Atlas Mexico)
Ocpatl - - (C. Ratsch)
Palo de pulque - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Piche - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pichehumo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pichejumo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pichihumo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pichijumo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Prairie acacia - - (BONAP)
Pulque tree - - (C. Ratsch)
Shame-weed - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Shisich - - (Atlas Mexico: Hidalgo)
Timbe - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Timbre - - (Atlas Mexico)
Timbrillo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Uaxim - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Vinorama - - (Atlas Mexico)
White-ball acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Xaax - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Xisich - - (southwest US & Mexico)
In New Mexico, 2 varieties: - - (BONAP, NM)
Acacia angustissima var. suffrutescens (= Prairie acacia),
Acacia angustissima var. texensis (= Prairie wattle)
This small tree was named Ocpatl by the Aztecs, which can be translated as
"pulque drug" and in present day Mexican Spanish the tree has been called
Palo de pulque ("tree of pulque"). - - (C. Ratsch)
Apparently, Acacia angustissima and sometimes Havardia albicans (Kunth) Britton & Rose
[= Acacia albicans Kunth = Pithecolobium albicans (Kunth) Benth.] was used as a pulque
additive. - - (C. Ratsch)
The last mentioned species (not found in New Mexico) is native to Mexico, Caribbean
Islands, and Central America (e.g., Yucatan Peninsula).
Both the Acacia angustissima additive and the resulting drink were known as Teoctli
("divine pulque") or Xochioctli ("flower pulque"). Apparently, this addition to the drink
was forbidden during the colonial period. - - (C. Ratsch)

Acacia angustissima var. suffrutescens - (Rose) Isely - Variety Name
= Acaciella angustissima (Miller) Britton & Rose var. angustissima
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Prairie acacia - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP, NM)
Synonyms
Acacia angustissima (Miller) Kuntze var. hirta - (Nuttall) B.L. Robinson - (NM)
Acacia angustissima var. cuspidata - (Schlecht.) L. Benson p.p. - (BONAP)
Acacia cuspidata - Schlecht. p.p. - (BONAP)
Acacia hirta - Nuttall - (NM)

Acacia angustissima var. texensis - (Torr. & Gray) Isely - Variety Name
= Acaciella angustissima (Miller) Britton & Rose var. texensis (Torrey & Gray) L. Rico
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Prairie acacia - - (NM)
Prairie wattle - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acacia angustissima (Miller) Kuntze var. chisosiana - Isely - (NM)
Acacia angustissima var. cuspidata - (Schlecht.) L. Benson p.p. - (BONAP)
Acacia angustissima (Miller) Kuntze var. texensis - (Torrey & Gray) Isely - (NM)
Acacia cuspidata - Schlecht. p.p. - (BONAP)
Acacia texensis - Torr. & Gray - (BONAP)

Acacia berlandieri - Benth. - Species Name
= Senegalia berlandieri (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Berlandier Acacia - - (?)
Espino - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Guajillo - - (BONAP, Elsa Campos)
Guajillo Acacia - - (?)
Huajillo - - (?)
Huispancle - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Matorral - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mimbre - - (Spanish-Américas)
Thóbem - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Thornless acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
See notes.

Acacia cochliacantha - Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. - Species Name
= Vachellia campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Binolo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Binolo prieto - - (Spanish-Américas)
Boat-thorn acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chirahui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chiroui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Corteno - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cubata - - (Atlas Mexico)
Cucharilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cucharitas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cucharo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Encinilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Espino - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Guinole - - (Kay)
Guisache - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guisache corteño - - (Spanish-Américas)
Huinol - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huinole - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache - - (Spanish-Américas)
Huisache costeño - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache tepame - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Palo de cucharitas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Sínala - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tepamo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Vinolo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Vinolo prieto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Vinorama - - (Kay)
Synonyms
Acacia cochliacantha f. cochliacantha - - (KEW)
Acacia cochliacantha f. houghii - (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger - (KEW)
Acacia cochliacantha - S.Watson - (KEW)
Acacia cochliacantha - Willd. - (KEW)
Acacia cymbispina - Sprague & Riley - (KEW)

Acacia collinsii - Saff - Species Name
= Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Cornezuelo - - (Atlas Mexico)
Subin - - (Yucatán)
Subin che' - - (Yucatán)
Tsubin - - (Yucatán)
Synonym
Acacia glutea - Ram.Goyena - (KEW)

Acacia constricta - Benth. - Species Name
= Vachellia constricta (Bentham) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Chaparro prieto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Flor de niño - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gigantillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Huisache - - (Spanish-Américas)
Huizache - - (Spanish-Américas)
Largancillo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Largoncillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mescat acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Mezquitillo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Vara - - (Spanish-Américas)
Vara prieta - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Varaprieta - - (Spanish-Américas)
Vinorama - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Western white-thorn acacia - - (NM)
Whitethorn - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Whitethorn acacia - - (BONAP)
White-thorn acacia - - (NM)
In New Mexico - - (NM)
Synonym
Acacia constricta var. paucispina - Wooton & Standley - (NM)

Acacia constricta var. vernicosa - L.D. Benson - Variety Name
= Vachellia vernicosa (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Eastern white-thorn acacia - - (NM)
Viscid acacia - - (EOL)
In New Mexico - - (NM)
Synonyms
Acacia neovernicosa - Isely - (NM)
Acacia vernicosa - Standley, not Fitzgerald - (NM)
Acaciopsis vernicosa - Britton & Rose - (NM)

Acacia cornigera - (L.) Willd. - Species Name
= Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Acacia - - (Atlas Mexico)
Arbol del cuerno - - (Atlas Mexico)
Bullhorn acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Bullhorn wattle - - (BONAP)
Cachito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cachito de toro - - (Atlas Mexico)
Carnizuelo - - (Mexican-American)
Chicorno - - (Atlas Mexico)
Chixcanal - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cornezuelo - - (Mexican-American)
Cortapito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuernecillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuernito - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cuernitos - - (Atlas Mexico)
Cuerno de toro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Espino blanco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guang apix y guana arich - - (Atlas Mexico)
Guisache - - (Atlas Mexico)
Hoitzmamaxali - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hoitzmamazali - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huitzmamaxalli - - (Kay)
Huizache - - (Atlas Mexico)
Iscanal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Izcanal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Piñuela - - (Spanish-Américas)
Puas de piedra (Thorns of stone) - - (Kay)
Subin - - (Atlas Mexico: Yucatán)
Subin-che - - (Atlas Mexico: Yucatán; Maya)
Tepame - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tobem - - (Atlas Mexico: San Luís Potosí)
Tobera k'idh - - (Atlas Mexico: San Luís Potosí)
Torito - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Toritos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tsujpin - - (Atlas Mexico: Puebla)
Velo de novia - - (Mexican-American)
Velo de viuda - - (Mexican-American)
Vinorama - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Waj aptx - - (Atlas Mexico: Oaxaca)
Zubin - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Zubín - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zubinché - - (Spanish-Américas)
Native to Mexico and Central America.

Acacia de las Indias - Acacia farnesiana - (Spanish-Américas)

Acacia de las praderas - Acacia angustissima - (Spanish-Américas)

Acacia del Senegal - Acacia senegal - (Spanish-Américas)

Acacia farnesiana - Acacia farnesiana - (Spanish-Américas)

Acacia farnesiana - (L.) Willd. - Species Name
= Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight et Arn.
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Acacia - - (Mexico)
Acacia de las Indias - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acacia farnesiana - - (Spanish-Américas)
Amarillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aroma - - (Atlas Mexico)
Aromito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aromo - - (Mexico)
Aromo amarillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aromo común - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aromo de agujas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aromo espinoso - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Aromo oloroso - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aromo prieto - - (Spanish-Américas)
Arumbari - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Bayahonda - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bihi - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Binorama - - (Kay)
Cachito de aroma - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cantiriz - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cakilizche - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Cambrón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Carambomba - - (Spanish-Américas)
Carambuco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cascalote - - (Atlas Mexico)
Cashaw - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Cassie - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chapote - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Churqui negro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Colita - - (Atlas Mexico)
Corôa Christi - - (Spanish-Américas)
Coronacris - - (Spanish-Américas)
Coronha - - (Spanish-Américas)
Corteza de curtidora - - (Atlas Mexico)
Cuca - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cují - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuji aromo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuji cimarrón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuntich - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Espina divina o sagrada - - (Atlas Mexico)
Espinillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Espino - - (Spanish-Américas)
Espino blanco - - (Atlas Mexico)
Fiñisachi - - (Spanish-Américas)
Flor de aroma - - (Spanish-Américas)
Flor de niño - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gabia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gavia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Guisache - - (Mexico)
Güisache - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guizache - - (Atlas Mexico)
Guizache yondero - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Hichin - - (Atlas Mexico: Veracruz)
Huechachin (náhuatl) - - (Atlas Mexico: Morelos)
Huichaxin - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache - - (Atlas Mexico: Guerrero; Mexico)
Huisache de semilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache yóndiro - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huitzaxin - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huizache - - (Atlas Mexico)
K'ank'ilixche - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Kankilizche - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Kantiriz - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Kuká - - (Atlas Mexico: Sonora)
Maroma - - (Atlas Mexico)
Matita - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Mimosa - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Nacazcalotl - - (Atlas Mexico: Morelos)
Panthahochoixachin - - (Atlas Mexico: Morelos)
Pedo de burro - - (Atlas Mexico)
Spunge tree - - (Mexico)
Subin - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Subín - - (Spanish-Américas)
Subinche - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Subinché - - (Spanish-Américas)
Subin-che (maya) - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Sweet acacia - - (U.S.A.)
Tataré - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tsurimbíní - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Tsurumbíni - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Tzurembini - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Tzurinbini - - (Atlas Mexico: Michoacán)
Uisatain - - (Spanish-Américas)
Uña de cabra - - (Spanish-Américas)
Vinorama - - (Kay)
Wichachin (náhuatl) - - (Atlas Mexico: Guerrero)
Xemb - - (Atlas Mexico: Oaxaca)
Xhag - - (Atlas Mexico: Oaxaca)
Xkantirish - - (Spanish-Américas)
X'k'ant'ilix - - (Atlas Mexico: Quintana Roo)
Yag guiichi - - (Atlas Mexico: Oaxaca)
Zubin - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Zubín - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zubinche - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Zubinché - - (Spanish-Américas)
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
Synonym
Acacia smallii - Isely - (KEW)

Acacia gomosa - Acacia senegal - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acacia greggii - Gray - Species Name
= Senegalia greggii (Gray) Britton & Rose
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Algarrobo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Black locust - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cat claw - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Catclaw - - (NM)
Catclaw acacia - - (U.S.A.)
Cat's claws - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cimmarón - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Devil's claw - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Gatuña - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Palo chino - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Patito - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Patitos - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Tepame - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tésota - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tis - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Uña de gato - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Uña del gato - - (Kay)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acacia greggii var. arizonica - Isely - (BONAP)
Acacia greggii var. greggii - Gray - (BONAP)

Acacia hindsii - Benth. - Species Name
= Vachellia hindsii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Arbol del cuerno - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cachito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Carretadera - - (Spanish-Américas)
Carretadero - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cornezuelo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuernitos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cutupito - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuerno de toro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Espino blanco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Guascanal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hat-thorn acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hinds acacia - - (?)
Huisache corteño - - (Spanish-Américas)
Huisache costeño - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Iscanal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Iscanal negro - - (EOL)
Ixiconal - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Jarretadera - - (Spanish-Américas)
Piñuela - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zubín - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zubinche - - (Spanish-Américas)

Acacia millefolia - S. Watson - Species Name
= Mariosousa millefolia (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Culuncuahui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Mauto - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milfoil acacia - - (NM)
Milfoil wattle - - (BONAP)
Santa Rita acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tepemezquite blanco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Vera prieta - - (southwest US & Mexico)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Acacia pennatula - (Schlecht. & Cham.) Benth. - Species Name
= Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Algarrobo - - (Atlas Mexico)
Algarrobo espino - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cajui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chírahui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Coqueta - - (Spanish-Américas)
Coquetta - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cucabit - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Cuquet - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Espino - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Espino blanco - - (Atlas Mexico)
Espino de jiote - - (Spanish-Américas)
Feather acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Fernleaf acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Garrobo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Huisache tepame - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Jiote - - (Spanish-Américas)
Palo garrobo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Sierra Madre acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Tepame - - (Atlas Mexico)
Tihuixtle (náhuatl) - - (Atlas Mexico: Guerrero)
Xabxib - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Yepouecha - - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acacia roemeriana - Scheele - Species Name
= Senegalia roemeriana (Scheele) Britton & Rose.
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Palo de arco - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Roemer acacia - - (NM)
Roundflower catclaw - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonym
Acacia malacophylla - Benth. - (BONAP)

Acacia rigudula - Benth. - Species Name
= Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Family Fabaceae
Common Names
Blackbrush acacia - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Catclaw - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Chaparro prieto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Gavia - - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acacia senegal - (L.) Willd. - Species Name
= Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton
Family Fabaceae
Common Name
Acacia - - (Mexico)
Acacia del Senegal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acacia gomosa - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Goma arabe - - (Mexico)
Goma arábiga - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gum arabic - - (BONAP)
Senegal gum - - (EOL)
Synonym
Acacia verek - Guillemin & Perrottet - (?)

Acagualillo - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Acahualillo - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Acalia - Abutilon theophrasti - (Spanish-Américas)

Acalypha - L. - Genus Name
Family Euphorbiaceae
Common Name
Acalypha - - (BONAP)
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, 3 species: - - (BONAP, NM)
Acalypha lindheimeri Muller Argoviensis
(= Lindheimer's copperleaf, Shrubby copperleaf)
Acalypha neomexicana Muller Argoviensis
(= New Mexico copperleaf)
Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell
(= Pineland threeseed mercury, Three-seed mercury)

Acalypha adenostachya - Muell.Arg. - (?) Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha hypogaea - S.Watson - (?) Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha langiana - Muell.-Arg. - (?) Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha lindheimeri - Muell.-Arg. - Species Name
[= Acalypha phleoides, according to Species 2000/ITIS]
Family Euphorbiaceae
Common Names
Cancerisha - - (?)
Hierba del cáncer - - (?)
Shrubby copperleaf - - (BONAP)
Three-Seeded Mercury (3 seeds are indeed found in fruit) - - (?)
Yerba del cancer - - (Moore)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonym
Acalypha lindheimeri var. major - Pax & K. Hoffmann - (BONAP)
See notes.

Acalypha monostachya - Cav. - (?) Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha phleoides - Cav. - (Species 2000/ITIS) Species Name
Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae
Common Names
Copper leaf - - (Mexico)
Hierba del cancer - - (Mexico)
Shrubby copperleaf - - (USDA)
Three-Seeded Mercury (3 seeds are indeed found in fruit) - - (?)
In New Mexico - - (Species 2000/ITIS)
Synonyms
Acalypha lindheimeri - Muell.-Arg. - (Species 2000/ITIS)
Acalypha lindheimeri var. major - Pax & K. Hoffmann - (BONAP)
See notes.

Acalypha septemloba - Muell.-Arg. - (?) Species Name
Family Euphorbiaceae

Acamelt - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)
- Agave atrovirens - (Spanish-Américas)

Acanthaceae - Juss. (1789) - (APG III) Family Name
Lamiales - Bromhead - (APG III) Order Name
Common name
Acanthus family - - (?)
Higher level lineages:
o Lamiidae Takhtajan;
o Garryidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids I = asterids I);
o Gentianidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids or core asterids);
o Asteridae Takhtajan (= asterids);
o Caryophyllales + Asteridae;
o Superasteridae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
In Morelos, medicinal genus Justicia L - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, species of 10 genera: - - (BONAP, New Mexico)
Anisacanthus Nees (= Desert-honeysuckle),
Carlowrightia Gray (= Wrightwort),
Dicliptera Juss. (= Foldwing),
Dyschoriste Nees (= Snakeherb),
Elytraria Michx. (= Scalystem),
Justicia L. (= Water-willow),
Ruellia L. (= Wild petunia),
Siphonoglossa Oerst. (= Tubetongue),
Stenandrium Nees (= Shaggytuft),
Tetramerium Nees (= Tetramerium)
See notes.

Acatl - Arundo donax - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Phragmites australis - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acaxacahuitztli - Cynodon dactylon - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acebo - Berberis fremontii - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acedera - Rumex Acetosa - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Acederaque - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Aceite de Abeto: See notes.

Aceite de comer: See notes.

Aceite de Pale: See notes.

Aceite de la vibora: See notes.

Aceite mexicano: See notes.

Aceitilla - Argemone mexicana - (Spanish-Américas)
- Bidens - (Mexican-American)
- Bidens pilosa - (Mexican-American)

Aceitilla chatay - Bidens pilosa - (Hernandez-Galicia, et al., 2002)

Aceitunillo - Vitex mollis - (Mexican-American)
- Vitex agnus-castus - (Mexican-American)

Acer - L. - Genus Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 3 species: - - (BONAP)
Acer glabrum (= Rocky Mountain maple),
Acer grandidentatum (= Bigtooth maple)
Acer negundo (= Boxelder)
See notes.

Acer glabrum - Torr. - Species Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Rocky Mountain maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 2 varieties: - - (BONAP)
Acer glabrum var. glabrum (= Rocky Mountain maple),
Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum (= New Mexico maple)

Acer glabrum var. glabrum - Torr. - Variety Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Rocky Mountain maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acer glabrum var. tripartitum - (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Pax - (BONAP)
Acer glabrum var. typicum - (Wesmael) Keller - (BONAP)
Acer tripartitum - Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray - (BONAP)

Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum - (Greene) Kearney & Peebles - Variety Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
New Mexico maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acer glabrum ssp. neomexicanum - (Greene) E. Murr. - (BONAP)
Acer glabrum var. parviflorum - E. Murr. - (BONAP)
Acer neomexicanum - Greene - (BONAP)

Acer negundo - L. - Species Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Boxelder - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Acer negundo var. arizonicum - Sarg. - Variety Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Arizona boxelder - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Acer negundo var. interius - (Britt.) Sarg. - Variety Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Boxelder maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acer interius - Britt. - (BONAP)
Acer negundo ssp. interius - (Britt.) A.& D. Love - (BONAP)
Negundo aceroides ssp. interius - (Britt.) A.& D. Love - (BONAP)
Negundo interius - (Britt.) Rydb. - (BONAP)

Acer negundo var. texanum - Pax - Variety Name
Family Aceraceae
Now placed in family Sapindaceae - - (APG III)
Common Name
Ashleaf maple - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonym
Acer negundo ssp. latifolium - (Pax) Schwerin - (BONAP)

Aceraceae - Juss. - (BONAP) Family Name
(Now placed by APG III with Hippocastanaceae A.Rich.
in broader family Sapindaceae)
Sapindales - Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl - (APG III) Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Malvidae W.S. Judd, D.E. Soltis & P.S. Soltis
(= eurosids II = malvids);
o eurosids (= Fabidae + Malvidae);
o Rosidae Takhtajan (= rosids);
o Superrosidae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
In New Mexico, including species of 1 genus: - - (BONAP)
Acer - L. - (BONAP)

Acetillo - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Acetín - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas) Achicoria (= Chicoria) - Taraxacum officinale - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Achicoria amarga (= Chicoria) - Taraxacum officinale - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Achicoria dulce - Sonchus oleraceus - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)
- Sonchus ciliatus - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Achilea - Achillea millefolium - (southwest US & Mexico)

A-chili - Persicaria hydropiper - (southwest US & Mexico)

Achilillo hembra - Persicaria lapathifolia - (Atlas Mexico)

Achillea - L. - Genus Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Yarrow - - (BONAP)
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, 1 species: - - (BONAP, NM)
Achillea millefolium L. (= Common yarrow, Western yarrow)

Achillea millefolium - L. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common names
Abrofia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Achilea - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alcaina - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alcanfor - - (Spanish-Américas)
Alcanforero - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alterraina - - (Spanish-Américas)
Altarreina - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Aquilea - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aquiléia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Artemisa bastarda - - (Spanish-Américas)
Bloodwort - - (ITIS, USDA)
Camomila de los montes - - (Spanish-Américas)
Carpenter's weed - - (ITIS, USDA)
Ciento en rama - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cientoenrama - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Ciprés de invierno - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ciprés de Judea - - (Spanish-Américas)
Ciprés de perla - - (Spanish-Américas)
Colchón de pobre - - (Spanish-Américas)
Common yarrow - - (BONAP, ITIS, U.S.A.)
Erva carpinteira - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva das cortadelas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva de São João - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva do Bom Deus - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva dos carpinteiros - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva dos golpes - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva dos militares - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva dos soldados - - (Spanish-Américas)
Feiteirinha - - (Spanish-Américas)
Feteirinha - - (Spanish-Américas)
Flor de la pluma - - (Spanish-Américas)
Flor de pluma - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Gordoloba - - (USDA)
Herva do carpintero - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba carpintera - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de Aquiles - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de la cortadura - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba de la muela - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba de las cortaduras - - (ITIS, USDA)
Hierba de las heridas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de los carpinteros - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba del carpintero - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba del cortes - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba del soldado - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba meona - - (Spanish-Américas)
Macelão - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mão de Deus - - (Spanish-Américas)
Meona - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mil en rama - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mil hojas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milefolio - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milenrama - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milflor - - (Mexico)
Milfoil - - (European English, ITIS, Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Milfolhada - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milfolio - - (Spanish-Américas)
Milhojas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Millenrama - - (Mexico)
Nosebleed - - (European English, Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Old man - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Pêlo de carneiro - - (Spanish-Américas)
Perla - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pluma de la tierra (feather of the land) - - (Kay)
Plumajillo (little feather) - - (ITIS, Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Plumajo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Prazer das damas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Real de oro - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Salvaçao do mundo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Sereno de invierno - - (Spanish-Américas)
Sneezeweed - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Staunchgrass - - (European English)
Thousand seal - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Tlalquequesal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tlaquequetzal - - (Kay)
Viuda - - (Spanish-Américas)
Western yarrow - - (ITIS, NM, U.S.A.)
Yarrow - - (Mexico, Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Yarrow (common) - - (ITIS)
In New Mexico: - - (BONAP, NM)
Synonyms
Achillea alpicola - Rydberg
Achillea angustissima - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Achillea aspleniifolia - auct. non Vent. - (BONAP)
Achillea eradiata - Piper - (BONAP)
Achillea fusca - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Achillea gracilis - Raf. - (BONAP)
Achillea lanulosa - Nuttall - (BONAP)
Achillea lanulosa subsp. apicola - (Rydberg) Keck - (NM)
Achillea lanulosa subsp. lanulosa - Nuttall - (NM)
Achillea lanulosa subsp. typica - Keck - (NM)
Achillea lanulosa var. alpicola - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Achillea lanulosa var. arachnoidea - Lunell - (BONAP)
Achillea lanulosa var. eradiata - (Piper) M.E. Peck - (BONAP)
Achillea laxiflora - Pollard & Cockerell - (NM)
Achillea millefolium ssp. occidentalis - (DC.) Hyl. - (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium ssp. pallidotegula - Boivin - (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium var. alpicola - (Rydberg) Garrett - (NM)
Achillea millefolium var. aspleniifolia - (Vent.) Farw. - (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium var. fusca - (Rydb.) G.N. Jones- (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium var. gracilis - Raf. ex DC. - (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa - (Nuttall) Piper - (NM)
Achillea millefolium var. rosea - (Desf.) Torr. & Gray - (BONAP)
Achillea millefolium var. russeolata - Boivin - (BONAP)
Achillea occidentalis - (DC.) Raf. ex Rydb. - (BONAP)
Achillea rosea - Desf. - (BONAP)
Achillea subalpina - Greene - (BONAP)
Achillea tomentosa - Pursh, non L. - (BONAP)
See notes.

Achiote - Bixa orellana - (Mexican-American)

Achiotl - Bixa orellana - (Nahuatl)

Achiotillo - Bixa Orellana - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Achuscarris - Arctium lappa - (Spanish-Américas)

Acíbar - Aloe - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Acíbara - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)

Acleisanthes - Gray - Genus Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Name
Trumpets - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Some authors now consider the genus Acleisanthes as
a synonym of the genus Selinocarpus.

Acleisanthes longiflora - Gray - Species Name
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common Names
Angel's trumpets - - (BONAP)
Yerba del a Rabia - - (herbarium sheet by Dr. Gregg)
Yerba Santa - - (herbarium sheet by Dr. Gregg)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Some authors now consider the genus Acleisanthes as
a synonym of the genus Selinocarpus.

Acocohxihuitl - Bidens - (Mexican-American)
- Bidens pilosa - (Mexican-American)

Aconite - Aconitum tragoctonum - (Mexico)

Aconito - Aconitum tragoctonum - (Mexico)

Acónito - Aconitum Napellus - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Aconitum - L. - Genus Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Name
Monkshood - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Aconitum columbianum - Nutt. - Species Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Names
Aconite - - (Moore)
Columbian monkshood - - (BONAP)
Monk's-hood - - (NM)
Western aconite - - (Moore)
Western monkshood - - (Moore)
In New Mexico, including 1 subspecies: - - (BONAP)
Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum Nutt. (= Monk's-hood)

Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum - Nutt. - Subspecies Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Names
Aconite - - (Moore)
Columbian monkshood - - (BONAP)
Monk's-hood - - (NM)
Western aconite - - (Moore)
Western monkshood - - (Moore)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Aconitum columbianum var. bakeri - (Greene) Harrington - (BONAP)
Aconitum columbianum var. ochroleucum - A. Nels. - (BONAP)
Aconitum columbianum ssp. pallidum - Piper - (BONAP)
Aconitum geranioides - auct. p.p. non Greene - (BONAP)
Aconitum leibergii - auct. p.p. non Greene - (BONAP)
Aconitum mogollonicum - auct. p.p. non Greene - (BONAP)

Aconitum tragoctonum - (?) - Species Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Names
Aconite - - (Mexico)
Aconito - - (Mexico)
Acónito - - (Plantas, Cultura y Sociedad)
Goats bane - - (Mexico)

Acoraceae - Martynov - (APG III) Family Name
(Acoraceae J.G. Agardh, according to Delta)
Acorales - Link - (APG III) Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Monocotyledoneae de Candolle (= monocots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
Family not in New Mexico, but species of its single genus widely used in folk medicine:
Acorus - L. - (BONAP)

Acorn squash - Cucurbita maxima - (southwest US & Mexico)

Acoro - Acorus calamus - (Mexico)

Acorus - L. - (BONAP: Genus Name)
Family Acoraceae
Common Name
Sweetflag - - (BONAP)

Acorus americanus - (Raf.) Raf. - Species Name
Family Acoraceae
Common Name
Sweetflag - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Acorus calamus - auct. non L. - (BONAP)
Acorus calamus var. americanus - (Raf.) H.D. Wulff. - (BONAP)
See notes.

Acorus calamus - L. - Species Name
Family Acoraceae
Common Names
Acoro - - (Mexico)
Calamus - - (Mexico, U.S.A.)
Calamo aromatico - - (Mexico)
Sweet flag - - (Mexico, U.S.A.)
See notes.

Acrocomia - Mart. - Genus Name
Family Arecaceae

Acrocomia aculeata - (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart. - Species Name
[= Acrocomia mexicana Kar. ex Mart.]
Family Arecaceae

Acsoyate - Abies religiosa - (Spanish-Américas)

Actaea - L. - (BONAP: Genus Name)
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Name
Baneberry - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Actaea rubra - (Ait.) Willd. - Species Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Names
Red baneberry - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Actaea rubra ssp. arguta - (Nutt.) Hulten - Subspecies Name
Family Ranunculaceae
Common Names
Baneberry - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cohosh - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Red baneberry - - (BONAP)
Yerba del peco - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Actaea arguta - Nutt. - (BONAP)
Actaea arguta var. viridiflora - (Greene) Tidestrom - (BONAP)
Actaea rubra var. arguta - (Nutt.) Lawson - (BONAP)
Actaea spicata var. arguta - (Nutt.) Torr. - (BONAP)

Acuyo - Piper sp. - (Moore)

Acxoyate - Abies religiosa - (Spanish-Américas)

Acxoyatic - Ipomoea muricata - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Acxoyatl - Abies religiosa - (southwest US & Mexico)

Adam's needle (= Palmilla) - Yucca baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca baccata var. baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca glauca - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Adam's thread and needle (= Palmilla) - Yucca baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca baccata var. baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca glauca - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Adelfilla - Asclepias curassavica - (Atlas Mexico)

Adiantaceae - Newman - Family Name
(adiantoids, including Adiantum + sometimes vittarioids)
Often placed in family Pteridaceae.
Polypodiales - Link - Order Name
Common Name
Maidenhair ferns - - (?)
In New Mexico, including 1 genus: - - (BONAP)
Adiantum L. (= Maidenhair fern)
In New Mexico, defined more broadly to include 9 genera: - - (NM)
Adiantum L. (= Maidenhair fern),
Argyrochosma (Sm.) Windham (= Cliffbrake, Cloak-fern),
Astrolepis D.M.Benham & Windham (= Cloak-fern),
Bommeria Fourn. (= Bommeria fern),
Cheilanthes Sw. (= Lipfern),
Cryptogramma R. Br. (= Rockbrake),
Notholaena R. Br. (= Cloak fern),
Pellaea Link (= Cliffbrake), and
Pentagramma Yatskievych, Windham & Wollenweber (= Goldfern)

Adianto - Asplenium trichomanes - (Spanish-Américas)

Adiantum - L. - Genus Name
Family Pteridaceae
Polypodiales - Schimp. - Order Name
Common name
Maidenhair fern - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 1 species: - - (NM)
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
(= Southern maiden-hair).

Adiantum capillus-veneris - L. - Species Name
Family Pteridaceae
Common Names
Adianto - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Arañuela - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Avenca - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Black maiden's hair - - (northern U.S.A.)
Cabellos de Venus - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Capilaria - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Common maidenhair - - (BONAP, ITIS)
Common maidenhair fern - - (ITIS)
Culandrillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Culantrillo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Culantrillo de ojo de agua - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Culantrillo de pozo - - (Elsa Campos)
Dudder-grass - - (northern U.S.A.)
Helecho - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Helecho de culantrillo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Lady's hair - - (northern U.S.A.)
Maidenhair fern - - (Elsa Campos)
Southern maidenhair - - (southwest US & Mexico)
True maiden's hair - - (northern U.S.A.)
Venus hairfern - - (ITIS)
Venus-hair fern - - (northern U.S.A.)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. modestum - (Underwood) Fern. - (BONAP)
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. protrusum - Fern. - (BONAP)
Adiantum modestum - Underwood - (BONAP)

Adiantum pedatum - L. - Species Name
Family Pteridaceae
(Adiantaceae, according to KEW)
Common Names
Culantrillo del pozo - - (Mexico)
Lock-hair fern - - (northern U.S.A.)
Maidenfern - - (ITIS)
Maidenhair - - (ITIS)
Maiden-hair - - (northern U.S.A.)
Maidenhair fern - - (ITIS, Mexico)
Northern maidenhair - - (ITIS, U.S.A.)

Adiantum tenerum - Sw. - Species Name
Family Pteridaceae
Common Names
Fan maidenhair - - (ITIS)

Adiantum trapeziforme - L. - Species Name
[= Adiantum trapeciforme]
Family Pteridaceae
Common Name
Diamond maidenhair - - (ITIS)
Tlaquequétzal - - (Kay: Nahuatl)

Adormidera - Argemone mexicana - (Spanish-Américas)
- Papaver rhoeas - (Mexican-American)

Adormidera espinosa - Argemone mexicana - (Spanish-Américas)

Adormideras - Papaver somniferum - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Adoxa - L. - Genus Name
Family Adoxaceae
Common Name
Adoxa - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico

Adoxa moschatellina - L. - Species Name
Family Adoxaceae
Common Name
Muskroot - - (BONAP)
Known as a medicinal elsewhere.
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Adoxaceae - E.Mey. - (APG III) Family Name
(Adoxaceae Trautv., according to Delta)
Dipsacales - Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl - (APG III) Order Name
Common Name
Adoxa or Muskroot family - - (BONAP)
Higher level lineages:
o Dipsapiidae D. C. Tank & M. J. Donoghue (2010);
o Apiidae M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino;
o Campanulidae M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino
(euasterids II = asterids II = campanulids);
o Gentianidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids or core asterids);
o Asteridae Takhtajan (= asterids);
o Caryophyllales + Asteridae;
o Superasteridae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes = vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
(land plants).
Family in New Mexico, including 2 genera:
Adoxa - L. - (BONAP)
Sambucus - L. - (BONAP)

Adrue - Cyperus articulatus - (Grieve)

Aegilops - L. - Genus Name
Family Poaceae
Common Name
Goatgrass - - (BONAP) In New Mexico
See notes.

Agalinis - Raf. - Genus Name
Family Orobanchaceae
Common Name
False foxglove - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Agalinis tenuifolia - (Vahl) Raf. - Species Name
Family Orobanchaceae
Common Name
Slenderleaf false foxglove - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
See notes.

Agalinis tenuifolia var. parviflora - (Nutt.) Pennell - Variety Name
Family Orobanchaceae
Common Name
Slenderleaf false foxglove - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Gerardia tenuifolia var. parviflora - Nutt. - (BONAP)
Gerardia tenuifolia ssp. parviflora - (Nutt.) Pennell - (BONAP)
See notes.

Agallas de Lavante: See notes.

Agarico blanco: See notes.

Agarico yesca - Boletus igniarius - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)
- Boletus fomentarius - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Agastache - Clayton ex Gronov. - Genus Name
Family Lamiaceae
Common Name
Giant hyssop - - (BONAP)
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, 8 species - - (BONAP)
and 8 subspecies or varieties.
Agastache breviflora (Gray) Epling
(= TransPecos giant hyssop),
Agastache cana (Hook.) Woot. & Standl.
(= Mosquito plant),
Agastache mearnsii Woot. & Standl.
(= San Luis Mountain giant hyssop),
Agastache micrantha (Gray) Woot. & Standl.
(= White giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora (Heller) Rydb.
(= Bill Williams' Mountain giant hyssop),
Agastache pringlei (Briq.) Lint & Epling
(= Pringle's giant hyssop),
Agastache rupestris (Greene) Standl.
(= Threadleaf giant hyssop), and
Agastache wrightii (Greenm.) Woot. & Standl.
(= Sonoran giant hyssop).
Subspecies or varieties:
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. pallidiflora var. gilensis R.W. Sanders
(= Bill Williams' Mountain giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. pallidiflora var. greenei (Briq.) R.W. Sanders
(= Greene's giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. havardii (Gray) R.W. Sanders
(= Havard's giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana (Briq.) Lint & Epling
(= New Mexican giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders
(= New Mexican giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. pallidiflora (Heller) Rydb.
(= Pallid flower giant hyssop),
Agastache pallidiflora ssp. pallidiflora var. pallidiflora (Heller) Rydb.
(= Pallid flower giant hyssop), and
Agastache pringlei var. verticillata (Woot. & Standl.) R.W. Sanders
(= Pringle's giant hyssop).

Agastache mexicana - ? - (?)
Family Lamiaceae
Common Name
Tlalamatl - - (Kay)
Toronjil - - (Kay, Mexico)

Agastache palmeri - (B.L.Rob.) Lint & Epling - (?)
[= Agastache palmeri (B.L.Rob.) Standl.]
Family Lamiaceae
Common Name
Betónica - - (San Luis Potosí)

Agauja - Arctostaphylos pungens - (Spanish-Américas)
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - (Spanish-Américas)

Agavaceae - Dumort. - Family Name
[Usually including plants in the once named families
Anemarrhenaceae Conran, M.W. Chase & Rudall,
Anthericaceae J.Agardh,
Behniaceae Conran, M.W. Chase & Rudall,
and Herreriaceae Endl.
Agavaceae is more recently and optionally placed
by APG III within the larger family Asparagaceae Juss.
of higher asparagoids, also including the other families
Aphyllanthaceae Burnett,
Hesperocallidaceae Traub,
Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh,
Laxmanniaceae Bubani,
Ruscaceae Spreng., and
Themidaceae Salisb.]
Asparagales - Link - (APG III) Order Name
[= Asparagales Bromhead (= asparagoids)]
Common Name
Agave family - - (NM)
Higher level lineages:
o rest of the core monocots
other than those in the family Petrosaviaceae Hutch.;
o core monocots;
o Nartheciidae S.W. Graham & W.S. Judd
o Monocotyledoneae de Candolle (= monocots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
In Morelos - - (Atlas Mexico)
In New Mexico, species of 4 genera: - - (NM)
Agave L. (= Agave),
Echeandia Ortega (= Echeandia),
Leucocrinum Nutt. ex Gray (= Starlily),
Yucca L. (= Yucca).
See notes.

Agave - L. - Genus Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
[Species of the closely related genera Manfreda Salisb., Polianthes L.,
and Prochnyanthes S. Watson (none in New Mexico) are sometimes
assigned to Agave (due to limited molecular studies indicating that
Agave is paraphyletic to Manfreda, Polianthes, and Prochnyanthes).]
Common Names
Agave - - (BONAP)
Century plant - - (Kay)
Maguey - - (Mexico)
In New Mexico, 5 species: - - (NM)
Agave gracilipes Trel.
(= Slimfoot agave, Slimfoot century plant),
Agave lechuguilla Torr.
(= Lechuguilla),
Agave palmeri Engelm.
(= Palmer's agave, Palmer's century plant),
Agave parryi var. neomexicana (Woot. & Standl.) Ullrich
(New Mexico agave),
Agave parryi var. parryi Engelm.
(= Parry's agave),
Agave schottii Engelm.
(= Schott's agave, Schott's century plant),
See notes.

Agave - Agave americana - (Mexico)
- Agave guttata - (Mexico)

Agave americana - L. - Species Name
[= Agave americana var. americana = Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelmann ex Trelease (included in EthnobotDB)]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Abecedaria - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acamelt - - (Spanish-Américas)
Acíbara - - (Spanish-Américas)
Agave - - (Mexico)
Agave americana - - (Spanish-Américas)
Aloe dos cem anos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Áloe de cien años - - (Spanish-Américas)
American Agave - - (ITIS)
American Aloe - - (?)
American Century Plant - - (ITIS)
Azabara - - (Spanish-Américas)
Azul champagra - - (Spanish-Américas)
Babosa brava - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cabuyal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Calamaco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Caraguatá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cardal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cardo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cardón - - (Spanish-Américas)
Century plant - - (Mexico, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia)
Centuryplant - - (ITIS)
Champa - - (Spanish-Américas)
Champagra azul - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cháguar - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chuchau - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocú - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocuí - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocuy - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocuyo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocuisa - - (Spanish-Américas)
Fique - - (Spanish-Américas)
Garabatá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Henequén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Jeniquén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey - - (Spanish-Américas, Mexico)
Maguey amarillo - - (Kay)
Maguey americano - - (ITIS)
Maguey arroqueño - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey blanco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey chichimeco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey chino - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey de mezcal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey de pulque - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey fino - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey meco - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mecoztli - - (Kay)
Mescal - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Metl - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Mezcal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Motua - - (Spanish-Américas)
Nequén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Penca - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pita - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pita americana - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pita común - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pita maguey - - (Spanish-Américas)
Piteira - - (Spanish-Américas)
Piteira brava - - (Spanish-Américas)
Piteira de boi - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pitera - - (Spanish-Américas)
Teometl - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
See notes.
See notes.

Agave americana - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)

Agave americana ssp. protamericana - Gentry - Subspecies Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common name
American century plant - - (BONAP)

Agave angustifolia - Haw. - (ITIS) Species Name
[= Agave kirchneriana A. Berger]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common Names
Bacanora - - (southern Sonora)
Bacanora agave - - (southern Sonora)
Century plant - - (ITIS)
Ixtle manso - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey africano - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Mescal casero - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Mescal del monte - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey delgado - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey espadín - - (ITIS)
Mezcal - - (southern Sonora)
Pita-ci - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Zapupe fuerta - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)

Agave atrovirens - Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Species Name
[= Agave latissima Jacobi]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Acamelt - - (Spanish-Américas)
Amole - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey - - (Spanish-Américas, Kay, BONAP, ITIS, Mexico)
Maguey de aguamiel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey de montaña - - (ITIS)
Maguey de pulque - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey del cumbre - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey javalin - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey manso - - (Spanish-Américas)
Metl - - (Kay, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Pita fina - - (Spanish-Américas)
Teomel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tepeme - - (Mexico, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Tlacamel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tlacametl - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Tobalá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tuah - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)

Agave fourcroydes - Lem. - Species Name
[= Agave sullivani Trelease]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common Names
Kí - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Yucatán)
Sac-ci - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Sak-ki - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Yucatán)
White henequen - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia)
Yucatan sisal - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia)

Agave gracilipes - Trel. - Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae) - - (APG III)
Common names
Maguey de pastizal - - (?)
Slimfoot agave - - (NM)
Slimfoot century plant - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico

Agave guttata - Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - (PSORG) Species Name
[= Manfreda guttata (Jacobi & C.D.Bouché) Rose (= Agave commutata)
= Polianthes guttata (Jacobi & C.D.Bouché) Shinners from IPNI]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Agave - - (Mexico)
Amole - - (Mexico)
Apintle - - (Spanish-Américas)
According to KEW, the genus Manfreda Salisb. = Agave L.

Agave lechuguilla - Torr. - Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae) - - (APG II)
Common names
Agave lechuguilla - - (?)
Lecheguilla - - (Spanish-Américas)
Lechuguilla - - (BONAP, Spanish-Américas)
Maguey lechuguilla - - (Spanish-Américas)
In New Mexico
Synonym
Agave lophantha var. poselgeri - (Salm-Dyck) Berger - (BONAP)

Agave mapisaga - Trelease - (?) Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common name
Carrizo - - (?)

Agavepalo - Tillandsia recurvata - (Spanish-Américas) Agave schottii - Engelm. - Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Amole - - (Spanish-Américas)
Schott's agave - - (NM)
Schott's century plant - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico

Agave salmiana - Otto ex Salm-Dyck - (?) Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Maguey blando of Mexico - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia)
Maguey cimarrón - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey de aguamiel - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Guatemala)
Maguey de pulque - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey manso - - (Spanish-Américas, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Pita fina - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Guatemala)
Pulque agave - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Tlacamel - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tlacametl - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Agave salmiana of Mexico is the most important species used in production of both pulque and tequila. - - (C. Ratsch)

Agave salmiana var. salmiana - Otto ex Salm-Dyck - Variety Name
[= Agave compluviata Trelease (included in EthnobotDB)]
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common Name
Maguey verde - - (Spanish-Américas)
Manso - - (?)

Agave sp. - ? - (?)
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae) - - (APG III)
Common Name
Cabuya - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cabuyo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Caragra - - (Spanish-Américas)
Caraguatá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Caruata - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocui - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cocuisa - - (Spanish-Américas)
Curaguata - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chaguar - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chaguarguero - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chuchao - - (Spanish-Américas)
Garavatá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Henequén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Jeniquén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mercal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mezcal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Nequén - - (Spanish-Américas)
Pita - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zapupe - - (Spanish-Américas)
Zoyate - - (Spanish-Américas)

Agave spp. - ? - (?)
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae) - - (APG III)
Common Name
Cabuya - - (Spanish-Américas)
Fique - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey - - (Spanish-Américas)

Agave tequilana - A. Weber - Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)
Common names
Bermejo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chato - - (Spanish-Américas)
Chino azul - - (Spanish-Américas, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Chino bermejo - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Jarcia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey - - (Spanish-Américas)
Maguey azul - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Maguey de tequila - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mano larga - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Mescal - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mezcal azul - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mezcal azul tequilero - - (ITIS)
Mezcal chino azul - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mescal de tequila - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Guatemala)
Pato de mula - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Pié de mula - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Tequila - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tequila agave - - (ITIS)
Tequila mescal - - (Mansfeld's Encyclopedia-Mexico)
Zapalote - - (Spanish-Américas)

Agave weberi - Cels ex Poisson - Species Name
Family Asparagaceae (including Agavaceae)

Agenjo (= Estafiate) - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Agenjo del pais (= Estafiate) - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Agenjo oficinal (= Estafiate) - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana (= Artemisia mexicana) - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Agracejina - Berberis vulgaris - (southwest US & Mexico)

Agracejo (= Oregon) - Berberis fremontii - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Berberis repens - (Mexico)
- Berberis vulgaris - (Mexico)

Agracejo de España - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Agracejo de Europa - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Agracillo - Berberis vulgaris - (southwest US & Mexico)

Agramonia - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Mexico)
- Eupatoria - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Agrarista - Cynodon dactylon - (southwest US & Mexico)

Agraz - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Agrazón - Berberis vulgaris - (southwest US & Mexico)

Agrecillo - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Agriar - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Agriaz - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Agrimoña - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Spanish-Américas)

Agrimonia - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Mexico, Spanish-Américas)

Agrimonia - L. - Genus Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Agrimony - - (BONAP)
Burhead - - (NM)
In New Mexico, 2 species: - - (BONAP)
Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr. (= Tall hairy agrimony) and
Agrimonia striata Michx. (= Roadside agrimony).

Agrimonia eupatoria - L. - Species Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Agramonia - - (Mexico)
Agrimoña - - (Spanish-Américas)
Agrimonia - - (Mexico, Spanish-Américas)
Agrimony - - (Mexico)
Algafete - - (Spanish-Américas)
Algafil - - (Spanish-Américas)
Algafite - - (Spanish-Américas)
Amoricos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Churchsteeples - - (BONAP)
Ciento en rama - - (Mexico)
Cientoenrama - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cockleburr - - (Mexico)
Erva agrimónia - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva eupatória - - (Spanish-Américas)
Erva hepática - - (Spanish-Américas)
Eupatoria dos griegos - - (Spanish-Américas)
Eupatorio - - (Spanish-Américas)
Gafetí - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba de San Guillermo - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hierba del podador - - (Spanish-Américas)
Mermasangre - - (Spanish-Américas)

Agrimonia gryposepala - Wallr. - Species Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Hairy burhead - - (NM)
Tall hairy agrimony - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico

Agrimonia striata - Michx. - Species Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Roadside agrimony - - (BONAP)
Woodland burhead - - (NM)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Agrimonia brittonia - Bicknell - (NM)
Agrimonia brittonia var. occidentalis - Bicknell - (NM)

Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Mexico)

Agrión - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Agrito - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Agropyron - Gaertn. - Genus Name
Family Poaceae
[Some species in New Mexico called Couch-grass,
Quackgrass or Quitch-grass (e.g., Agropyron repens
(L.) Beauv. = Elytrigia repens var. repens)
now assigned to the genus Elytrigia.]
Common Name
Wheatgrass - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Agua miel, Aguamiel (translated "honey water"),
or Metl ("Agave juice"):
See notes.

Agua piedra: See notes.

Aguacate - Persia americana - (Mexican-American)
- Persia gratissima - (Mexican-American, AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Aguacate olorosa - Persea drymifolia - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Aguacate cimarron - Persea amplexicaulis - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Aguapa - Typha latifolia - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Aguatosa - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Aguavilla - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - (Spanish-Américas)

Ahala - Malva parviflora - (Atlas Mexico)

Ahiya - Guazuma tomentosa - (Nahuatl)
- Guazuma ulmifolia - (Nahuatl)

Ahuacate - Persia americana - (Nahuatl)
- Persia gratissima - (Mexican-American)

Ahuacatl - Persia americana - (En Nahuatl)

Ahuehuete - Taxodium mucronatum - (Mexican-American)

Ahuehuetl - Taxodium mucronatum - (Nahuatl)

Ahuilote - Vitex mollis - (Mexican-American)
- Vitex agnus-castus - (Mexican-American)

Ahuyama - Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Ailé - Alnus arguta - (Stuart)

Ajalote (= Guajalote, tiger salamander) - Ambystoma tigrinum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Ajamete - Asclepias subulata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Ajenjo - Artemisia absinthium - (Mexico)
- Artemisia franserioides - (Mexican-American)
- Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (Northwestern New Spain)
- Artemisia vulgaris - (Mexico)

Ajenjo del pais - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (Northwestern New Spain)

Ajeno del Pais - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (EB 54(4): 427–438,2000)

Ajicillo - Persicaria punctata - (Spanish-Américas)

Ají de culebra - Rivina humilis - (Spanish-Américas)

Ají turco - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Ajo (= Garlic) - Allium sativum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley, Galisteo)
- Cyperus rotundus - (Spanish-Américas)

Alach - Anoda cristata - (?)

Alache - Anoda cristata - (Guerrero)

Alachi - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alacran - Plumbago - (Mexican-American)
- Plumbago pulchella - (Mexican-American)
- Plumbago scandens - (Mexican-American)
Genus Plumbago not native in New Mexico.

Àlamo - Platanus lindeliana - (Stuart)
- Populus - (Mexican-American)
- Populus alba - (Mexican-American)
- Populus angustifolia - (Mexican-American)
- Populus balsamifera - (Spanish-Américas)
- Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni - (Mexican-American)
- Populus fremontii - (Moore, Spanish-Américas)
- Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo argentino - Populus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo boleana - Populus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo blanco - Alnus acuminata - (Mexican-American)
- Betula pubescens - (Mexican-American)
- Populus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

álamo canelo - Platanus lindeliana - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo carolino - Populus deltoides - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo criollo - Populus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo de hoja redonda - Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Àlamo de la Carolina - Populus deltoides - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo de la hoja redonda - Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni - (Galisteo)

Àlamo de Lombardía - Populus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo negro - Populus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Àlamo sauco - Populus angustifolia - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Àlamo temblón - Populus tremuloides - (Spanish-Américas)

Alamillo - Populus tremuloides - (Spanish-Américas)

Alanche - Anoda cristata - (Veracruz)

Alarguez - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Albaca - Ocimum basilicum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Albacar - Ocimum basilicum - (EB 54(4): 427–438,2000; Mexican-American)
- Ocimum spp. - (Mexican-American)

Albacaron - Ocimum basilicum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Albahaca - Celosia virgata - (BONAP)
- Ocimum basilicum - (Mexican-American)
- Ocimum spp. - (Mexican-American)

Albahacar - Ocimum basilicum - (Mexican-American)
- Ocimum spp. - (Mexican-American)

Albaricoque - Prunus armeniaca - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alboheza - Malva sylvestris - (Spanish-Américas)

Albohol - Polygonum aviculare - (Spanish-Américas)

Albohol de Castilla - Polygonum aviculare - (Spanish-Américas)

Alcachofa - Cynara scolymus - (Mexican-American)

Alcaina - Achillea millefolium - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alcalia - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Alcancer (= Cancerina) - Cuphea - (Mexican-American)
- Cuphea aequipetala - (Mexican-American)
- Cuphea jorullensis - (Mexican-American)
- Hippocratea excelsa (= Hemiagium excelsum) - (Mexican-American)

Alcanfor (= Camphor) - Achillea millefolium - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cinnamomum camphora - (Mexican-American)

Alcanforero - Achillea millefolium - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alcayota - Cucurbita ficifolia - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cucurbita maxima - (Spanish-Américas)

Alcayota común - Cucurbita ficifolia - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alchemilla - L. - Genus Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Lady's mantle - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 1 species: - - (NM)
Alchemilla vulgaris Linnaeus (= Lady's mantle)

Alchemilla vulgaris - Linnaeus - Species Name
Family Rosaceae
Common Name
Lady's mantle - - (NM)
Thinstem lady's mantle - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Alchemilla filicaulis Buser - (NM)
Alchemilla filicaulis ssp. vestita (Buser) M.E. Bradshaw - (NM)
Alchemilla minor Huds. - (NM)
Alchemilla monticola Opiz - (NM)
Alchemilla vestita (Buser) Raunk. - (NM)
Alchemilla vulgaris var. vestita (Buser) Murb. - (NM)
See notes.

Alcibar - Aloe socotrina - (Mexico)

Alder - Alnus rubra - (Mexico)

Alehoof - Glechoma hederacea - (Elsa Campos)

Alegria - Amaranthus cruentus - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Amaranthus spp. - (Mexican-American)

Alelaila - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Alelí - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)
Alerce balsámico del Canadá - Abies balsamea - (Spanish-Américas)

Alfalfa - Medicago sativa - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alfalfon - Melilotus alba - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alfambrilla - Abronia fragrans - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Abronia maritima - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alfarín - Phalaris minor - (Spanish-Américas)

Alficaz - Cucurbita foetidissima - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alfileria - Erodium cicutarium - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alfilerillo - Erodium cicutarium - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alfombrilla - Abronia maritima - (southwest US & Mexico)

Algafete - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Spanish-Américas)

Algafil - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Spanish-Américas)

Algafite - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Spanish-Américas)

Algalia - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)
- Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Algarrobo - Acacia greggii - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Acacia pennatula - (Atlas Mexico)

Algarrobo espino - Acacia pennatula - (southwest US & Mexico)

Algerita - Berberis fremontii - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Berberis haematocarpa - (southwest US & Mexico)

Algodón bulboso - Asclepias tuberosa - (southwest US & Mexico)

Algodoncillo - Asclepias curassavica - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Asclepias linaria - (Atlas Mexico)

Alguese - Berberis vulgaris - (Spanish-Américas)

Alhelí - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Alhucema (= Lavender) - Lavandula angustifolia - (Mexican-American)
- Lavandula latifolia - (Elsa Campos)
- Lavandula spica - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Lavandula spp. - (Mexican-American)
- Lavandula vera - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alhusema (= Lavender) - Lavandula spp. - (Mexican-American)

Alicochis (=? Pitajaya) - Echinocereus paucispinus (?) - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alilaila - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Aliso - Alnus glutinosa - (Spanish-Américas)
- Alnus rubra - (Mexico)
- Alnus serrulata - (Spanish-Américas)

Alkanet - Anchusa officinalis - (Mexico)

Alligator pear - Persia americana - (Elsa Campos)

Alliaceae - Batsch ex. Borkh. - Family Name
[Now inappropriately still placed by certain authors
in Liliaceae Juss., which belongs to a different order.]
[The previously defined families Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae,
and Agapanthaceae F. Voigt have been optionally placed by
APG III in the broader family Amaryllidaceae J. St.-Hil.
of higher asparagoids.]
Asparagales - Link - (APG III) Order Name
[= Asparagales Bromhead (= asparagoids)]
Common Name
Onion family - - (NM)
Higher level lineages:
o rest of the core monocots
other than those in the family Petrosaviaceae Hutch.;
o core monocots;
o Nartheciidae S.W. Graham & W.S. Judd
o Monocotyledoneae de Candolle (= monocots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
If not included within Amaryllidaceae,
the family Alliaceae in New Mexico comprises 2 genera:
Allium L. (= Onion),
Nothoscordum Kunth (= False-garlic)
If Alliaceae is included within Amaryllidaceae, this family
in New Mexico comprises the above 2 genera plus
Zephyranthes Herbert (= Fairy-lily, Rain-lily, Zephyr-lily).
Family Agapanthaceae (sometimes also placed within Amaryllidaceae)
is not in North America but can be found only in South Africa.
The genera Androstephium, Dichelostemma, and Milla
(placed in Liliaceae by some authors) are now placed in the family
Themidaceae Salisb. or the more broadly defined family Asparagaceae s.l.

Alligator pear - Persea gratissima - (AJP1885-Mexico-1)

Allium - L. - Genus Name
Family Amaryllidaceae (including Alliaceae)
Common name
Onion - - (U.S.A.)
Garlic - - (U.S.A.)
Wild onion - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 13 species:
Allium acuminatum Hook. (= Tapertip onion),
Allium bigelovii S. Wats. (= Bigelow's onion),
Allium bisceptrum S. Wats. (= Aspen onion, Twincrest onion),
Allium cernuum Roth (= Nodding onion),
Allium drummondii Regel (= Drummond's onion),
Allium geyeri var. geyeri S. Wats. (= Geyer's onion),
Allium geyeri var. tenerum M.E. Jones (= Bulbil onion, Geyer's onion),
Allium gooddingii Ownbey (= Goodding's onion),
Allium kunthii G. Don (= Kunth's onion),
Allium macropetalum Rydb. (= Arizona onion, Largeflower wild onion),
Allium perdulce var. perdulce S.V. Fraser (= Plains onion),
Allium rhizomatum Wooton & Standley (= New Mexico onion), and
Allium textile A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr. (= Textile onion, White wild onion).
Wild onions have sometimes been dangerously confused with
species of the often poisonous genus Zygadenus = Zigadenus Michx.
(Death Camas) of family Melanthiaceae (order Liliales).

Allium cepa - L. - Species Name
Family Amaryllidaceae (including Alliaceae)
Common Name
Cebolla - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Garden onion - - (BONAP, Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Onion - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)

Allium cernuum - Roth - Species Name
Family Amaryllidaceae (including Alliaceae)
Common Name
Blue dick - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cebollita del campo - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cacomite - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Cluster lily - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Grassnut - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Nodding onion - - (BONAP)
Saitas - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Spanish lily - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Wild onion - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Allium cernuum var. obtusum - Cockerell ex MacBride - (NM)
Allium natans - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Allium recurvatum - Rydb. - (BONAP)

Allium sativum - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Alliaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Ajo - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley, Galisteo)
Cultivated garlic - - (BONAP)
Garlic - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Allium spp. (~= Allium cepa) - ? - (?)
Family Alliaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Cebolla - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Garden onion - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Onion - - (Kay)

Almaciga de sabina (= Juniper pitch): See notes.

Almendra de tierra - Cyperus rotundus - (EB 174 540-560,2015)

Almis - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Atlas Mexico)

Almizcle - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Almizcle vegetal - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Almizclillo - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Almorranera - Nicotiana glauca - (Spanish-Américas)

Alnus - P. Mill. - Genus Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alder - - (BONAP)
Yaga - - (Spanish-Américas)
In New Mexico, 2 species: - - (BONAP)
Alnus incana (Linnaeus) Moench (= Mountain alder) and
Alnus oblongifolia Torrey (= Arizona alder)

Alnus acuminata - Kunth - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Names
Abedul - - (Mexican-American)
Àlamo blanco - - (Mexican-American)
Alder - - (BONAP)
Aylin - - (Nahuatl)
Tepeylin - - (Nahuatl)

Alnus glutinosa - (L.) Gaertn. - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Names
Aliso - - (Spanish-Américas)
European alder - - (BONAP)
Rubia menor - - (Spanish-Américas)

Alnus incana - (L.) Moench - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Mountain alder - - (BONAP)
Tag alder - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
In New Mexico, 1 subspecies: - - (BONAP)
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
(= Thinleaf alder).

Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - (Nutt.) Breitung - Subspecies Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Mountain alder - - (NM)
Thinleaf alder - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Alnus incana var. occidentalis - (Dippel) C.L. Hitchc. - (BONAP)
Alnus incana var. virescens - S. Wats. - (BONAP)
Alnus X purpusii - Callier - (BONAP)
Alnus tenuifolia - Nutt. - (BONAP)

Alnus oblongifolia - Torr. - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Arizona alder - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Alnus rubra - Bong. - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alder - - (Mexico)
Aliso - - (Mexico)
Red alder - - (BONAP)

Alnus serrulata - (Ait.) Willd. - Species Name
Family Betulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Aliso - - (Spanish-Américas)
Hazel alder - - (BONAP)

Aloaceae - Batsch - (Old Family Name)
Now placed in family Asphodelaceae. - - (APG II)

Aloe - Aloe vera - (Kay)

Aloe - L. - (KEW: Genus Name)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Widely cultivated but not native to New Mexico.

Aloe arborescens - Miller - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Candelabra aloe - - (BONAP)

áloe de cien años - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)

Aloe dos cem anos - Agave americana - (Spanish-Américas)

Aloe ferox - Miller - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Cape aloe - - (BONAP)

Aloe perryi - Baker - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Perry's aloe - - (BONAP)

Aloe socotrina - ? - (?: Species Name)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Alcibar - - (Mexico)
Aloe vera - - (Mexico)
Savila - - (Mexico)

Aloe vera - Aloe mexicana (?) - (Mexican-American)
- Aloe socotrina (?) - (Mexico)
- Aloe vera - (Kay)

Aloe vera - (L.) Burm. f. - (BONAP: Species Name)
(= Aloe barbadensis P. Mill.)
(= Aloe vulgaris Lam.)
Family Asphodelaceae - - (APG II)
Common Name
Barbados aloe - - (BONAP)

Alomia - Kunth - (KEW: Genus Name)
In Morelos, Mexico - - (?)
Family Asteraceae - - (?)
Common Name
Aloe - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Aloe vera - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Aloe yacapichtlense - - (Kay)
Medicina repelente - - (Kay)
Tlailochtia - - (Kay)
Sabila - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Zabila - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)

Aloysia - Juss. - Genus Name
Family Verbenaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Aloysia - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 2 species - - (NM)
Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hooker) Troncoso
(= White beebush); and
Aloysia wrightii (Gray) Heller ex Abrams
(= Wright's beebrush).

Aloysia triphylla - (L'Her.) Britt. - Species Name
(= Lippia citriodora)
Family Verbenaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Cedron - - (Mexican-American)
Lemon beebrush - - (BONAP)
Lemon scented verbena - - (Mexican-American)
Yerba luisa - - (Mexican-American)

Alpasotes - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Alpine fir - Abies arizonica - (U.S.A.)

Alpine pink - Phlox nana - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alpinia - Roxb. - (BONAP: Genus Name)
Family Zingiberaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alpinia - - (BONAP)

Alpinia galanga - (L.) Sw. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Zingiberaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Galangal - - (Mexico)
Greater galangal - - (BONAP)

Alpinia cardamomum - ? - (?: Species Name)
See Elettaria cardamomum.

Alpista - Phalaris canariensis - (Spanish-Américas)

Alpiste - Phalaris canariensis - (Atlas Mexico)
- Phalaris minor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpiste blanco - Phalaris canariensis - (Quattrocchi)

Alpiste canario - Phalaris canariensis - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpiste de canarios - Phalaris canariensis - (Quattrocchi)

Alpiste menor - Phalaris minor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpistera - Phalaris canariensis - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpisteria - Phalaris canariensis - (Spanish-Américas)

Alpiste silvestre - Phalaris minor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpiste valillo - Phalaris minor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alpistillo - Phalaris minor - (southwest US & Mexico)

Altabaquillo - Polygonum aviculare - (Spanish-Américas)

Altamandría - Polygonum aviculare - (Spanish-Américas)

Altamisa - Artemisia absinthium - (Mexican-American)
- Artemisia franserioides - (Mexican-American)

Altamisa de la casa - Artemisia ludoviciana - (Colorado Spanish)

Altamisa de la sierra - Artemisia franserioides - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Artemisia frigida - (Colorado Spanish)

Altamisa Mexicana - Tanacetum parthenium - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Altarreina - Achillea millefolium - (southwest US & Mexico)

Altea - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Alterraina - Achillea millefolium - (Spanish-Américas)

Althaea - L. - (BONAP: Genus Name)
Family Malvaceae - - (BONAP)

Althaea officinalis - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Malvaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Althea - - (Mexico)
Common marshmallow - - (BONAP)
Mallow - - (Mexico)
Malva - - (Mexico)
Marshmallow - - (Mexico)

Althea - Althaea officinalis - (Mexico)

Altingiaceae - Horan. - (APG II: Family Name)
(Altingiaceae Lindl., according to Delta)
Saxifragales - Dumort. - (APG II: Order Name)
Higher level lineages (APG II, Delta):
Angiosperm; Eudicot; core Eudicot; Rosid
Highest level lineages:
Embryophyta (land plants); polysporangiophytes; Tracheophyta
(eutracheophytes); Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta (seed plants)
Although not native to New Mexico, this family is
represented (in cultivation) by a single genus:
Liquidambar - L. - (BONAP)

Aluinos - Artemisia absinthium - (Mexico)

Alum stone (= Piedra alumbre or Piedra lumbre) - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alvacar - Ocimum basilicum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Alvira - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Atlas Mexico)

Amacapulín - Morus microphylla - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amapola - Papaver rhoeas - (Mexican-American)

Amapola amarilla - Argemone ochroleuca - (Atlas Mexico)

Amapola blanca - Argemone hispida - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Argemone mexicana - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amapola de México - Argemone mexicana - (Spanish-Américas)

Amapola espinosa - Argemone mexicana - (Spanish-Américas)

Amapola mexicana - Argemone mexicana - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amapolita - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amapolita del campo - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amapolita mejicana - Anoda cristata - (Spanish-Américas)

Amapolita morada - Anoda cristata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amaranth - Amaranthus powellii - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Amaranthus spp. - (Mexico)

Amaranthaceae - Juss. - Family Name
(Often broadened to include most all of the traditional family
Chenopodiaceae Vent. except the genus Sarcobatus Nees)
Caryophyllales - Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl - Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Caryophyllales + Asteridae;
o Superasteridae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis
(= superasterids);
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
In New Mexico, the family Amaranthaceae s.s. includes 9 genera: - - (NM)
Acanthochiton Herrmannsen (= Greenstripe),
Alternanthera Forsk. (= Khaki-weed),
Amaranthus L. (= Pigweed, Amaranth),
Froelichia Moench (= Snakecotton),
Gomphrena L. (= Globe-amaranth),
Gossypianthus Hook. (= Cotton-flower),
Guilleminea Kunth (= Matweed),
Iresine P. Br. (= Bloodleaf), and
Tidestromia Standl. (= Honeysweet).
If defined to include most of the traditional family Chenopodiaceae Vent.,
the broader family Amaranthaceae s.l. (in New Mexico) comprises
19 more genera (in addition to the 9 genera listed above):
Allenrolfea Kuntze (= Iodinebush),
Atriplex L. (= Saltbush),
Bassia All. (= Smotherweed),
Chenopodium L. (= Goosefoot),
Corispermum L. (= Bugseed),
Cycloloma Moq. (= Tumbleweed),
Dysphania R.Br. (= Wormseed),
Grayia Hook. & Arn. (= Hop-sage),
Halogeton C.A. Mey. (= Halogeton),
Kochia Roth (= Kochia),
Krascheninnikovia Guldenstaedt (= Winterfat),
Monolepis Schrad. (= Povertyweed),
Neokochia Ulbrich (= Molly),
Salicornia L. (= Saltwort),
Salsola L. (= Russian-thistle),
Sarcocornia A.J. Scott (= Glasswort),
Suaeda Forsk. ex J.F. Gmel. (= Seepweed),
Suckleya Gray (= Suckleya), and
Zuckia Standl. (= Siltbush).
Although traditionally often placed in the family Chenopodiaceae Vent.,
the genus Sarcobatus Nees (= Greasewood) is now often placed in the
separate family Sarcobataceae Behnke, which may be closely related to
the family Nyctaginaceae Juss. or more likely the family Phytolaccaceae R.Br..

Amaranthus - L. - (BONAP: Genus Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Pigweed - - (BONAP)
Species in New Mexico (according to BONAP)
not in main list that may be medicinal are
Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer (Greenstripe),
Amaranthus albus L. (= Prostrate pigweed),
Amaranthus arenicola I.M. Johnston (= Sandhill amaranth),
Amaranthus bigelovii Uline & Bray (= Bigelow's amaranth),
Amaranthus crassipes Schlecht. (= Spreading amaranth),
Amaranthus fimbriatus (Torr.) Benth. ex S. Wats. (= Fringed amaranth),
Amaranthus hybridus L. (= Slim amaranth),
Amaranthus obcordatus (Gray) Standl. (= Trans-Pecos amaranth),
Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (= Carelessweed),
Amaranthus retroflexus L. (= Redroot amaranth),
Amaranthus rudis Sauer (= Tall amaranth),
Amaranthus viridis L. (= Slender amaranth),
Amaranthus viscidulus Greene (= Sticky amaranth), and
Amaranthus wrightii S. Wats. (= Wright's amaranth).

Amaranthus blitoides - S. Wats. - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Chile puerco - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Mat amaranth - - (BONAP)
Pigweed - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Synonym
Amaranthus graecizans - auct. non L. - (BONAP)

Amaranthus hypochondriacus - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Ficaria - - (Mexico)
Pilewort - - (Mexico)
Prince-of-Wales feather - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Amaranthus hybridus ssp. hypochondriacus - (L.) Thellung - (BONAP)
Amaranthus leucocarpus - S. Wats. - (BONAP)

Amaranthus cruentus - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alegria - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Lady bleeding - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Princess feather - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Red amaranth - - (BONAP)
Red cockscomb - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Synonyms
Amaranthus hybridus ssp. cruentus - (L.) Thellung - (BONAP)
Amaranthus hybridus var. cruentus - (L.) Moq. - (BONAP)
Amaranthus paniculatus - L. - (BONAP)

Amaranthus powellii - S. Wats. - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Amaranth - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Pigweed - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Powell's amaranth - - (BONAP)
Quelites colorado yus - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Quelite yus - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Synonyms
Amaranthus bouchonii - Thellung - (BONAP)
Amaranthus bracteosus - Uline & Bray - (BONAP)
Amaranthus retroflexus var. powellii - (S. Wats.) Boivin - (BONAP)

Amaranthus spp. - ? - (?)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Amaranthaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alegria - - (Mexican-American)
Amaranth - - (Mexico)
Ataco - - (Mexico)
Chichilquiltic - - (Mexican-American)
Chile puerco - - (Mexican-American)
Cockscomb - - (Mexican-American)
Huauhtli - - (Nahuatl)
Kix-xtez - - (Maya)
Pigweed - - (Mexican-American)
Quihlitl - - (Nahuatl)
Tlanepaquelitl - - (Nahuatl)

Amargoseira brastarda - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Amargoseira do Himalaya - Melia azedarach - (Spanish-Américas)

Amarilla - Mirabilis jalapa - (Mexican-American)
- Mirabilis longiflora - (Mexican-American)
- Mirabilis multiflora (= Quamoclidion multiflorum) - (Mexican-American)

Amarillo - Acacia farnesiana - (Spanish-Américas)

Amate - Ficus carica - (Mexican-American)

Amatl - Cordia boissieri - (Nahuatl)
- Ficus carica - (Nahuatl)

Amaquahuitl - Cordia boissieri - (Nahuatl)

Amaryllidaceae - J. Saint-Hilaire - (APG III) Family Name
Asparagales - Link - (APG III) Order Name
Common Name
Amaryllis Family - - (?)
Higher level lineages:
Angiospermae; Mesangiospermae; Monocotyledoneae
(non-commelinid); asparagoids; higher asparagoids.
Highest level lineages:
Embryophyta (land plants); polysporangiophytes; Tracheophyta
(eutracheophytes); Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta (seed plants)
In New Mexico, the family comprises 1 genus:
Zephyranthes Herbert (= Fairy-lily, Rain-lily, Zephyr-lily).
If family Alliaceae is included within Amaryllidaceae, the family Amaryllidaceae
in New Mexico comprises the above genus plus two additional genera:
Allium L. (= Onion),
Nothoscordum Kunth (= False-garlic).
The genus Zephyranthes includes some species that were part of
the once separely defined and no longer accepted genus Cooperia Herbert.

Ambarcillo - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Ambarina - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)
- Scabiosa atropurpurea - (?)

Ambarina Negra - Scabiosa atropurpurea - (?)

Ambreta - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Ambrette - Abelmoschus moschatus - (southwest US & Mexico)

Ambrósia - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Ambrosia - L. - Genus Name
(Including Franseria Cav.)
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Ragweed - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 8 species and 3 varieties - - (NM)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hooker
(= Bur ragweed),
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Linnaeus var. elatior (Linnaeus) Descourtils
(= Annual ragweed),
Ambrosia confertiflora A.P. de Candolle
(= Mexican ragweed),
Ambrosia grayi (A. Nelson) Shinners
(= Wooly-leaf bursage),
Ambrosia monogyra (Torrey & Gray ex Gray) Strother & Baldwin
(= Cheesebush),
Ambrosia psilostachya A.P. de Candolle
(= Perennial ragweed),
Ambrosia tomentosa Nuttall
(= Skeleton-leaf bursage),
Ambrosia trifida Linnaeus var. texana Scheele
(= Great ragweed), and
Ambrosia trifida Linnaeus var. trifida
(= Great ragweed).

Ambrosia acanthicarpa - Hook. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Flatspine burr ragweed - - (BONAP)
Yerba del sapo - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Franseria acanthicarpa - (Hook.) Coville - (BONAP)
Gaertneria acanthicarpa - (Hook.) Britt. - (BONAP)

Ambrosia ambrosioides - (Cav.) Payne - Species Name
(= Franseria ambrosioides Cav.)
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Ambrosia leaf burr ragweed - - (U.S.A.)
Bursage - - (Kay)
Canyon ragweed - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Chicura - - (Kay: Mexico Spanish)
False cocklebur - - (Kay)
Yerba del sapo (frog's herb) - - (Kay)
In northern Mexico, Arizona, and southern California.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia - L. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Ambrosia de hojas de ajenjo - - (Spanish)
American wormwood - - (?)
Annual bur-sage - - (?)
Annual ragweed - - (BONAP, English)
Artemisia del pais - - (Spanish)
Bastard wormwood - - (English-United Kingdom)
Bitterweed - - (English)
Blackweed - - (English-Canada)
Carrot-weed - - (English-Canada)
Common ragweed - - (English)
Hay-fever weed - - (English-Canada)
Hog-weed - - (English)
Low ragweed - - (English)
Ragweed - - (English)
Roman bitterweed - - (English-Canada)
Roman wormwood - - (English)
Short ragweed - - (English)
Small ragweed - - (English)
Stammerweed - - (English-Canada)
Stickweed - - (English-Canada)
Tassel weed - - (?)
Wild tansy - - (English-Canada)
In New Mexico, 1 variety: - - (NM)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Linnaeus var. elatior (Linnaeus) Descourtils
(= Annual ragweed).
See notes.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior - (L.) Descourtils - Variety Name
Family Asteraceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Annual ragweed - - (BONAP, English)
In New Mexico

Ambrosia confertiflora - DC. - (BONAP)
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Mexican ragweed - - (Roalson & Allred)
Weakleaf burr ragweed - - (BONAP)
Yerba del sapo - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Franseria confertiflora - (A.P. de Candolle) Rydberg - (NM)
Franseria strigulosa - Rydb. - (BONAP)
Franseria tenuifolia - Gray - (NM)
Gaertneria tenuifolia - Harvey & Gray - (BONAP)
Gaertneria tenuifolia - (Gray) Kuntze - (NM)

Ambrosia de hojas de ajenjo - Ambrosia ambrosioides - (Spanish)

Ambrósia de México - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (southwest US & Mexico)

Ambrosia leaf burr ragweed - Ambrosia ambrosioides - (U.S.A.)

Ambrosia trifida - Linnaeus - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Great ragweed - - (NM)
In New Mexico, 2 varieties: - - (NM)
Ambrosia trifida Linnaeus var. texana Scheele
Ambrosia trifida Linnaeus var. trifida

Ambrosio - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Ambystoma tigrinum - ? - Species Name
[Animal, salamander]
Common Name
Ajalote - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Guajalote - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Tiger salamander - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

American Agave - Agave americana - (ITIS)

American Aloe - Agave americana - (?)

American Century Plant - Agave americana - (ITIS)

American common reed - Phragmites australis - (PFAF)

American licorice - Glycyrrhiza lepidota - (NM)

American pasqueflower - Pulsatilla patens - (BONAP)

American saffron (= Azafran) - Carthamus tinctorius - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

American spikenard - Aralia racemosa - (BONAP)
- Aralia racemosa ssp. bicrenata - (NM)

American white waterlily - Nymphaea odorata - (PFAF)

American wild gourd - Cucurbita foetidissima - (Moerman)

American wild mint - Mentha canadensis - (PFAF)

American wormwood - Ambrosia artemisiifolia - (?)

Amole (Amoli, Amolli, Amollyi) - Agave atrovirens - (Spanish-Américas)
- Agave chrysoglossa - (southern Sonora)
- Agave guttata - (Mexico)
- Agave schottii - (Spanish-Américas, southern Sonora)
- Agave schottii var. schottii - (Spanish-Américas, southern Sonora)
- Agave schottii var. treleasei - (southern Sonora)
- Agave vilmoriniana - (southern Sonora)
- Ipomoea spp. - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Leuchtenbergia principis - (southern Sonora)
- Manfreda - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Nolina palmeri - (southern Sonora)
- Phytolacca icosandra - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Polianthes geminiflora - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Polianthes tuberosa - (southern Sonora)
- Prochnyanthes - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Sapindus drummondii - (southern Sonora)
- Sapindus saponaria - (southern Sonora)
- Stegnosperma halimifolium - (southern Sonora)
- Yucca - (Mexican-American)
- Yucca baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca baccata var. baccata - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca glauca - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Yucca schidigera - (Mexican-American)
- Yucca spp. - (Mexican-American)
- Yucca valida - (Mexican-American)

Amole dulce - Ziziphus amole - (southern Sonora)
- Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens - (southern Sonora)

Amoli - Ipomoea spp. - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Manfreda - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Polianthes geminiflora - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes mexicana - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)

Amolillo - Glycyrrhiza lepidota - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Prochnyanthes mexicana - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)

Amolli - Ipomoea spp. - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Manfreda - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Polianthes geminiflora - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes mexicana - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)

Amollyi - Ipomoea spp. - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Manfreda - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Polianthes geminiflora - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)
- Prochnyanthes mexicana - (EB 32(2): 124-130,1978)

Amolquelite - Phytolacca icosandra - (Spanish-Américas)

Amolquilitl - Phytolacca icosandra - (Atlas Mexico)

Amolxihuitl - Phytolacca icosandra - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amor de hortelano - Galium mexicanum - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amor del gringo - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Amoreira branca - Morus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

Amoreira multicaule - Morus alba - (Spanish-Américas)

Amoreira negra - Morus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Amoreira preta - Morus nigra - (Spanish-Américas)

Amores - Arctium minus - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cosmos parviflorus - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Amores casados - Asclepias curassavica - (Spanish-Américas)

Amoreuxia - Moc. & Sesse ex DC - Genus Name
Family Bixaceae
Common Name
Yellowshow - - (FNA)
In New Mexico, one species: - - (NM)
Amoreuxia palmatifida Sesse & Mocino ex A.P. de Candolle
(= Mexican yellowshow).

Amoreuxia gonzalezii - Sprague & L.Riley - Species Name
Family Bixaceae
Common Name
Rita Mountain yellowshow - - (?)
Saya - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Saya mome - - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amoreuxia palmatifida - Sesse & Mocino ex A.P. de Candolle - Species Name
Family Bixaceae
Common Name
Arizona yellow show - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Mexican yellowshow - - (NM)
Saya - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Sayasaga - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Suyas - - (Spanish-Américas)
Témaqui - - (southwest US & Mexico)
In New Mexico - - (NM)

Amoreuxia wrightii - A. Gray - Species Name
Family Bixaceae
Common Name
Wright's yellowshow - - (FNA)
o Johnson-Fulton, S., & Watson, L. (2018) Comparing Medicinal
Uses of Cochlospermaceae throughout Its Geographic Range with
Insights from Molecular Phylogenetics. Diversity, 10(4), 123.

Amoricos - Agrimonia eupatoria - (Spanish-Américas)

Ampelopsis - Michx. - Genus Name
Family Vitaceae (= Vitidaceae) - - (?)
Common Name
Ampelopsis - - (BONAP)
In Morelos - - (?)
Closely related (?) to plants in New Mexico such as:
Parthenocissus Planch. (Creeper),
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. (Virginia creeper),
Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (L.) Planch. (Virginia creeper)
= Ampelopsis quinquefolia (L.) Michx., and
Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc. (Woodbine).

Amphipterygium - Schiede ex Standl. - Genus Name
[= Amphyterygium or Juliania Schltdl.(SUH)]
Family Anacardiaceae
(including Julianaceae) - - (?)
In Morelos, Mexico - - (?)
There may be as many as four species in Mexico and Peru.

Amphipterygium adstringens - (Schlecht) Standley - Species Name
[= Amphyterygium adstringens]
Family Anacardiaceae
(including Julianaceae) - - (?)
Common Name
Chalalate - - (Elsa Campos)
Cuachalala - - (Blacksmith's Blizog, Elsa Campos)
Cuachalalate - - (Elsa Campos)
Cuachalalote - - (Blacksmith's Blizog)
Cuachalate - - (Blacksmith's Blizog)
Cuachalualate - - (Mexican-American)
Cuauchalalá - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuauchalalate - - (Spanish-Américas)
Cuauchalalote - - (Spanish-Américas)
Juliana - - (Mexican-American)
Palo de rosa - - (Spanish-Américas)
Tapicerán - - (Spanish-Américas)
Volador - - (Spanish-Américas)
In Morelos, Mexico - - (?)
Synonym
Juliana adstringens Schlecht.
This species is also reported to be found wild in Durango, Mexico.
The bark yields a red dye.
The inflorescence has a flattened peduncle and the ovules are unitegmic.
Amphyterygium amplifolium is commonly known as Maticerán. - - (Spanish-Américas)

Ambrósia das boticas - Chenopodium botrys - (Spanish-Américas)

Amush - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (southwest US & Mexico)

Amyris - P. Br. - Genus Name
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Torchwood - - (U.S.A)

Amyris balsamifera - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Balsam torchwood - - (U.S.A.)

Amyris elemifera - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Sea torchwood - - (BONAP)

Amyris gileadensis - ? - (?: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Balsam of giliad - - (Mexico)
Balsamo - - (Mexico)

Amyris madrensis - S. Wats. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Mountain torchwood - - (BONAP)

Amyris plumieri - ? - (?: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Tecomaca - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
A resinous tree gum, native to Yucatan.

Amyris texana (Buckl.) - P. Wilson - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Rutaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Texas torchwood - - (BONAP)

Anacahuite - Cordia boissieri - (Mexican-American)
- Cordia alliodora - (Elsa Campos)

Anacardiaceae - R.Br. - (APG III) Family Name
(Anacardiaceae Lindl., according to Delta,
but also including Julianaceae Hemsl.)
Sapindales - Dumort. - (APG III) Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Malvidae W.S. Judd, D.E. Soltis & P.S. Soltis
(= eurosids II = malvids);
o eurosids (= Fabidae + Malvidae);
o Rosidae Takhtajan (= rosids);
o Superrosidae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes = vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
(land plants).
Family in New Mexico, including 2 genera:
Rhus L. (= Sumac),
Toxicodendron P. Mill. (= Poison-ivy)

Anagalide - Anagallis spp. - (Mexico)

Anagallis - L. - Genus Name
Family Primulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Names
Anagalide - - (Mexico)
Bog pimpernel (= Anagallis tenella) - - (U.S.A.)
Flaxleaf pimpernel (= Anagallis monelli) - - (U.S.A.)
Florida pimpernel (= Anagallis pumila) - - (U.S.A.)
Pimpernel - - (Mexico)
Poorman's weatherglass (= Anagallis foemina) - - (U.S.A.)
Scarlet pimpernel (= Anagallis arvensis) - - (U.S.A.)
Tlalocoxochitl - - (Mexico)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Anagallis arvensis - L. - Species Name
Family Primulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Scarlet pimpernel - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Anagallis minima - (L.) Krause - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Primulaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Chaffweed - - (BONAP)
Synonym
Centunculus minimus - L. - (BONAP)

Analkak - Asclepias curassavica - (southwest US & Mexico)

Anamu - Petiveria alliacea - (Elsa Campos)

Ananash - Persicaria lapathifolia - (southwest US & Mexico)
- Persicaria punctata - (southwest US & Mexico)

Anaphalis - DC. - Genus Name
Family Asteraceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Pearlyeverlasting - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, including 1 species: - - (BONAP)
Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f.
(= Western pearlyeverlasting).

Anaphalis margaritacea - (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Gordolobo - - (Kay)
Pearl-flowered life everlasting - - (?)
Western pearlyeverlasting - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico
Synonyms
Anaphalis margaritacea var. angustior - (Miq.) Nakai - (BONAP)
Anaphalis margaritacea var. intercedens - Hara - (BONAP)
Anaphalis margaritacea var. occidentalis - Greene - (BONAP)
Anaphalis margaritacea var. revoluta - Suksdorf - (BONAP)
Anaphalis margaritacea var. subalpina - Gray - (BONAP)
Anaphalis occidentalis - (Greene) Heller - (BONAP)
Gnaphalium margaritaceum - L. - (BONAP)
See notes.

Anaucho - Abelmoschus moschatus - (Spanish-Américas)

Ançarinha branca - Chenopodium album - (Spanish-Américas)

Anchusa - L. - (BONAP)
Family Boraginaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Bugloss - - (BONAP)

Anchusa officinalis - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Boraginaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Alkanet - - (Mexico)
Buglosa - - (Mexico)
Bugloss - - (Mexico)
Common bugloss - - (BONAP)

Anco - Cucurbita moschata - (Spanish-Américas)
- Cucurbita pepo - (Spanish-Américas)

Anderson's wolfberry - Lycium andersonii - (NM)

Andropogon citratus - DC. ex Nees - Species Name
(= Andropogon citratum)
See Cymbopogon citratus.

Anemone pulsatilla - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
See Pulsatilla vulgaris.

Anemopsis - Anemopsis spp. - (BONAP)

Anemopsis - Hook. & Arn. - Genus Name
Family Saururaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Anemopsis - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)

Anemopsis californica - (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. - (BONAP: Species Name)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Saururaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Bavisa - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Hierba el manso - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Lizard tail - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Mansa - - (Southwest U.S.A./Northern Mexico)
Manso grass - - (Kay)
Yerba del manso - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Yerba mansa - - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
Synonym
Anemopsis californica var. subglabra - L. Kelso - (BONAP)

Anethum graveolens - L. - (BONAP: Species Name)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Dill - - (BONAP, Mexico)
Eneldo - - (Mexico)
Not native but widely cultivated.

Angel trumpet (= Toloache) - Brugmansia arborea - (Mexican-American)
- Datura stramonium - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Datura wrightii - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Angel's trumpet (= Toloache) - Brugmansia arborea - (Mexican-American)
- Burgmansia x candida - (Elsa Campos)
- Datura spp. - (Mexican-American)
- Datura stramonium - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Datura wrightii - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Angel's trumpets - Acleisanthes longiflora - (BONAP)

Angelica - Angelica archangelica - (Mexican-American)
- Angelica atropurpurea - (Mexico)

Angelica - L. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Wild celery - - (BONAP)

Angelica ampla - A. Nels. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Giant angelica - - (BONAP)

Angelica archangelica - L. - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Angelica - - (Mexican-American)
Norwegian angelica - - (BONAP)
Raiz de angelica - - (Mexican-American)

Angelica atropurpurea - L. - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Angelica - - (Mexico)
Archangel - - (Mexico)
Purplestem angelica - - (U.S.A.)
Raiz de angelica - - (Mexican-American)

Angelica grayi - (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Gray's angelica - - (BONAP)

Angelica pinnata - S. Wats. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Smallleaf angelica - - (BONAP)

Angelonia - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Angú - Abelmoschus esculentus - (Spanish-Américas)

Anil or Añíl - Batisia tintoria - (Mexico)
-
- Helianthus annuus - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Indigofera suffruticosa - (Armando González Stuart)

Añil del muerto - Verbesina crocata - (Mexican-American)
- Verbesina encelioides - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Verbesina spp. - (Mexican-American)

Anis or Anís - Pimpinella anisum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)
- Tagetes filifolia - (Mexican-American)
- Tagetes lucida - (Mexican-American)
- Tagetes micrantha - (Mexican-American)

Anis de Estrella - Illicium verum - (Mexican-American)

Anise (= Anis) - Pimpinella anisum - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Anís silvestre - Stevia serrata - (Soejarto)

Anisote - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. redolens - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Anogra runcinata - ? - (?)
See Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata.

Annatto - Bixa orellana - (Mexican-American, Stuart)

Annona - Annona spp. - (BONAP)

Annona - L. - (BONAP)
Family Annonaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Annona - - (BONAP)

Annona reticulata - ? - (Armando González Stuart)
Family Annonaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Anona - - (Armando González Stuart)

Annonaceae - Juss. - (APG II: Family Name)
Magnoliales - Bromhead - (APG II: Order Name)
Higher level lineages (APG II, Delta):
Angiosperm; Magnoliid
Highest level lineages:
Embryophyta (land plants); polysporangiophytes; Tracheophyta
(eutracheophytes); Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta (seed plants)
No natives species in New Mexico.

Annual Canary grass - Phalaris canariensis - (Quattrocchi)

Annual coreopsis - Coreopsis tinctoria - (southwest US & Mexico)

Anoda - Anoda spp. - (BONAP)

Anoda - Cav. - Genus Name
Family Malvaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Anoda - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, 3 species: - - (NM)
Anoda cristata (Linnaeus) Schlectendal
(= Spurred anoda),
Anoda lanceolata Hooker & Arnott
(= Lance-leaf anoda), and
Anoda pentaschista Gray
(= Field anoda).
Anoda thurberi Gray (= Arizona anoda) is expected in NM,
but verification is needed.

Anoda cristata - (L.) Schlectendal - Species Name
Family Malvaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Aguatosa - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alach - - (?)
Alache - - (Atlas Mexico: Guerrero)
Alachi - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Alanche - - (Atlas Mexico: Veracruz)
Altea - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Amapolita - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Amapolita del campo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Amapolita mejicana - - (Spanish-Américas)
Amapolita morada - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Crested mallow - - (?)
Flor decampante - - (Atlas Mexico)
Genciana - - (Atlas Mexico)
Halanche - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Hierba mora - - (Atlas Mexico)
Huinarillo - - (?)
Malva - - (Atlas Mexico)
Malva chica - - (?)
Malva con espuelas - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Malva de Castilla - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Malva morada - - (?)
Malvavisco - - (Atlas Mexico)
Malvón de campo - - (Atlas Mexico)
Malvón de quesitos - - (Atlas Mexico)
Quesito - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Requesón - - (Atlas Mexico)
Rewé - - (?)
Reweque - - (?)
Spurred anoda - - (NM)
Tlachpahuatla - - (Atlas Mexico: Puebla)
Tzalyaltzai - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Violeta - - (Atlas Mexico)
Violeta de campo - - (?)
Violeta de monte - - (Atlas Mexico)
Violeta del campo - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Violeta del país - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Violettas - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Violetilla - - (?)
In New Mexico
In Mexico, stems, leaves and
flowers used medicinally (e.g., for cough).
Synonyms
Anoda arizonica Gray var. digitata - Gray - (NM)
Anoda cristata (Linnaeus) Schlechtendal var. digitata - (Gray) Hochreutiner - (NM)
Sida cristata - Linnaeus - (NM)
Anoda lavaterioides - Medikus - (NM)

Anona - Annona reticulata - (Armando González Stuart)

Anonima mechoacanense - Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana - (Kay)

Annual bur-sage - Ambrosia artemisiifolia - (?)

Annual ragweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia - (BONAP, English)
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior - (BONAP, English)

Anserina vermífuga - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Antelope horns - Asclepias asperula - (Kay)
- Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Antelopehorns - Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu - (BONAP)

Antennaria - Gaertn. - Genus Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Pussytoes - - (BONAP)
In New Mexico, including 8 species, 3 subspecies: - - (BONAP, NM)
Antennaria corymbosa E. Nelson
(= Flat-top pussytoes),
Antennaria dimorpha (Nuttall) Torrey & Gray
(= Cushion pussytoes),
Antennaria marginata Greene
(= White-margin pussytoes, whitemargin pussytoes),
Antennaria media Greene
(= Rocky Mountain pussytoes),
Antennaria microphylla Rydberg
(= Little-leaf pussytoes, littleleaf pussytoes),
Antennaria parvifolia Nuttall
(= Nuttall's pussytoes, smallleaf pussytoes),
Antennaria rosea (D.C. Eaton) Greene subsp. confinis (Greene) R.J. Bayer
(= Rosy pussytoes),
Antennaria rosea (D.C. Eaton) Greene subsp. arida (E.E. Nelson) R.J. Bayer
(= Rosy pussytoes),
Antennaria rosea (D.C. Eaton) Greene subsp. rosea
(= Rosy pussytoes), and
Antennaria rosulata Rydberg
(= Wooly pussytoes, Kaibab pussytoes).
See notes.

Antennaria dioica - (L.) Gaertn. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Catsfoot - - (PFAF)
Cudweed - - (?)
Everlasting - - (Moerman)
Mountain everlasting - - (BSBI List 2007)
Pie de gato - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Pussy-toes - - (southwest US & Mexico)
Stoloniferous pussytoes - - (Plants database)

Antennaria neglecta - Greene - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Field pussytoes - - (Lady Bird Johnson)
Lesser cat's foot - - (Charlotte Erichsen-Brown)
Prairie everlasting - - (Lady Bird Johnson)

Antennaria parvifolia - Nuttall - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Little-leaf pussytoes - - (BONAP)
Littleleaf pussytoes - - (NM)
Pussy toes - - (Moerman)
In New Mexico - - (NM)

Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richards
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Plantain everlasting - - (Moerman)
Plantain leaf everlasting - - (Charlotte Erichsen-Brown)
White plantain - - (Moerman)

Antennaria rosea - (D.C. Eaton) Greene - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Pink pussy toes - - (Moerman)
Pussytoes - - (Moerman)
Rosy pussytoes - - (NM)
In New Mexico - - (NM)
See notes.

Antennaria rosulata - Rydberg - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Kaibab pussytoes - - (BONAP)
Pussy toes - - (Moerman)
Wooly pussytoes - - (NM)
In New Mexico - - (NM)

Anteón - Arctium lappa - (Spanish-Américas)

Anthemis nobilis - L. - Species Name
Family Asteraceae
Common Name
Chamomile - - (Mexico)
Manzanilla - - (Mexico)

Antiviperina - Abelmoschus moschatus - (southwest US & Mexico)

Ants: see Honey ants or Large red ants or Pouched ants

Apache pine - Pinus engelmannii - (BONAP)

Apache plume (= Ponil) - Fallugia paradoxa - (Upper Rio Grande Valley)

Apapatla - Nymphaea mexicana - (southwest US & Mexico)

Apasote - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Apasote blanco - Chenopodium album - (Spanish-Américas)

Apazote - Chenopodium ambrosioides - (Spanish-Américas)

Apegaderas - Arctium lappa - (Spanish-Américas)
- Arctium minus - (Spanish-Américas)

Apiaceae - Lindl. - (APG III) Family Name
(= Umbelliferae Juss.)
Apiales - Nakai - (APG III) Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Dipsapiidae D. C. Tank & M. J. Donoghue (2010);
o Apiidae M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino;
o Campanulidae M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino
(euasterids II = asterids II = campanulids);
o Gentianidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids or core asterids);
o Asteridae Takhtajan (= asterids);
o Caryophyllales + Asteridae;
o Superasteridae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes or vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
[= Embryopsida Pirani & Prado (land plants)].
In New Mexico, family Apiaceae includes at least 37 genera: - - (BONAP, NM)
Aletes Coult. & Rose (= Indian parsley, Indian-parsley),
Ammoselinum Torr. & Gray (= Ammoselinum, Sand-parsley),
*Angelica L. (= Angelica, Wild celery),
*Apium L. (= Celery, Wild celery),
*Berula Bess. ex W.D.J. Koch (= Waterparsnip, Water-parsnip),
Bowlesia Ruiz & Pav. (= Bowlesia),
*Bupleurum L. (= Thorough-wax),
Carum L. (= Caraway),
*Cicuta L. (= Water hemlock, Water-hemlock),
*Conioselinum Hoffmann (= Hemlockparsley, Hemlock-parsley),
*Conium L. (= Poison hemlock, Poison-hemlock),
*Coriandrum L. (= Coriandrum, Parsley),
Cyclospermum Lag. (= Marsh-parsley),
*Cymopterus Raf. (= Cymopterus, Spring-parsley),
Daucosma Engelm. & A. Gray ex A. Gray (= Parasol),
*Daucus L. (= Carrot, Wild carrot),
*Eryngium L. (= Eryngo),
Eurytaenia Torr. & Gray (= Spreadwing),
*Foeniculum P. Mill. (= Fennel),
Harbouria Coult. & Rose (= Harbouria, Whisk-broom),
*Heracleum L. (= Cowparsnip, Cow-parsnip),
*Hydrocotyle L. (= Hydrocotyle, Pennywort),
*Levisticum Hill (= Levisticum, Lovage),
*Ligusticum L. (= Ligusticum, Wild-lovage),
*Lomatium Raf. (= Biscuit-root, Lomatium),
?*Musineon Raf. (= Musineon),
Neoparrya Mathias (= False Indian-parsley, Neoparrya),
Orogenia S. Watson (= Indian-potato),
*Osmorhiza Raf. (= Sweet-cicely, Sweetroot),
Oxypolis Raf. (= Cowbane),
*Pastinaca L. (= Parsnip),
*Perideridia Reichenb. (= Wild caraway, Yampa),
Podistera S. Wats. (= Podistera, Wood-root),
?*Polytaenia DC. (= Hairy moss),
*Sanicula L. (= Sanicle, Snakeroot),
*Sium L. (= Waterparsnip, Water-parsnip),
Spermolepis Raf. (= Scaleseed),
Torilis Adans. (= Hedge-parsley),
Yabea K.-Pol. (= False carrot, Yabea).
Countries are reported (EthnobotDB) to use species of the genera Angelica,
Apium, Berula, Cicuta, Conioselinum, Conium, Coriandrum, Daucus,
Eryngium, Foeniculum, Heracleum, Hydrocotyle, Levisticum, Ligusticum,
Lomatium, Musineon, Osmorhiza, Pastinaca, Perideridia, Sanicula, and
Sium for medicinals.
In North America (north of Mexico), species of the genera Angelica, Berula,
Cicuta, Conioselinum, Conium, Cymopterus, Daucus, Eryngium, Heracleum,
Hydrocotyle, Ligusticum, Lomatium, Oreoxis, Osmorhiza, Pastinaca,
Perideridia, Polytaenia, Pseudocymopterus, Pteryxia, Sanicula, and Sium
are reported (NAEDB) to be used by native tribes for medicinals.

Apio - Apium graveolens - (Mexico)
- Apium graveolens var. dulce - (Mexican-American)

Apio de montaña - Levisticum officinale - (Spanish-Américas)

Apio de monte - Levisticum officinale - (Spanish-Américas)

Apio montano - Levisticum officinale - (southwest US & Mexico)

Apium - L. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Wild celery - - (BONAP)

Apium graveolens - L. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Apio - - (Mexico)
Celery - - (Mexico)
Wild celery - - (BONAP)

Apium graveolens var. dulce - (P. Mill.) DC. - (BONAP)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Family Apiaceae - - (BONAP)
Common Name
Apio - - (Mexican-American)
Celery - - (Mexican-American)
Wild celery - - (BONAP)
Synonyms
Apium dulce - Miller - (BONAP)
Celeri graveolens - (L.) Britt. p.p. - (BONAP)

Aplopappus spinulosus, see Machaeranthera pinnatifida ssp. pinnatifida var. pinnatifida.

Apocynaceae - Juss. - Family Name
(Including Asclepiadaceae Borkh. or
Asclepiadaceae R.Br., according to Delta)
In New Mexico - - (BONAP)
Gentianales - Lindl. - Order Name
Higher level lineages:
o Lamiidae Takhtajan;
o Garryidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids I = asterids I);
o Gentianidae R.G. Olmstead, W.S. Judd & P.D. Cantino
(= euasterids or core asterids);
o Asteridae Takhtajan (= asterids);
o Caryophyllales + Asteridae;
o Superasteridae W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis;
o Pentapetalae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd;
o Gunneridae D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & W.S. Judd
(= core eudicots);
o Eudicotyledoneae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= eudicots);
o Mesangiospermae M.J. Donoghue, J.A. Doyle & P.D. Cantino
(= mesangiosperms);
o Angiospermae Lindley (= flowering plants)
Highest level lineages:
o Spermatophyta Britton & Brown (seed plants);
o Euphyllophyta P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue
(= euphyllophytes);
o Tracheophyta Sinnott
(eutracheophytes = vascular plants);
o polysporangiophytes;
o Embryophyta Endlicher, 1836, emend. Lewis and McCourt
(land plants).
Family Apocynaceae in New Mexico, including 4 genera or when
combining Asclepiadaceae 8 genera:
Amsonia - Walt. - (BONAP)
(= Amsonia),
Apocynum - L. - (BONAP)
(= Dogbane),
Haplophyton - A. DC. - (BONAP)
(= Haplophyton),
Macrosiphonia - Muell.-Arg. - A. DC. - (BONAP)
(= Rocktrumpet).
Family Asclepiadaceae in New Mexico, including 4 genera:
Asclepias L.
(= Milkweed),
Funastrum E.Fourn.
(= Milkvine),
Matelea Aubl.
(= Milkvine), and
Metastelma R.Br.
(= Milkvine).