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Collection Holdings native to Maluku:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      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 Monsteroideae
      Tribe Monstereae

      • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Potheae

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

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

        Asphodelaceae

          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

          Basellaceae

            Subfamily Baselleae

            • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Tecomanthe dendrophila - Maluku to Solomon Is.

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Costaceae

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

              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

                Euphorbiaceae

                  Subfamily Crotonoideae
                  Tribe Codiaeae

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

                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                  Tribe Euphorbieae

                  • Euphorbia lactea - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                  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 speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                    • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Ocimeae

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

                    Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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

                    Lecythidaceae

                      Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                      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

                          Marantaceae

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

                          Moraceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Ficeae

                            • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                            Nepenthaceae

                            • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Coelogyneae

                              • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                              • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Collabieae

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

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                              • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                              • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Dendrobieae

                              • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                              • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                              • Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Sulawesi to Solomon Is.
                              • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                              • Bulbophyllum morotaiense - Maluku
                              • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                              • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.

                              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
                              • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                              Oxalidaceae

                              • Averrhoa carambola - believed to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas

                              Pandanaceae

                              • Pandanus caricosus - Maluku

                              Phyllanthaceae

                                Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                Tribe Phyllantheae

                                • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                  Podocarpaceae

                                  • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                  Rubiaceae

                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                    • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia

                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                    • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                    • Myrmecodia platytyrea - Australia: Queensland: Mossman Gorge
                                    • Myrmecodia platytyrea - New Guinea
                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                    Rutaceae

                                      Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                      Tribe Aurantieae

                                      • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                      Taccaceae

                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                      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
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 75 accessions native to Maluku

                                        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 Tue, 24 May 2022 02:08:23 -0400

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