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25 Collection Holdings native to Canary Is.:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Pancratieae

    • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Periplocoideae
      Tribe Periploceae

      • Periploca laevigata - Canary Islands W/C

      Araceae

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena draco - Canary Islands, Azores

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Rusceae

          • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran
          • Semele androgyna - Canary Islands

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Anthemideae

            • Argyranthemum foeniculaceum - Canary Islands (endemic)

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Senecioneae

            • Kleinia neriifolia - Canary Islands (GJA 5432, Tenerife) W/C

            Campanulaceae

              Subfamily Campanuloideae

              • Canarina canariensis - Spain (Tenerife, Canary Islands) W/C

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                Tribe Sileneae

                • Silene lagunensis - Canary Islands (endemic to Tenerife) W/C

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Crassulaceae

                  Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                  Tribe Sedeae

                  • Aeonium ciliatum - Spain: Canary Islands W/C
                  • Aeonium haworthii - Canary Islands
                  • Aeonium sedifolium - Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Palma)
                  • Monanthes laxiflora - Canary Islands
                  • Monanthes subcrassicaulis - Canary Islands

                  Euphorbiaceae

                    Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                    Tribe Euphorbieae

                    • Euphorbia canariensis - Spain (Canary Islands)

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Cassieae

                      • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean region

                      Subfamily Faboideae
                      Tribe Genisteae

                      • Genista canariensis - Canary Islands

                      Myrtaceae

                        Subfamily Myrtoideae
                        Tribe Myrteae

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

                        Poaceae

                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                          Tribe Paniceae

                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                          Resedaceae

                          • Reseda lutea - Eurasia and North Africa

                          Rosaceae

                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                            Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                            • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                            Solanaceae

                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                              Tribe Physaleae

                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
                              W/C = Wild Collected

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