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Collection Holdings native to Reunion:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Potheae

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

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Nolinoideae
        Tribe Dracaeneae

        • Dracaena reflexa - NE. Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean
        • Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia - W. Indian Ocean

        Asphodelaceae

          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

          Begoniaceae

          • Begonia salaziensis - Réunion, Mauritius

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

            • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
            • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

            Equisetaceae

            • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

            Flagellariaceae

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

            Malvaceae

              Subfamily Malvoideae
              Tribe Gossypieae

              • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

              Oleaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Oleeae

                • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                Orchidaceae

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Dendrobieae

                  • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific

                  Poaceae

                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                    Tribe Paniceae

                    • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                    Pteridaceae

                      Subfamily Pteridoideae

                      • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia
                      • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                      Salvadoraceae

                      • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Reunion

                        W/C = Wild Collected
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