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Collection Holdings native to Nepal:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Lycoridae

    • Lycoris radiata - China, Japan

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Apocyneae

        • Beaumontia grandiflora - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

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

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia affinis - Himalaya (Nepal to Sikkim), Assam, Burma
          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)
          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus bulbifer - S. & NE. India, Himalaya to Myanmar

          Subfamily Lasioideae

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

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Caprifoliaceae

              Subfamily Caprifolioideae

              • Leycesteria formosa - E. Asia - China to the Himalayas

              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

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

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

                  Dioscoreaceae

                  • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                  Ephedraceae

                  • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

                  Equisetaceae

                  • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet

                  Fabaceae

                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                    Tribe Cassieae

                    • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                    Subfamily Faboideae
                    Tribe Desmodieae

                    • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                    Gnetaceae

                    • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                    Hypoxidaceae

                    • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                    Juncaginaceae

                    • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                    Lamiaceae

                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                      Tribe Ocimeae

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

                      Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                      • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      Linaceae

                      • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                      Lygodiaceae

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

                      Meliaceae

                        Subfamily Melioideae
                        Tribe Melieae

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

                        Myrtaceae

                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                          Tribe Syzygieae

                          • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                          Oleaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Oleeae

                            • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                            Subfamily Jasmineae

                            • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand
                            • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Coelogyneae

                              • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                              • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                              • 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

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Dendrobieae

                              • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                              • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                              • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                              • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                              • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                              • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                              • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                              • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                              • 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
                              • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                              Oxalidaceae

                              • Biophytum sensitivum - tropical Nepal, India, Southeast Asia

                              Poaceae

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                Pteridaceae

                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                  Rosaceae

                                    Subfamily Rosoideae
                                    Tribe Potentilleae

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

                                    Saururaceae

                                    • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                                    Saxifragaceae

                                    • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                    Thymelaeaceae

                                    • Daphne bholua - Nepal to Sichuan

                                    Urticaceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Boehmerieae

                                      • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Urticeae

                                      • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                      Vitaceae

                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                        • Cissus javana - Indonesia

                                        Zingiberaceae

                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                          • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C
                                          • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C

                                          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

                                          • Hedychium aff. flavescens - E. Nepal to China (Sichuan)
                                          • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                          • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                          • Hedychium gardnerianum - India, Nepal, Bhutan
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 80 accessions native to Nepal

                                          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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