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Harry T. Cliffe Bexar Regional Herbarium
The Bexar Regional Herbarium was created by the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas in the 1990s. In support of the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration, the chapter compiled “A Plant List for Bexar County, Texas,” from existing literature, combining lists and updating botanical names, which garnered a certificate of recognition from the governor of Texas. In the process, participants discussed verifying the presence of the listed plants by finding and identifying what actually existed in the Bexar and contiguous counties. Knowledgeable botanists advised the group to physically collect, press, identify, mount, and label specimens. During the period Sep 1990-July 2000, 1,137 specimens, representing over 800 species, were collected. For a decade, the herbarium was cared for primarily by Harry Cliffe, who led the project and is credited with its scientific quality.
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| Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow Texas Indian Mallow |  |
| Abutilon incanum | Pelotazo Indian Mallow Shrubby Indian Mallow |  |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets |  |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets |  |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets |  |
| Acer negundo var. negundo | Boxelder Ashleaf Maple Boxelder Maple Three-leaf Maple |  |
| Acer negundo var. texanum | Boxelder Ashleaf Maple Boxelder Maple |  |
| Acmella oppositifolia | Oppositeleaf Spotflower |  |
| Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's Feather Cardinal Feather |  |
| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's Feather Cardinal Feather |  |
| Acer rubrum var. trilobum | Trident Maple Trident Red Maple |  |
| Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau False Foxglove Plateau Agalinis Plateau Gerardia Plateau False-foxglove |  |
| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot |  |
| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot |  |
| Allium canadense var. canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Onion Canada Onion |  |
| Allium canadense var. canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Onion Canada Onion |  |
| Allium canadense var. fraseri | Fraser Meadow Garlic Fraser Meadow Garlic |  |
| Allionia choisyi | Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock Trailing Four O'Clock Annual Windmills Umbrellawort Garapatilla |  |
| Allionia choisyi | Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock Trailing Four O'Clock Annual Windmills Umbrellawort Garapatilla |  |
| Allionia choisyi | Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock Trailing Four O'Clock Annual Windmills Umbrellawort Garapatilla |  |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion |  |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion |  |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common Bee-brush Beebrush Privet Lippia |  |
| Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima | Whitebrush Beebrush |  |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow |  |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow |  |
| Allionia incarnata | Trailing Windmills Trailing Four O'Clock Pink Windmills Trailing Allionia |  |
| Amphiachyris amoena | Texas Broomweed |  |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed Short Ragweed |  |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed Short Ragweed |  |
| Amsonia ciliata | Fringed Bluestar Bluestar Texas Bluestar |  |
| Ampelopsis cordata | Heartleaf Peppervine Heart-leaf Ampelopsis |  |
| Amphiachyris dracunculoides | Prairie Broomweed Broomweed |  |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo |  |
| Amsonia longiflora | Tubular Bluestar Trumpet Slimpod |  |
| Amaranthus palmeri | Carelessweed |  |
| Amaranthus retroflexus | Redroot Amaranth |  |
| Amaranthus scleropoides | Bonebract Amaranth |  |
| Amaranthus spinosus | Spiny Amaranth Thorny Pigweed |  |
| Ambrosia trifida var. texana | Texan Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed |  |
| Ambrosia trifida var. texana | Texan Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed |  |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap |  |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem |  |
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