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Collection Holdings native to Portugal:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Allioideae
      Tribe Allieae

      • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Pancratieae

      • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey

            Arecaceae

              Subfamily Coryphoideae
              Tribe Trachycarpeae

              • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Rusceae

                • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Hyacintheae

                • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

                Campanulaceae

                  Subfamily Campanuloideae

                  • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

                  Cannabaceae

                  • Celtis australis - southern Europe
                  • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

                  Caprifoliaceae

                    Subfamily Valerianoideae

                    • Centranthus ruber - Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

                    Caryophyllaceae

                      Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                      Tribe Sileneae

                      • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                      Ceratophyllaceae

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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Convolvuleae

                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                        Cucurbitaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Bryonieae

                          • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cariceae

                            • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                            Davalliaceae

                            • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                            Drosophyllaceae

                            • Drosophyllum lusitanicum - C. & S. Portugal to SC. & S. Spain (incl. Gibraltar), N. Morocco

                            Fabaceae

                              Subfamily Faboideae
                              Tribe Genisteae

                              • Ulex europaeus - Europe

                              Juncaginaceae

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

                              Lamiaceae

                                Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus
                                • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                Tribe Mentheae

                                • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                                • Prunella grandiflora - Europe to Caucasus
                                • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                                Lentibulariaceae

                                • Pinguicula lusitanica - W. Europe to NW. Africa
                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                Marsileaceae

                                • Marsilea quadrifolia - Europe and Asia

                                Myricaceae

                                • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                                Myrtaceae

                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                  Tribe Myrteae

                                  • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                                  Oleaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Oleeae

                                    • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                    Papaveraceae

                                      Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                      Tribe Chelidonieae

                                      • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                      Pinaceae

                                        Subfamily Pinoideae

                                        • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                                        Polygonaceae

                                          Subfamily Polygonoideae
                                          Tribe Rumiceae

                                          • Rumex acetosa - Britain.

                                          Resedaceae

                                          • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                          Rosaceae

                                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                                            Tribe Colurieae

                                            • Geum urbanum - Europe

                                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                                            Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                            • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 43 accessions native to Portugal

                                            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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