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Collection Holdings native to East Aegean Is.:

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

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Aralioideae

          • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
          • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
          • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            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

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Mentheae

                    • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                    • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                    Subfamily Viticoideae

                    • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                    Lythraceae

                      Subfamily Punicoideae

                      • Punica granatum Nana - S.E. Europe to E. Asia

                      Myrtaceae

                        Subfamily Myrtoideae
                        Tribe Myrteae

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

                        Oleaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Oleeae

                          • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                          Pinaceae

                            Subfamily Pinoideae

                            • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                            Rubiaceae

                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                              Tribe Rubieae

                              • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 20 accessions native to East Aegean 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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