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Collection Holdings native to Bangladesh:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Xylopieae

      • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

      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

          • Aglaonema costatum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi)

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia affinis - Himalaya (Nepal to Sikkim), Assam, Burma
          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)
          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia
          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          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 Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Scindapsus pictus - SE. Bangladesh to W. & C. Malesia
          • Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Basellaceae

              Subfamily Baselleae

              • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Cordioideae

                • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                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

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Droseraceae

                    • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                    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

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Desmodieae

                        • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                        Flagellariaceae

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

                        Gnetaceae

                        • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                        Hypoxidaceae

                        • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                        Lamiaceae

                          Subfamily Ajugoideae

                          • Clerodendrum nutans - Bangladesh to W. Malesia

                          Subfamily Lamioideae
                          Tribe Pogostemoneae

                          • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                          Tribe Ocimeae

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

                          Subfamily Symphorematoideae

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

                          Lecythidaceae

                            Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                            • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                            Marantaceae

                            • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C
                            • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                            Musaceae

                            • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                            • Musa laterita - Assam to N. Thailand W/C
                            • Musa ornata - E. Himalaya to Myanmar
                            • Musa sikkimensis - Himalayas of northeastern India, Bhutan

                            Myrtaceae

                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                              Tribe Syzygieae

                              • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                              Oleaceae

                                Subfamily Jasmineae

                                • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand
                                • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                                Orchidaceae

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Coelogyneae

                                  • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                  • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                  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

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Dendrobieae

                                  • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                  • Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
                                  • 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 lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                  • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Epidendreae

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

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Podochileae

                                  • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                  Phyllanthaceae

                                    Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                    • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                                    • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                    Piperaceae

                                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                                      • Piper sylvaticum - S Yunnan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                        Pteridaceae

                                          Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                          • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                          Rubiaceae

                                            Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                            Tribe Naucleeae

                                            • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                            • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                            Saururaceae

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

                                            Taccaceae

                                            • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia
                                            • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                            Thymelaeaceae

                                            • Daphne bholua - Nepal to Sichuan

                                            Vitaceae

                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                              • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                              • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                              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
                                                • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia

                                                Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                Tribe Globbeae

                                                • Globba arracanensis - Bangladesh to NW. Myanmar W/C
                                                • 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 orixensis - S. & E. India, E. Himalaya to Myanmar 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
                                                • Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis - E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C

                                                Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                Tribe Zingibereae

                                                • Boesenbergia kingii - NE. India to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                • Curcuma aeruginosa - Indo-China to W. Malesia W/C
                                                • Kaempferia parviflora - SE. Bangladesh to Indo-China
                                                • Larsenianthus careyanus - E. Himalaya to Myanmar
                                                • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China W/C
                                                • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China
                                                • Zingiber aff. roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                • Zingiber roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                                • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 113 accessions native to Bangladesh

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

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