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Collection Holdings native to Mauritius:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Nolinoideae
        Tribe Dracaeneae

        • Dracaena reflexa - NE. Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean
        • Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia - W. Indian Ocean

        Asphodelaceae

          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

          Begoniaceae

          • Begonia salaziensis - Réunion, Mauritius

          Campanulaceae

            Subfamily Campanuloideae

            • Nesocodon mauritianus - Mauritius

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cypereae

              • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
              • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Eleocharideae

              • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

              Equisetaceae

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

              Flagellariaceae

              • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

              Lentibulariaceae

              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

              Lycopodiaceae

                Subfamily Huperzioideae

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

                Malvaceae

                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                  Tribe Gossypieae

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

                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                  Tribe Hibisceae

                  • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                    Orchidaceae

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                      • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific

                      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

                          Salvadoraceae

                          • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                          Solanaceae

                            Subfamily Solanoideae
                            Tribe Physaleae

                            • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                            Taccaceae

                            • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                            Vitaceae

                              Subfamily Leeoideae

                              • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 26 accessions native to Mauritius

                              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

                              data regenerated on Thu, 08 May 2025 02:08:22 -0400

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