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Collection Holdings native to Lesser Sunda Is.:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland
        • Hoya macrophylla - Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia
          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus muelleri - Java
          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

          • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Trevesia sundaica - Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.

            Arecaceae

              Subfamily Arecoideae
              Tribe Areceae

              • Pinanga coronata - Sumatera to Lesser Sunda Is.

              Asphodelaceae

                Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Baselleae

                  • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  Colchicaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Colchiceae

                    • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                    Costaceae

                    • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                    Cucurbitaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Gomphogyneae

                      • Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Burma, Thailand, Philippines

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Eleocharideae

                        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Droseraceae

                        • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Codiaeae

                          • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

                          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

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Ajugoideae

                            • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu

                            Subfamily Lamioideae
                            Tribe Pogostemoneae

                            • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia
                            • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Ocimeae

                            • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                            • Coleus scutellarioides - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                            • Coleus scutellarioides -

                            Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                            • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                            Lycopodiaceae

                              Subfamily Huperzioideae

                              • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                              • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                              Lygodiaceae

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

                              Malpighiaceae

                              • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                              Marantaceae

                              • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C

                              Meliaceae

                                Subfamily Melioideae
                                Tribe Melieae

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

                                Musaceae

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

                                Nepenthaceae

                                • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                                Orchidaceae

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Coelogyneae

                                  • Coelogyne speciosa - SW. Malesia
                                  • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Collabieae

                                  • Phaius tankervilleae - India to East Asia and Pacific
                                  • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Dendrobieae

                                  • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                  • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                  • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                  • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                  • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.
                                  • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Malaxideae

                                  • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Podochileae

                                  • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea

                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                  Tribe Vandeae

                                  • Vanda tricolor var. suavis - Java & Laos

                                  Phyllanthaceae

                                    Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                    • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                                    • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                    Poaceae

                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                      Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                      Podocarpaceae

                                      • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                      Rosaceae

                                        Subfamily Rosoideae
                                        Tribe Potentilleae

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

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                          Tribe Naucleeae

                                          • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                          • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                                          Tribe Psychotrieae

                                          • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                          • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                          • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                          Rutaceae

                                            Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                            Tribe Aurantieae

                                            • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                            Sapindaceae

                                              Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                              • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                              Taccaceae

                                              • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                              Urticaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Urticeae

                                                • Dendrocnide moroides - Australia, Vanuatu, Indonesia

                                                Vitaceae

                                                  Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                  • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                  Zingiberaceae

                                                    Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                    Tribe Globbeae

                                                    • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                    • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C

                                                    Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                    Tribe Zingibereae

                                                    • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                                    • Curcuma heyneana - Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali)
                                                    • Curcuma longa - India to W. Malesia
                                                    • Curcuma viridiflora - Thailand to Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali) W/C
                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 77 accessions native to Lesser Sunda Is.

                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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