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Collection Holdings native to Nansei-shoto:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Marsdenieae

      • Hoya carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Ophiopogoneae

          • Ophiopogon jaburan Argenteo-marginatus - Korea (incl. Jeju-do), WC. & S. Japan to Nansei-shoto
          • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Cycadaceae

            • Cycas revoluta - Japan (Kyushu) to Nansei-shoto

            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

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

              Fagaceae

                Subfamily Castaneoideae

                • Lithocarpus edulis - C. & S. Japan to Nansei-shoto

                Flagellariaceae

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

                Garryaceae

                • Aucuba japonica - E. Asia - Japan.

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Ocimeae

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

                  Lecythidaceae

                    Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                    Liliaceae

                      Subfamily Calochortoideae

                      • Tricyrtis formosana - Nansei-shoto to Taiwan W/C

                      Melastomataceae

                        Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                        Tribe Sonerileae

                        • Bredia hirsuta - Taiwan, Japan (Kyushu, Yakushima Isl.), Ryukyu Isl.

                        Orchidaceae

                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                          Tribe Arethuseae

                          • Bletilla striata - China to Japan

                          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 dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia

                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                          Tribe Dendrobieae

                          • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                          • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)

                          Poaceae

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Paniceae

                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Sacchareae

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

                            Rubiaceae

                              Subfamily Ixoroideae
                              Tribe Gardenieae

                              • Gardenia jasminoides - southern China, Taiwan, Japan (subtropical eastern hemisphere)
                              • Gardenia jasminoides -

                              Rutaceae

                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                Tribe Citreae

                                • Citrus reticulata - southeastern Asia

                                Zingiberaceae

                                  Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                  Tribe Alpinieae

                                  • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 31 accessions native to Nansei-shoto

                                  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 02:08:29 -0400

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