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List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name

The Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert is located in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico in North America.

The Sonoran Desert Region, as defined by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, includes the Sonoran Desert and some surrounding areas. All of Sonora, the Baja California Peninsula, and the islands of the Gulf of California are included. Also included are parts of Sinaloa and Chihuahua, some Pacific islands off the coast of Baja California (excluding Guadalupe Island), and southern Arizona and southern California in the United States.[1]

This region has 4,004 species of plants from 1201 genera in 182 families. Many lack common names. Many have more than one common name, but only one is listed. Native and non-native taxa are included.[1]

Contents

Flora with common namesEdit

Flora of the Sonoran Desert Region include:[1]

AcanthaceaeEdit

AchatocarpaceaeEdit

AdoxaceaeEdit

AizoaceaeEdit

AlismataceaeEdit

AmaranthaceaeEdit

AmaryllidaceaeEdit

AnacardiaceaeEdit

ApiaceaeEdit

ApocynaceaeEdit

AquifoliaceaeEdit

AraceaeEdit

AraliaceaeEdit

ArecaceaeEdit

AristolochiaceaeEdit

AsparagaceaeEdit

AsphodelaceaeEdit

AspleniaceaeEdit

AsteraceaeEdit

BataceaeEdit

BerberidaceaeEdit

BetulaceaeEdit

BignoniaceaeEdit

BixaceaeEdit

BlechnaceaeEdit

BoraginaceaeEdit

BrassicaceaeEdit

BromeliaceaeEdit

BurseraceaeEdit

CactaceaeEdit

CampanulaceaeEdit

CannabaceaeEdit

CapparaceaeEdit

CaprifoliaceaeEdit

CaricaceaeEdit

CaryophyllaceaeEdit

CelastraceaeEdit

CistaceaeEdit

CleomaceaeEdit

CombretaceaeEdit

CommelinaceaeEdit

ConvolvulaceaeEdit

CornaceaeEdit

CrassulaceaeEdit

CrossosomataceaeEdit

CucurbitaceaeEdit

CupressaceaeEdit

CyperaceaeEdit

DennstaedtiaceaeEdit

DioscoreaceaeEdit

DryopteridaceaeEdit

EbenaceaeEdit

ElatinaceaeEdit

EphedraceaeEdit

EquisetaceaeEdit

EricaceaeEdit

ErythroxylaceaeEdit

EuphorbiaceaeEdit

FabaceaeEdit

FagaceaeEdit

FouquieriaceaeEdit

FrankeniaceaeEdit

GarryaceaeEdit

GelsemiaceaeEdit

GentianaceaeEdit

GeraniaceaeEdit

GrossulariaceaeEdit

HaloragaceaeEdit

HydrangeaceaeEdit

HydrocharitaceaeEdit

HydroleaceaeEdit

HypericaceaeEdit

HypoxidaceaeEdit

IridaceaeEdit

JuglandaceaeEdit

JuncaceaeEdit

JuncaginaceaeEdit

KrameriaceaeEdit

LamiaceaeEdit

LauraceaeEdit

LentibulariaceaeEdit

LiliaceaeEdit

LinaceaeEdit

LoasaceaeEdit

LoganiaceaeEdit

LomariopsidaceaeEdit

LythraceaeEdit

MalpighiaceaeEdit

MalvaceaeEdit

MarsileaceaeEdit

MartyniaceaeEdit

MelanthiaceaeEdit

MeliaceaeEdit

MenispermaceaeEdit

MenyanthaceaeEdit

MolluginaceaeEdit

MontiaceaeEdit

MoraceaeEdit

MyrtaceaeEdit

NitrariaceaeEdit

NyctaginaceaeEdit

NymphaeaceaeEdit

OleaceaeEdit

OnagraceaeEdit

OphioglossaceaeEdit

OpiliaceaeEdit

OrchidaceaeEdit

OrobanchaceaeEdit

OxalidaceaeEdit

PapaveraceaeEdit

PassifloraceaeEdit

PedaliaceaeEdit

PhrymaceaeEdit

PhyllanthaceaeEdit

PhytolaccaceaeEdit

PicramniaceaeEdit

PicrodendraceaeEdit

PinaceaeEdit

PiperaceaeEdit

PlantaginaceaeEdit

PlatanaceaeEdit

PlumbaginaceaeEdit

PoaceaeEdit

PolemoniaceaeEdit

PolygalaceaeEdit

PolygonaceaeEdit

PolypodiaceaeEdit

PontederiaceaeEdit

PortulacaceaeEdit

PotamogetonaceaeEdit

PrimulaceaeEdit

PsilotaceaeEdit

PteridaceaeEdit

RanunculaceaeEdit

ResedaceaeEdit

RhamnaceaeEdit

RhizophoraceaeEdit

RosaceaeEdit

RubiaceaeEdit

RutaceaeEdit

SalicaceaeEdit

SalviniaceaeEdit

SantalaceaeEdit

SapindaceaeEdit

SapotaceaeEdit

SaururaceaeEdit

SaxifragaceaeEdit

SchisandraceaeEdit

SchoepfiaceaeEdit

ScrophulariaceaeEdit

SelaginellaceaeEdit

SimaroubaceaeEdit

SimmondsiaceaeEdit

  • jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)

SolanaceaeEdit

StegnospermataceaeEdit

TalinaceaeEdit

TamaricaceaeEdit

TetrachondraceaeEdit

ThelypteridaceaeEdit

TropaeolaceaeEdit

TyphaceaeEdit

UlmaceaeEdit

UrticaceaeEdit

VerbenaceaeEdit

ViolaceaeEdit

VitaceaeEdit

WoodsiaceaeEdit

ZamiaceaeEdit

ZygophyllaceaeEdit



Flora without common names by scientific nameEdit

Other flora of the Sonoran Desert Region include:[1]

AcanthaceaeEdit

AmaranthaceaeEdit

AmaryllidaceaeEdit

AnacardiaceaeEdit

AnemiaceaeEdit

ApiaceaeEdit

ApocynaceaeEdit

AquifoliaceaeEdit

AraceaeEdit

AsparagaceaeEdit

AsteraceaeEdit

BegoniaceaeEdit

BerberidaceaeEdit

BignoniaceaeEdit

BlechnaceaeEdit

BoraginaceaeEdit

BrassicaceaeEdit

BromeliaceaeEdit

BurseraceaeEdit

CactaceaeEdit

CampanulaceaeEdit

CapparaceaeEdit

CaprifoliaceaeEdit

CaryophyllaceaeEdit

CelastraceaeEdit

CistaceaeEdit

CleomaceaeEdit

ClethraceaeEdit

CommelinaceaeEdit

ConvolvulaceaeEdit

CrassulaceaeEdit

CucurbitaceaeEdit

CyperaceaeEdit

DennstaedtiaceaeEdit

DioscoreaceaeEdit

DryopteridaceaeEdit

EbenaceaeEdit

EricaceaeEdit

EriocaulaceaeEdit

EuphorbiaceaeEdit

FabaceaeEdit

FagaceaeEdit

FouquieriaceaeEdit

GentianaceaeEdit

GeraniaceaeEdit

GesneriaceaeEdit

GrossulariaceaeEdit

HydrangeaceaeEdit

HypericaceaeEdit

HypoxidaceaeEdit

IridaceaeEdit

JuncaceaeEdit

LamiaceaeEdit

LauraceaeEdit

LentibulariaceaeEdit

LiliaceaeEdit

LinaceaeEdit

LoasaceaeEdit

LoranthaceaeEdit

LythraceaeEdit

MagnoliaceaeEdit

MalpighiaceaeEdit

MalvaceaeEdit

MelanthiaceaeEdit

MelastomataceaeEdit

NyctaginaceaeEdit

OleaceaeEdit

OnagraceaeEdit

OphioglossaceaeEdit

OrchidaceaeEdit

OrobanchaceaeEdit

OxalidaceaeEdit

PapaveraceaeEdit

PassifloraceaeEdit

PhrymaceaeEdit

PhyllanthaceaeEdit

PiperaceaeEdit

PlagiogyriaceaeEdit

PlantaginaceaeEdit

PoaceaeEdit

PodostemaceaeEdit

PolemoniaceaeEdit

PolygalaceaeEdit

PolypodiaceaeEdit

PteridaceaeEdit

PutranjivaceaeEdit

RanunculaceaeEdit

RhamnaceaeEdit

RosaceaeEdit

RubiaceaeEdit

RutaceaeEdit

SalicaceaeEdit

SantalaceaeEdit

SapindaceaeEdit

SapotaceaeEdit

SchoepfiaceaeEdit

ScrophulariaceaeEdit

SelaginellaceaeEdit

SmilacaceaeEdit

SolanaceaeEdit

TalinaceaeEdit

UrticaceaeEdit

VerbenaceaeEdit

ViolaceaeEdit

VitaceaeEdit

WoodsiaceaeEdit

ZygophyllaceaeEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d Dimmitt, M., et al. Sonoran Desert Region Flora. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

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Further readingEdit

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