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Collection Holdings native to Caroline Is.:

Apiaceae

    Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

    • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Monsteroideae
      Tribe Monstereae

      • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Lomandroideae
        Tribe Cordylineae

        • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific

        Cyperaceae

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Eleocharideae

          • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Dioscoreaceae

          • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

          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

          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

              Malpighiaceae

              • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Malvoideae
                Tribe Gossypieae

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

                Subfamily Malvoideae
                Tribe Hibisceae

                • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                Poaceae

                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                  Tribe Paniceae

                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                  Polypodiaceae

                    Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                    Taccaceae

                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                    Vitaceae

                      Subfamily Leeoideae

                      • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Caroline Is.

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

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