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cactus-like / succulents
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Sonoran Desert Field Botany (ASU) Spring 2023
Species Count: 202
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Amaranthaceae
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex lentiformis
Chenopodiastrum murale
Salsola tragus
Amaryllidaceae
Nothoscordum bivalve
Anacardiaceae
Rhus ovata
Rhus trilobata
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Apocynaceae
Asclepias subulata
Nerium oleander
Arecaceae
Phoenix
Washingtonia
Asparagaceae
Agave
Dasylirion wheeleri
Dichelostemma capitatum
Hesperaloe parviflora
Nolina microcarpa
Yucca baccata
Asphodelaceae
Aloe
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia cordifolia
Ambrosia deltoidea
Ambrosia monogyra
Ambrosia salsola
Artemisia ludoviciana
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis sarothroides
Bahiopsis parishii
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Cirsium neomexicanum
Encelia farinosa
Ericameria laricifolia
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Isocoma acradenia
Lasthenia californica
Oncosiphon pilulifer
Pluchea sericea
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Sonchus asper
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Uropappus lindleyi
Berberidaceae
Mahonia haematocarpa
Bignoniaceae
Tecoma stans
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia
Cryptantha barbigera
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Harpagonella palmeri
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia distans
Pholistoma aurita
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Boechera perennans
Brassica tournefortii
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
Erysimum capitatum
Lepidium oblongum
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Burseraceae
Bursera microphylla
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Echinocereus engelmannii
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Mammillaria grahamii
Opuntia
Stenocereus thurberi
Cannabaceae
Celtis pallida
Celtis reticulata
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera interrupta
Caryophyllaceae
Herniaria ciliolata
Silene antirrhina
Celastraceae
Canotia holacantha
Crassulaceae
Crassula connata
Dudleya saxosa
Graptopetalum rusbyi
Crossosomataceae
Crossosoma bigelovii
Cucurbitaceae
Marah gilensis
Cupressaceae
Juniperus arizonica
Cycadaceae
Cycas revoluta
Cyperaceae
Cyperus involucratus
Ephedraceae
Ephedra aspera
Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos pungens
Euphorbiaceae
Ditaxis lanceolata
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Euphorbia lomelii
Euphorbia polycarpa
Euphorbia xanti
Ricinus communis
Fabaceae
Acacia greggii
Acacia willardiana
Acmispon rigidus
Astragalus tephrodes
Bauhinia variegata
Calliandra eriophylla
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Lysiloma watsonii
Marina parryi
Melilotus indicus
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia aculeata
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Senna artemisioides
Senna covesii
Vachellia farnesiana
Fagaceae
Quercus turbinella
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Garryaceae
Garrya flavescens
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Lamium amplexicaule
Salvia columbariae
Malvaceae
Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon palmeri
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Moraceae
Ficus microcarpa
Morus microphylla
Moringaceae
Moringa oleifera
Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus
Myrtus communis
Psidium guineense
Nyctaginaceae
Abronia villosa
Bougainvillea
Mirabilis laevis
Oleaceae
Fraxinus uhdei
Olea europaea
Onagraceae
Eulobus californicus
Oenothera californica
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja chromosa
Castilleja exserta
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis albicans
Papaveraceae
Corydalis aurea
Eschscholzia californica
Pinaceae
Pinus canariensis
Plantaginaceae
Keckiella antirrhinoides
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Plantago patagonica
Platanaceae
Platanus wrightii
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Arundo donax
Avena fatua
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus diandrus
Bromus rubens
Cynodon dactylon
Eragrostis curvula
Hordeum murinum
Lamarckia aurea
Muhlenbergia rigens
Pennisetum ciliare
Pennisetum setaceum
Poa bigelovii
Poa fendleriana
Schismus
Polemoniaceae
Gilia flavocincta
Phlox gracilis
Phlox tenuifolia
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum wrightii
Rumex
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Pellaea truncata
Ranunculaceae
Anemone tuberosa
Delphinium scaposum
Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus greggii
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Sarcomphalus obtusifolius
Rosaceae
Cercocarpus montanus
Vauquelinia californica
Rutaceae
Citrus
Ptelea trifoliata
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Phoradendron leucarpum
Sapindaceae
Dodonaea viscosa
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Lycium andersonii
Lycium exsertum
Lycium fremontii
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Solanum xanti
Typhaceae
Typha
Urticaceae
Parietaria hespera
Verbenaceae
Glandularia gooddingii
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia laevis
Larrea tridentata