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Collection Holdings native to Philippines:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

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 platyphylla - Phillipines
        • Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda - Indonesia, Phillipines

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema commutatum - C. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Alocasia Micholitziana - Philippine Isl.

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

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

          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

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Ophiopogoneae

            • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Blechnaceae

                  Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                  • Woodwardia unigemmata - eastern Asia

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  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.

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Eleocharideae

                      • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                      Davalliaceae

                      • Araiostegia hymenophylloides - N.Borneo (Sabah), Phillipines

                      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 Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Codiaeae

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

                        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

                          Goodeniaceae

                          • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                          Hypoxidaceae

                          • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                          Lamiaceae

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

                            Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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

                            Subfamily Viticoideae

                            • Gmelina philippensis - Indo-China to Philippines

                            Lecythidaceae

                              Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                              Lentibulariaceae

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

                              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

                                Melastomataceae

                                  Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                  Tribe Miconieae

                                  • Medinilla cummingii - Phillipines

                                  Meliaceae

                                    Subfamily Melioideae
                                    Tribe Melieae

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

                                    Menispermaceae

                                      Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                      Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                      • Stephania japonica - India, China, Phillipines to Japan

                                      Moraceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Ficeae

                                        • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                        Musaceae

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

                                        Nepenthaceae

                                        • Nepenthes copelandii - Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines W/C
                                        • Nepenthes truncata - Philipines
                                        • Nepenthes ventricosa - Phillipines

                                        Orchidaceae

                                          Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                          Tribe Cypripedieae

                                          • Paphiopedilum haynaldianum - Philippines (Luzon, Negros)

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Coelogyneae

                                          • Coelogyne pandurata - W. Malesia to Philippines
                                          • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                          • Coelogyne usitana - Phillipines - Mindano Isl
                                          • Dendrochilum cobbianum - Philippines
                                          • Dendrochilum convallariiforme - Philippines
                                          • Dendrochilum convallariiforme - Philippines
                                          • Dendrochilum glumaceum - Borneo to Philippines
                                          • Dendrochilum irigense - Philippines (Luzon: Mt. Iriga)
                                          • Dendrochilum magnum - Phillipines
                                          • Dendrochilum uncatum - Taiwan (Hengchun Pen., Lan Yü) to Philippines
                                          • Dendrochilum wenzelii - Philippines
                                          • 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
                                          • Thecostele alata - Bangladesh to Malesia

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Dendrobieae

                                          • Bulbophyllum cheiri - Pen. Malesia to Sulawesi
                                          • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                          • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                          • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                          • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                          • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Malaxideae

                                          • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Podochileae

                                          • Ceratostylis retisquama - Phillipines
                                          • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                          • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                          • Pinalia copelandii - Taiwan to Philippines

                                          Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                          Tribe Cranichideae

                                          • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                          Pandanaceae

                                          • Freycinetia multiflora - Philippines to Sulawesi

                                          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

                                              • 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

                                              • Pseudodrynaria coronans - Phillipines

                                              Subfamily Drynarioideae

                                              • Aglaomorpha meyeniana - Phillipines, Taiwan

                                              Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                              Subfamily Platycerioideae

                                              • Platycerium grande - Philippines

                                              Primulaceae

                                                Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                • Ardisia japonica - Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines W/C

                                                Pteridaceae

                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                    Tribe Mussaendeae

                                                    • Mussaenda philippica Queen Sirikit - Philippines

                                                    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 - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Singapore W/C
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                                    • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea
                                                    • Myrmephytum beccarii - Philippines (Sibuyan, Biliran)
                                                    • Myrmephytum cf. selebicum - Philippines (Mindanao) to Sulawesi

                                                    Sapindaceae

                                                      Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                      • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                      Selaginellaceae

                                                      • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                      Taccaceae

                                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                      Typhaceae

                                                      • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

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

                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                          • Alpinia elegans - Philippines
                                                          • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia 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

                                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 129 accessions native to Philippines

                                                          W/C = Wild Collected
                                                          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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