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Collection Holdings native to Cyprus:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Narcisseae

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

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Pancratieae

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

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Boraginoideae
              Tribe Boragineae

              • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

              Convolvulaceae

                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                Tribe Convolvuleae

                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                Cucurbitaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Bryonieae

                  • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cariceae

                    • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia
                    • Carex sylvatica - Europe to Iran, NW. Africa

                    Equisetaceae

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

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Cassieae

                      • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran
                      • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean region

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                        Tribe Mentheae

                        • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                        Subfamily Viticoideae

                        • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                        Lauraceae

                        • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                        Moraceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Ficeae

                          • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                          Myrtaceae

                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                            Tribe Myrteae

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

                            Nitrariaceae

                            • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                            Oleaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Oleeae

                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                              Pinaceae

                                Subfamily Pinoideae

                                • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                                Primulaceae

                                  Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                  • Cyclamen cyprium - Cyprus
                                  • Cyclamen graecum - s. Greece, Aegean Islands, s. Asia Minor

                                  Resedaceae

                                  • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                  Rosaceae

                                    Subfamily Rosoideae
                                    Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                    • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Rubieae

                                      • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)

                                      Urticaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                        • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 28 accessions native to Cyprus

                                        W/C = Wild Collected
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