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Collection Holdings native to Malaya:

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 carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

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

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema costatum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi)
          • Aglaonema nitidum - S. Indo-China to W. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

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

          Subfamily Lasioideae

          • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific
          • Scindapsus pictus - SE. Bangladesh to W. & C. Malesia
          • Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Arecaceae

          • Arenga hookeriana - Malaya, Thailand

          Subfamily Arecoideae
          Tribe Areceae

          • Cyrtostachys renda - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Ophiopogoneae

            • Peliosanthes macrostegia - Assam to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia abdullahpieei - Peninsular Malaysia
                • Begonia kingiana - Malaya, Thailand
                • Begonia pavonina - Peninsular Malaysia

                Boraginaceae

                  Subfamily Cordioideae

                  • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                  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.
                        • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Eleocharideae

                        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Droseraceae

                        • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Aleuritideae

                          • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                          Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                          Tribe Euphorbieae

                          • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                          Fabaceae

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Desmodieae

                            • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical 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

                            Hypoxidaceae

                            • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                            Lamiaceae

                              Subfamily Ajugoideae

                              • Clerodendrum nutans - Bangladesh to W. Malesia
                              • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                              • Petraeovitex bambusetorum - Pen. Malaysia (Perak), Borneo

                              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 Symphorematoideae

                              • Congea tomentosa - India to Pen. Malaysia and China (SW. Yunnan)

                              Lecythidaceae

                                Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                                • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                                Lentibulariaceae

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

                                Lowiaceae

                                • Orchidantha fimbriata - peninsular Malaysia W/C
                                • Orchidantha siamensis - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia W/C

                                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

                                  Malvaceae

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Hibisceae

                                    • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                                    Marantaceae

                                    • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                                    • Stachyphrynium latifolium - Pen. Thailand to Sulawesi W/C

                                    Moraceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Ficeae

                                      • Ficus deltoidea - Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
                                      • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Moreae

                                      • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                                      Musaceae

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

                                      Myrtaceae

                                        Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                        Tribe Syzygieae

                                        • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                        Nepenthaceae

                                        • Nepenthes albomarginata - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
                                        • Nepenthes sanguinea - Malaya, Thailand

                                        Orchidaceae

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Coelogyneae

                                          • Coelogyne asperata - Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia
                                          • Coelogyne mayeriana - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo
                                          • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                          • Coelogyne tomentosa - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
                                          • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                                          • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                                          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 Cymbidieae

                                          • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                                          • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                          • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia
                                          • Eulophia andamanensis - Indo-China to N. Sumatera

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Dendrobieae

                                          • Bulbophyllum cheiri - Pen. Malesia to Sulawesi
                                          • Bulbophyllum corolliferum - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
                                          • Bulbophyllum flammuliferum - W. Malesia
                                          • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                          • Bulbophyllum gibbosum - W. Malesia to Bali
                                          • Bulbophyllum lasiochilum - India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
                                          • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                          • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                          • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                          • Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
                                          • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                          • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                          • Bulbophyllum vaginatum - Thailand to western Malesia
                                          • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                          • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                          • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                          • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                          • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Epidendreae

                                          • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Podochileae

                                          • Eria carinata - C. Nepal to Pen. Malaysia
                                          • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                          • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                          • Trichotosia velutina - Arunachal Pradesh to W. Malesia

                                          Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                          Tribe Cranichideae

                                          • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                          Phyllanthaceae

                                            Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                            • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                            Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                            Tribe Phyllantheae

                                            • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                            Poaceae

                                              Subfamily Panicoideae
                                              Tribe Sacchareae

                                              • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                              • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                              Podocarpaceae

                                              • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                              Polypodiaceae

                                                Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                Pteridaceae

                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                                    • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                    Tribe Ixoreae

                                                    • Ixora javanica - E. Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                                    Sapindaceae

                                                      Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                      • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                      Selaginellaceae

                                                      • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia
                                                      • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                      Stemonaceae

                                                      • Stichoneuron caudatum - Thailand W/C

                                                      Taccaceae

                                                      • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia
                                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                          • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Alpinia latilabris - Indo-China to W. Malesia
                                                          • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                          • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                                          • Elettariopsis aff. curtisii - Thailand to Malaya W/C
                                                          • Elettariopsis smithiae - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                          • Wurfbainia testacea - S. China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)

                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                          Tribe Globbeae

                                                          • Globba curtisii - Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                          • 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
                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Globba unifolia - Thailand to Pen. Malaysia

                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                          Tribe Zingibereae

                                                          • Boesenbergia pulcherrima - Assam to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                          • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Curcuma aeruginosa - Indo-China to W. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Curcuma longa - India to W. Malesia
                                                          • Hedychium longicornutum - Thailand, Naratiwat Province W/C
                                                          • Zingiber spectabile - Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
                                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 152 accessions native to Malaya

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