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Collection Holdings native to Borneo:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland
        • Hoya macrophylla - Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema nitidum - S. Indo-China to W. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Alocasia melo - Borneo
          • Alocasia cuprea - Borneo
          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus muelleri - Java
          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

          Subfamily Lasioideae

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

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Epipremnum falcifolia - Brunei, Malaysia (Sabah) and Indonesia (Kalimantan).
          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific
          • 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

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Arecoideae
            Tribe Areceae

            • Cyrtostachys renda - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia chlorosticta - Borneo

                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

                    • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Aleuritideae

                      • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Codiaeae

                      • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

                      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

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Ajugoideae

                        • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                        • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.
                        • Petraeovitex bambusetorum - Pen. Malaysia (Perak), Borneo

                        Subfamily Lamioideae
                        Tribe Pogostemoneae

                        • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                        Tribe Ocimeae

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

                        Lecythidaceae

                          Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Lycopodiaceae

                            Subfamily Huperzioideae

                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                            Lygodiaceae

                            • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                            Malpighiaceae

                            • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                              Tribe Gossypieae

                              • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                              Marantaceae

                              • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                              • Stachyphrynium latifolium - Pen. Thailand to Sulawesi W/C

                              Moraceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Ficeae

                                • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                Musaceae

                                • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                Myrtaceae

                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                  Tribe Syzygieae

                                  • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                  Nepenthaceae

                                  • Nepenthes albomarginata - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
                                  • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                    • Coelogyne asperata - Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia
                                    • Coelogyne mayeriana - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo
                                    • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                    • 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 dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                    • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                    • Bulbophyllum cheiri - Pen. Malesia to Sulawesi
                                    • Bulbophyllum corolliferum - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
                                    • Bulbophyllum flammuliferum - W. Malesia
                                    • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                    • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                    • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                    • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                    • Bulbophyllum vaginatum - Thailand to western Malesia
                                    • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                    • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                    • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Malaxideae

                                    • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Podochileae

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

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Vandeae

                                    • Cleisocentron gokusingii - Borneo (Sabah)

                                    Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                    Tribe Cranichideae

                                    • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                    Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                    Tribe Orchideae

                                    • Habenaria medusa - Malesia

                                    Phyllanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                      • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                      Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                      Tribe Phyllantheae

                                      • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Sacchareae

                                        • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia

                                        Podocarpaceae

                                        • Podocarpus polystachyus - Southeast Asia
                                        • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                        Polypodiaceae

                                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                          Rosaceae

                                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                                            Tribe Potentilleae

                                            • Duchesnea indica - E. Asia - China, Japan, Himalayas

                                            Rubiaceae

                                              Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                              Tribe Naucleeae

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

                                              Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                              Tribe Ixoreae

                                              • Ixora javanica - E. Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                              • Hydnophytum puffii - Borneo: Sabah
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                              Rutaceae

                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                Tribe Aurantieae

                                                • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                                Sapindaceae

                                                  Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                  • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                  Selaginellaceae

                                                  • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia

                                                  Taccaceae

                                                  • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                  Vitaceae

                                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                    • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                    Zingiberaceae

                                                      Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                      Tribe Alpinieae

                                                      • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                                      • Alpinia latilabris - Indo-China to W. Malesia
                                                      • Wurfbainia testacea - S. China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)

                                                      Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                      Tribe Riedelieae

                                                      • Burbidgea schizocheila - Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)

                                                      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

                                                      Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                      Tribe Zingibereae

                                                      • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 118 accessions native to Borneo

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