GENUS SPECIES FAMILY COMMON_NAM REGION Abelia x grandiflora Caprifoliaceae Glossy Abelia Acacia dealbata Fabaceae Silver Wattle New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania Acacia decurrens Fabaceae Early Black Wattle New South Wales Acacia farnesiana Fabaceae Sweet Acacia Southern US, Mexico, Tropical America Acacia longifolia Fabaceae Sallow Wattle Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Acacia stenophylla Fabaceae Shoestring Acacia Western Australia, Queensland Acca sellowiana Myrtaceae Pineapple Guava Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina, S Brazil Acer palmatum Aceraceae Japanese Maple Japan, Korea, Taiwan, eastern China Aesculus californica Hippocastanaceae California Buckeye California Afrocarpus gracilior Podocarpaceae East African Yellow Wood Eastern Africa Agathis robusta Araucariaceae Queensland Kauri-pine Coastal southern and norther Queensland Agave attenuata Agavaceae Swan's Neck Agave Central Mexico Agave shawii Agavaceae Shaw's Agave Baja to Southern Califronia Agonis flexuosa Myrtaceae Western Australian Peppermin Western Australia Albizia julibrissin Fabaceae Silk Tree Iran to central China Alectryon excelsus Sapindaceae New Zealand Oak New Zealand Alluaudia dumosa Didiereaceae Madagascar Alluaudia procera Didiereaceae Madagascar Ocotillo Madagascar Alnus rhombifolia Betulaceae White Alder Western USA Aloe barberae Asphodelaceae Tree Aloe South Africa Aloe castanea Asphodelaceae Cat's Tail Aloe Aloe ferox Asphodelaceae Red Aloe Aloe thraskii Asphodelaceae Coast Aloe South Africa Araucaria columnaris Araucariaceae New Caledonian Pine New Caledonia, Polynesia Araucaria cunninghamii Araucariaceae Hoop Pine New South Wales and Queensland Araucaria bidwillii Araucariaceae Bunya-Bunya Australia Araucaria heterophylla Araucariaceae Norfolk Island Pine Norfolk Is. Araucaria rulei Araucariaceae New Caledonia Arbutus Marina' Ericaceae Strawberry Tree Ireland, Spain, and Mediterranean Basin Arbutus unedo Ericaceae Strawberry Tree Western Europe Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Arecaceae King Palm Coastal rain forests of Queensland & New S Wales Artemisia californica Asteraceae California Sagebrush Coastal areas from N California to Baja California Arthrostylidium longifolium Poaceae Asparagus aphyllus Asparagaceae Prickly Asparagus Banksia ashbyii Proteaceae Ashby's Banksia Coastal Western Australia Banksia integrifolia Proteaceae Coast Banksia East coast of Australia Bauhinia blakeana Fabaceae Hong Kong Orchid Tree Southern China Bauhinia forficata Fabaceae Brazilian Orchid Tree Peru, Argentina, Brazil Bauhinia tomentosa Fabaceae Orchid Tree Beaucarnea recurvata Agavaceae Ponytail Palm Southeastern Mexico Bougainvillea spectabilis Nyctaginaceae Paper Flower From Brazil to Peru and south to Argentina Brachychiton populneum Malvaceae Kurrajong bottle-tree Australia Brachychiton rupestris Malvaceae Queensland Bottle Tree Queensland Brahea armata Arecaceae Mexican Blue Fan Palm Mexico Brahea brandegeei Arecaceae San José Hesper Palm Northwestern Mexico Brahea edulis Arecaceae Guadalupe Palm Guadalupe Island, Mexico Brugmansia suaveolens Solanaceae Angel's Trumpet Brazil Bursera graveolens Burseraceae Palo Santo Bursera simaruba Burseraceae Gumbo-limbo Butia capitata Arecaceae Jelly Palm Uruguay and Southern Brazil Caesalpina spinosa Fabaceae Tara Chile, Brazil, Peru Calia secundiflora Fabaceae Texas Mescalbean Callistemon citrinus Myrtaceae Red Bottlebrush Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria Callistemon pinifolius Myrtaceae Pine-leaved Bottlebrush New South Wales Callistemon salignus Myrtaceae White Bottlebrush Australia Calocedrus decurrens Cupressaceae Incense Cedar Oregon, the Sierra Nevada, and Baja California Calodendrum capense Rutaceae Cape Chestnut Tropical and southern Afrrica Carissa macrocarpa Apocynaceae Natal Plum Northern South Africa province of KwaZulu/Natal Caryota mitis Arecaceae Clustered Fishtail Palm Southeast Asia Caryota urens Arecaceae Wine Palm Rain forests of south Asia Cassia leptophylla Fabaceae Gold Medallion Tree Brazil Castanospermum australe Fabaceae Black Bean Queensland and New South Wales Casuarina glauca Casuarinaceae Longleaf Ironwood Southeast Australia in coastal regions Cedrus atlantica Pinaceae Atlas Cedar Mountains of Algeria and Morocco Cedrus deodara Pinaceae Himalayan Cedar W Himalayas in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India & Tibet Ceiba speciosa Malvaceae Floss Silk Tree Rain forests of Brazil and Argentina Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercidiphyllaceae Katsura Tree Japan, China Cercis occidentalis Fabaceae Western Redbud American Southwest, from California to Utah Chamaedorea brachypoda Arecaceae Chamaedorea Guatemala and Honduras Chamaedorea costaricana Arecaceae Bamboo Palm Panama to Honduras Chamaedorea tepejilote Arecaceae Pacaya Palm Southern Mexico to Northern Columbia Chamaerops humilis Arecaceae European Fan Palm Mediterranean Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Sterculiaceae Monkey's Hand tree Guatemala and southern Mexico Cinnamomum camphora Lauraceae Camphor Tree China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Clusia rosea Clusiaceae Autograph Tree West Indies Cochlospermum vitifolium Bixaceae Poro-poro Colletia paradoxa Rhamnaceae Anchor Plant Uruguay and Southern Brazil Cordyline australis Agavaceae New Zealand Cabbage Tree New Zealand Corymbia citriodora Myrtaceae Lemon-scented Gum Western Australia, Queensland Corymbia ficifolia Myrtaceae Red-flowering Gum Restricted areas of coastal southwestern Australia Corymbia maculata Myrtaceae Spotted Gum Southeast Queensland to S New South Wales Cotoneaster lacteus Rosaceae Parney's Cotoneaster Western China Cotyledon orbiculata Crassulaceae Pig's Ear Cryptomeria japonica Cupressaceae Japanese Cryptomeria Japan Cunonia capensis Cunoniaceae Butterspoon Cupaniopsis anacardioides Sapindaceae Tuckeroo Coastal northern Australia Cupressus macrocarpa Cupressaceae Monterey Cypress Monetery Peninsula Cupressus sempervirens Cupressaceae Italian Cypress Eastern Mediterranean Cussonia spicata Araliaceae Cabbage Tree Eastern South Africa to Zimbabew Dasylirion cedrosanum Agavaceae Dasylirion texanum Agavaceae Green Desert Spoon Dodoneae viscosa 'Purpurea' Sapindaceae Purple Hop-bush N/A Dombeya cacuminum Sterculiaceae Strawberry Snowball Tree Madagascar Doryanthes palmeri Agavaceae Spear Lily Australia Dovyalis caffra Salicaceae Kei Apple Dracaena draco Dracaenaceae Dragon Tree Westerm Morocco Drimys lanceolata Winteraceae Mountain Pepper Duranta repens Verbenaceae Pigeonberry Florida to Brazil Dypsis decaryi Arecaceae Triangle Palm Madagascar Ensete ventricosum Musaceae Wild Banana Africa Enterolobium cyclocarpum Fabaceae Guanacaste Central and southern Mexico to South America Epimedium cantabrigiense Berberidaceae Barrenwort Hybrid Eriobotrya deflexa Rosaceae Bronze Loquat Taiwan, China Eriobotrya japonica Rosaceae Loquat China and Japan Erythrina x bidwillii Fabaceae Erythrina x bidwillii Horticultural Origin Erythrina caffra Fabaceae Coral Tree South Africa Erythrina coralloides Fabaceae Naked Coral Tree Eastern Mexico Erythrina crista-galli Fabaceae Cockspur Coral Tree Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay Erythrina falcata Fabaceae Brazilian Coral Tree Sub-Andean South America Erythrina herbacea Fabaceae Coral Bean Southern US and Mexico Erythrina humeana Fabaceae Dwarf Coral Tree South Africa Erythrina lysistemon Fabaceae Coral Tree Southeastern Africa Erythrina rubrinervia Fabaceae Erythrina speciosa Fabaceae Brazil Erythrina sykesii Fabaceae Sykes Coral Tree Hybrid Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae Ecualyptus sp. Eucalyptus caesia Myrtaceae Caesia Eucalyptus crebra Myrtaceae Narrow-leaved Ironbark Eastern Australia Eucalyptus crenulata Myrtaceae Silver Gum Victoria Eucalyptus globulus Myrtaceae Tasmanian Blue Gum Tasmania and Southern Victoria Eucalyptus lehmanni Myrtaceae Bushy Yate South coast of Tasmania Eucalyptus polyanthemos Myrtaceae Silver Dollar Gum Victoria, New South Wales Eucalyptus pruinosa Myrtaceae Silver Box Eucalyptus robusta Myrtaceae Swamp Mahogany Coastal New South Wales Eucalyptus saligna Myrtaceae Sydney Blue Gum Coastal New South Wales and SE Queensland Eucalyptus sideroxylon Myrtaceae Red Ironbark Southeastern Australia Eucalyptus viminalis Myrtaceae Ribbon Gum SE Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Euphorbia ammak Euphorbinaceae Saudi Arabia, Yemen Euphorbia mauritanica Euphorbinaceae Golden Spurge Euphorbia milii var. splendens Euphorbinaceae Crown-of-thorns Madagascar Fatsia japonica Araliaceae Japanese Aralia Southern Japan and Taiwan Ficus benghalensis Moraceae Banyan Fig India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan Ficus benjamina Moraceae Weeping fig Ficus capensis Moraceae Cape Fig South Africa to Sudan Ficus carica Moraceae Common Fig Asia Minor to central Asia Ficus macrophylla Moraceae Moreton Bay Fig Queensland, New South Wales Ficus microcarpa Moraceae Laurel Fig Sri Lanka to India Ficus natalensis Moraceae Natal Fig NE South Africa to Uganda and Kenya Ficus petiolaris Moraceae Rock Fig Fraxinus uhdei Oleaceae Shamel Ash Central Mexico Fremontodendron californicum Malvaceae California Fermontia Furcraea macdougalii Agavaceae Oaxaca Hemp Oaxaca, Mexico Furcraea roezlii Agavaceae Furcraea Southern Mexico Geijera parviflora Rutaceae Australian Willow Eastern Australia Ginkgo biloba Gingkoaceae Ginkgo biloba China Gleditsia triacanthos Fabaceae Honey Locust Eastern United States Gossypium tomentosum Malvaceae Hawaiian Cotton Hawaii Greyia sutherlandii Greyiaceae Natal Bottlebrush Hakea sauveolens Proteaceae Sweet-scented Hakea Southwestern Australia Harpephyllum caffrum Anacardiaceae South African Wild Plum South Africa Hauya heydeana Hechtia argentea Bromeliaceae Hechtia guatamalensis Bromeliaceae Heteromeles arbutifolia Rosaceae California Holly San Francisco to Baja Califonia Howea belmoreana Arecaceae Sentry Palm Lord Howe Is., off east coast of New South Wales Howea forsteriana Arecaceae Paradise Palm Lord Howe Is., off east coast of New South Wales Hymenosporum flavum Pittosporaceae Sweetshade New Guinea and Queensland, New South Wales Jacaranda mimosifolia Bignoniaceae Jacaranda Argentina and Bolivia Jubaea chilensis Arecaceae Chilean Wine Palm Central Chile Juniperus chinensis Cupressaceae Chinese Juniper China and Japan Koelreuteria bipinnata Sapindaceae Bougainvillea Goldrain Tree Lowlands of southern and eastern China Koelreuteria paniculata Sapindaceae Goldenrain Tree China, Japan, Korea Lagerstroemia indica Lythraceae Crape Myrtle China and Korea Lantana camara Verbenaceae Lantana West Indies, Argentina Leotospermum laevigatum Myrtaceae Coast Tea Tree Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania Leucadendron "Safari Sunset" Proteaceae Safari Conebush South Africa Ligustrum japonicum Oleaceae Japanese Privet Central and Southern Japan Liquidambar orientales Hamamelidaceae Turkish Sweetgum Asia Minor Liquidambar styraciflua Hamamelidaceae Sweetgum Eastern United States Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' Hamamelidaceae Sweetgum Eastern United States Liriodendron tulipifera Magnoliaceae Tulip Tree Eastern United States Lithocarpus densiflorus Fagaceae Tanbark Oak Oregon through California Livistona mariae Arecaceae Australian Cabbage Palm Restricted to an area on the Finke River system Lonchocarpus sericeus Fabaceae Savonette Lophostemon confertus Myrtaceae Queensland Box Northern Queensland Loropetalum chinense Hamamelidaceae Fringe Flower China, Japan Lycianthes rantonnetii Solanaceae Blue Potato Bush Paraguay and Argentina Lyonothamnus floribundus Rosaceae Santa Cruz Island Ironwood California Channel Islands Lyonothamnus floribundus var.aspleniifolia Rosaceae Santa Cruz Island Ironwood Santa Cruz Island Magnolia grandiflora Magnoliaceae Southern Magnolia North Carolina, Texas and Florida Magnolia x soulangena Magnoliaceae Saucer Magnolia Horticultural Origin Mahonia lomariifolia Berberidaceae China Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae Mango Maytenus boaria Celastraceae Mayten Chile, Argentina, Peru Maytenus cymosa Celastraceae Caribbean Mayten Melaleuca linariifolia Myrtaceae Flaxleaf Paper Bark Australia Melaleuca nesophila Myrtaceae Pink Bottlebrush Limited range of S Australia coast near Eyre Melaleuca quinquinervia Myrtaceae Five-veined Paperbark Coastal regions of Queensland Metasequoia glyptostroboides Cupressaceae Dawn Redwood Isolated areas of central China Metrosideros excelsa Myrtaceae New Zealand Christmas Tree New Zealand Michelia champaca Magnoliaceae Champaca Michelia doltsopa Magnoliaceae Chinese Magnolia China Myoporum laetum Myoporaceae Myoporum New Zealand Myrica faya Myricaceae Faya Macronesia Myrsine africana Myrsinaceae African Box Nerium oleander Apocynaceae Oleander Morocco, Portugal, Mediterranean region and China Nolina longifolia Agavaceae Mexican Grass Tree Ochna serrulata Ochnaceae Mickey Mouse Plant South Africa Olea europea Oleaceae European Olive Eastern Mediterranean Opuntia subulata Cactaceae Pachira aquatica Malvaceae Guiana Chestnut Pandanus utilis Pandanaceae Screw Pine Madagascar, Mauritius Parkinsonia aculeata Fabaceae Jerusalem Thorn SW U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Galapagos Is. Paulownia kawakamii Paulowniaceae Sapphire Dragon Tree Taiwan Paulownia tomentosa Paulowniaceae Empress Tree China Phoenix canariensis Arecaceae Canary Island Date Palm Canary Islands off Atlantic coast of Africa Phoenix dactylifera Arecaceae Date Palm North Africa Phoenix reclinata Arecaceae Senegal Date Palm Central Africa Phoenix roebelenii Arecaceae Pigmy Date Palm Rain forests of Southeast Asia Pinus canariensis Pinaceae Canary Island Pine Canary Islands off Atlantic coast of Africa Pinus greggii Pinaceae Gregg's Pine Northeast Mexico Pinus halepensis Pinaceae Aleppo Pine Mediterranean Pinus patula Pinaceae Mexican Weeping Pine Mexico Pinus pinea Pinaceae Italian Stone Pine Northern Mediterranean region Pinus radiata Pinaceae Monterey Pine Coastal California Pinus thunbergii Pinaceae Japanese Black Pine Japan and South Korea Pinus torreyana Pinaceae Torrey Pine Southern California Pisonia umbellifera Nyctaginaceae Bird Catcher Tree Hawaii Pistacia chinensis Anacardiaceae Chinese Pistache China, Taiwan and the Philippine Islands Pittocaulon praecox Asteraceae Crazy Tree Mexico Pittosporum tobira Pittosporaceae Tobira Japan, China, Korea Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporaceae Victorian Box New Zealand Platanus racemosa Platanaceae Western Sycamore Western United States Platanus x acerifolia Platanaceae London Plane Tree Hybrid Plumeria mollis Apocynaceae Podocarpus macrophyllus Podocarpaceae Yew Pine China and Japan Pritchardia kaale Arecaceae South Pacific Pritchardia valstera Arecaceae South Pacific Prosopis palmeri Fabaceae Prunus cerasifera ssp. pissardi Rosaceae Purple Leaf Plum Iran Prunus dulcis Rosaceae Almond Prunus ilicifolia Rosaceae Holly Leaved Cherry Coastal ranges of California Psidium cattleyanum Myrtaceae Strawberry Guava Brazil Psoralea pinnata Fabaceae Blue Pea South Africa Puya densiflora Bromeliaceae Puya violacea Bromeliaceae Pyrus kawakamii Rosaceae Evergreen Pear China and Taiwan Quercus agrifolia Fagaceae Coast Live Oak California Quercus chrysolepis Fagaceae Canyon Live Oak Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico Quercus engelmannii Fagaceae Engelmann Oak Southern and Baja California Quercus ilex Fagaceae Holm Oak Protugal, Turkey, Israel; Morocco to Libya Quercus lobata Fagaceae Valley Oak California Quercus suber Fagaceae Cork Oak Western Mediterranean Quercus tomentella Fagaceae Island Oak Channel Islands and Guadalupe Island Quercus vaccinifolia Fagaceae Huckleberry Oak Unites States; Sierra Nevada of California Quercus virginiana Fagaceae Southern Live Oak United States Radermachera sinica Bignoniaceae Serpent Tree Rhamnus californica Rhamnaceae California Coffee Berry California and southern Oregon Rhapis excelsa Arecaceae Lady Palm China to Thailand Rhopalostylis baueri Arecaceae Norfolk Island Palm Norfolk Island Rhus integrifolia Anacardiaceae Lemonade Berry Southern California Rhus lancea Anacardiaceae African Sumac South Africa Robinia slovenii Fabaceae Romneya coulteri Papaveraceae Matilija Poppy California Rosmarinus officinalis Lamiaceae Rosemary Mediterranean region Roystonea regia Arecaceae Royal Palm Ruscus aculeatus Ruscaceae Butcher's Broom Cental Asia Sabal azurii Arecaceae Sabal azurii Sabal causiarum Arecaceae Puerto Rican Hat Palm Southwestern Puerto Rico Salix lasiolepis Salicaceae Arroyo Willow California to Idaho and Alaska Salvia leucantha Lamiaceae Velvet Sage Central and Eastern Mexico Sambucus mexicana Caprifoliaceae Blue Elderberry California to New Mexico to Mexico Sapindus rarak Sapindaceae Soapberry Java Schefflera actinophylla Araliaceae Octopus Tree Queensland and New South Wales Schefflera arboricola Araliaceae Dwarf Umbrella Tree Taiwan and Hainan Schefflera pueckleri Araliaceae Mallet Flower India and Mayanmar Schinus molle Anacardiaceae Peruvian Pepper Tree Peru Schinus terebinthifolius Anacardiaceae Brazilian Pepper Tree Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil Schotia afra Fabaceae Karoo Boer-bean Coastal Cape Province, South Africa Schotia brachypetala Fabaceae Weeping schotia Sequoia sempervirens Cupressaceae Coast Redwood Northern Califonia and southern Oregon Sparrmannia africana Malvaceae African Hemp Spathodea campanulata Bignoniaceae African Tulip Tree Tropical Africa Stenocarpus sinuatus Proteaceae Queensland Fire-wheel Tree Eastern Australia Strelitzia nicolai Strelitziaceae Tree Bird of Paradise South Africa Strelitzia reginae Strelitziaceae Bird of Paradise South Africa Syagrus romanzoffiana Arecaceae Queen Palm Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina Tabebuia chrysotricha Bignoniaceae Golden Trumpet Tree Brazil Taxodium mucronatum Cupressaceae Montezuma Bald Cypress Mexico Taxus baccata Taxaceae English Yew Europe to Middle East and north Africa Tecoma x smithii Bignoniaceae Orange Bells Tecomaria shirensis Bignoniaceae Thujopsis dolabrata Cupressaceae Hiba Cedar Japan Tibouchina urvilleana Melastomataceae Princess Flower Southern Brazil Tipuana tipu Fabaceae Tipu Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina Tithonia diversifolia Asteraceae Mexican Sunflower Trachycarpus fortunei Arecaceae Windmill Palm Mountainous area of central China and N Mayanmar Trithrinax brasiliensis Arecaceae Brazilian Needle Palm Brazil Ulmus parvifolia Ulmaceae Chinese Elm Central China, Korea, Japan Ulmus pumila Ulmaceae Siberian Elm Siberia, northern China, Korea Uncaria tomentosa Rubiaceae Cat's Claw Vine Brazil Washingtonia filifera Arecaceae California Fan Palm Southern California, SW Arizona, northwest Mexico Washingtonia robusta Arecaceae Mexican Fan Palm Northwestern Mexico x Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn' Bignoniaceae Chitalpa Xanthorrhoea arborea Xanthorrhoeaceae Broad Leaf Grass Tree Xanthosoma violaceum Araceae Blue Taro South America Xylosma congestum Salicaceae Shiny Xylosma Warm regions of China, Japan, and Taiwan Yucca angustissima Agavaceae Narrowleaf Yucca Yucca elephantipes Agavaceae Giant Yucca Gulf Coast of Mexico Yucca valida Agavaceae