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Collection Holdings native to China Southeast:

Acoraceae

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

Actinidiaceae

  • Actinidia deliciosa - China

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Lycorideae

    • Lycoris aurea - China, Taiwan, Burma
    • Lycoris radiata - China, Japan

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Narcisseae

    • Narcissus tazetta - Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Xylopieae

      • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Apocyneae

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

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Marsdenieae

          • Hoya carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
            • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - southeast Asia

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Thomsonieae

            • Amorphophallus dunnii - se China - Hong Kong
            • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
            • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - N. Thailand, Laos, N. Vietnam, China:Yunnan
            • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou) to N. Indo-China

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Convallarieae

              • Reineckea carnea - China, Japan

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Ophiopogoneae

              • Liriope muscari 'Variegata' - E. Asia - China, Japan
              • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar
                • Farfugium japonicum - China, Japan, Korea

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia ferox - southwestern Guangxi, China
                • Begonia grandis - China
                • Begonia rex 'Red Bull' - Arunachal Pradesh to China (Yunnan, Guangxi)

                Caprifoliaceae

                  Subfamily Caprifolioideae

                  • Heptacodium miconioides - China (Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang)

                  Caryophyllaceae

                    Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                    Tribe Sileneae

                    • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Chloranthaceae

                    • Chloranthus spicatus - China, Thailand

                    Clethraceae

                    • Clethra barbinervis - S. China to Japan (Honshu, Kyushu) W/C

                    Cupressaceae

                      Subfamily Cupressoideae

                      • Cupressus vietnamensis - N. Vietnam to China (N. Guangxi)

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

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

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Eleocharideae

                        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                        Daphniphyllaceae

                        • Daphniphyllum macropodum - S. China to SC. & S. Japan

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Droseraceae

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

                        Ebenaceae

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

                        Elaeagnaceae

                        • Elaeagnus pungens - China and Japan

                        Ephedraceae

                        • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

                        Equisetaceae

                        • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                        Eucommiaceae

                        • Eucommia ulmoides - China

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Aleuritideae

                          • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                          Fabaceae

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Desmodieae

                            • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                            Flagellariaceae

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

                            Gesneriaceae

                              Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                              Tribe Trichosporeae

                              • Lysionotus pauciflorus - China

                              Ginkgoaceae

                              • Ginkgo biloba - S. China
                              • Ginkgo biloba - S. China

                              Gnetaceae

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

                              Goodeniaceae

                              • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                              Helwingiaceae

                              • Helwingia chinensis - C. China to N. Myanmar
                              • Helwingia chinensis - China, Japan

                              Hypoxidaceae

                              • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                              Lamiaceae

                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                Tribe Ocimeae

                                • Plectranthus scutellarioides - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                                • Plectranthus scutellarioides -

                                Lentibulariaceae

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

                                Linaceae

                                • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                Lygodiaceae

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

                                Lythraceae

                                  Subfamily Lythroideae
                                  Tribe Nesaeeae

                                  • Lagerstroemia indica - China

                                  Malvaceae

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Hibisceae

                                    • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                                    Meliaceae

                                      Subfamily Melioideae
                                      Tribe Melieae

                                      • Melia azedarach - Asia, nat. in trop. America

                                      Menispermaceae

                                        Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                        Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                        • Stephania japonica - India, China, Phillipines to Japan

                                        Menyanthaceae

                                        • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                        Moraceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Moreae

                                          • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                                          Musaceae

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

                                          Oleaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Fontanesieae

                                            • Fontanesia fortunei - C. & S. China

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Oleeae

                                            • Osmanthus fragrans - Himalaya to S. Japan

                                            Orchidaceae

                                              Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                              Tribe Cypripedieae

                                              • Paphiopedilum villosum - Assam to S. China and Indo-China

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Arethuseae

                                              • Bletilla striata - China to Japan

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Coelogyneae

                                              • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Collabieae

                                              • 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
                                              • Cymbidium ensifolium - Indo-China to Temp. E. Asia and Philippines (Luzon)

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Podochilaeae

                                              • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                              • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                              • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                              • Dendrobium densiflorum - C. Himalaya to Hainan
                                              • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                              • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                              • Dendrobium moniliforme - Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia
                                              • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Vandeae

                                              • Neofinetia falcata - China to Temp. E. Asia
                                              • Renanthera coccinea - S. China to Indo-China

                                              Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                              Tribe Cranichideae

                                              • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                              Oxalidaceae

                                              • Biophytum sensitivum - Tropical Africa and Asia

                                              Pentaphylacaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Freziereae

                                                • Cleyera japonica - Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India

                                                Phyllanthaceae

                                                  Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                                  • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                                  Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                                  Tribe Phyllantheae

                                                  • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                                  Poaceae

                                                    Subfamily Oryzoideae
                                                    Tribe Oryzeae

                                                    • Oryza sativa - Wild Type from Seed

                                                    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
                                                    • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                                    Polypodiaceae

                                                      Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                      • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia
                                                      • Microsorum steerei - Thailand, southern China, Vietnam

                                                      Primulaceae

                                                        Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                        • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                        Pteridaceae

                                                          Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                          • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                          Ranunculaceae

                                                            Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                                            Tribe Anemoneae

                                                            • Anemone scabiosa - China

                                                            Rosaceae

                                                              Subfamily Rosoideae
                                                              Tribe Potentilleae

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

                                                              Rubiaceae

                                                                Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                Tribe Naucleeae

                                                                • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                                Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                • Gardenia jasminoides - southern China, Taiwan, Japan (subtropical eastern hemisphere)
                                                                • Gardenia jasminoides -

                                                                Rutaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                  Tribe Citreae

                                                                  • Citrus japonica Nagami - China

                                                                  Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                  • Tetradium daniellii - temperate China & Korea

                                                                  Sapindaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                    • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia
                                                                    • Litchi chinensis - southern China, also found throughout tropical Indomalaysia

                                                                    Saururaceae

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

                                                                    Saxifragaceae

                                                                    • Saxifraga stolonifera - E. Asia - W. China, Japan

                                                                    Taccaceae

                                                                    • Tacca chantrieri - Assam to S. China and Pen. Malaysia

                                                                    Theaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Theeae

                                                                      • Camellia lutchuensis - Japan - Ryu Kyu

                                                                      Typhaceae

                                                                      • Typha laxmannii - SE. Europe to Japan
                                                                      • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                                      Urticaceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Boehmerieae

                                                                        • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                                                        Xanthorrhoeaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                                                                          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
                                                                          • Hemerocallis fulva - China to Temp. E. Asia

                                                                          Zingiberaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                            Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                            • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia

                                                                            Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                            Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                            • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 121 accessions native to China Southeast

                                                                            W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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