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Collection Holdings native to Samoa:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum - Fiji

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Cyperaceae

        Subfamily Cyperoideae
        Tribe Eleocharideae

        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

        Lecythidaceae

          Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

          Malvaceae

            Subfamily Malvoideae
            Tribe Hibisceae

            • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

            Orchidaceae

              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 Dendrobieae

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

              Subfamily Epidendroideae
              Tribe Malaxideae

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

              Poaceae

                Subfamily Panicoideae
                Tribe Paniceae

                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                Taccaceae

                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 11 accessions native to Samoa

                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 Fri, 09 May 2025 02:08:35 -0400

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