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Collection Holdings native to Assam:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Anacardiaceae

      Subfamily Anacardioideae

      • Mangifera indica - Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Apocyneae

        • Beaumontia grandiflora - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia affinis - Himalaya (Nepal to Sikkim), Assam, Burma
          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus bulbifer - S. & NE. India, Himalaya to Myanmar
          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

          Subfamily Lasioideae

          • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

          • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Ophiopogoneae

            • Peliosanthes macrostegia - Assam to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Cordioideae

                • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                Caprifoliaceae

                  Subfamily Caprifolioideae

                  • Leycesteria formosa - E. Asia - China to the Himalayas

                  Caryophyllaceae

                    Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                    Tribe Sileneae

                    • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                    Ceratophyllaceae

                    • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                    Colchicaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Colchiceae

                      • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                      Costaceae

                      • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                        • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Droseraceae

                        • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                        Ebenaceae

                        • Diospyros kaki - Assam to C. & S. China and Taiwan

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Aleuritideae

                          • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                          Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                          Tribe Euphorbieae

                          • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                          Fabaceae

                            Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                            Tribe Cassieae

                            • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                            Flagellariaceae

                            • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

                            Gnetaceae

                            • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                            • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                            • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                            Hypoxidaceae

                            • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                            Lamiaceae

                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                              Tribe Ocimeae

                              • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                              Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                              • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                              Subfamily Symphorematoideae

                              • Congea tomentosa - India to Pen. Malaysia and China (SW. Yunnan)

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                              Musaceae

                              • Musa laterita - Assam to N. Thailand W/C
                              • Musa ornata - E. Himalaya to Myanmar
                              • Musa sikkimensis - Himalayas of northeastern India, Bhutan
                              • Musa velutina - Assam, N. E. India.

                              Myrtaceae

                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                Tribe Syzygieae

                                • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                Oleaceae

                                  Subfamily Jasmineae

                                  • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                    • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                    • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                    • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                                    • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Collabieae

                                    • Phaius tankervilleae - India to East Asia and Pacific
                                    • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                    • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                                    • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                    • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                    • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                    • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                                    • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                                    • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                                    • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                    • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                    • Dendrobium jenkinsii - China, Bhutan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
                                    • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                    • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                    • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                    • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Podochileae

                                    • Eria carinata - C. Nepal to Pen. Malaysia
                                    • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                    • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                    • Trichotosia velutina - Arunachal Pradesh to W. Malesia

                                    Phyllanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                      • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                      Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                      Tribe Phyllantheae

                                      • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Sacchareae

                                        • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                        • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                          Tribe Naucleeae

                                          • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                          Saururaceae

                                          • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                                          Taccaceae

                                          • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia

                                          Vitaceae

                                            Subfamily Leeoideae

                                            • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                            Subfamily Vitoideae

                                            • Cissus javana - Indonesia

                                            Zingiberaceae

                                              Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                              Tribe Alpinieae

                                              • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                              • Alpinia malaccensis - Assam to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                              • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C
                                              • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C

                                              Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                              Tribe Globbeae

                                              • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                              • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                              • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                              • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                              • Globba radicalis - E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C
                                              • Globba schomburgkii - E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China W/C
                                              • Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis - E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C

                                              Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                              Tribe Zingibereae

                                              • Boesenbergia kingii - NE. India to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                              • Boesenbergia pulcherrima - Assam to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                              • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                              • Curcuma longa - India to W. Malesia
                                              • Curcuma rubrobracteata - Assam to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                              • Hedychium aff. flavescens - E. Nepal to China (Sichuan)
                                              • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                              • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                              • Hedychium rubrum - Assam
                                              • Larsenianthus careyanus - E. Himalaya to Myanmar
                                              • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China W/C
                                              • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China
                                              • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                              • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                              • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                              • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 108 accessions native to Assam

                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                              = accession added within past 90 days

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