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Collection Holdings native to Azores:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Nolinoideae
        Tribe Rusceae

        • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

        Campanulaceae

          Subfamily Campanuloideae

          • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

          Ceratophyllaceae

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

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cariceae

              • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

              Lamiaceae

                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                Tribe Mentheae

                • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                Myrtaceae

                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                  Tribe Myrteae

                  • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                  Primulaceae

                    Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                    • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 11 accessions native to Azores

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

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