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Collection Holdings native to Sri Lanka:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Andrographideae

    • Andrographis paniculata - Indian subcontinent

    Acoraceae

    • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Annonaceae

        Subfamily Annonoideae
        Tribe Xylopieae

        • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Vinceae

            • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Areae

              • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Colocasieae

              • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Thomsonieae

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

              Subfamily Lasioideae

              • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

              Subfamily Pothoideae
              Tribe Potheae

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

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Aralioideae

                • Schefflera emarginata - Sri Lanka

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                  • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

                  Balsaminaceae

                  • Impatiens grandis - India, Nepal
                  • Impatiens repens - Sri Lanka

                  Basellaceae

                    Subfamily Baselleae

                    • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                    Colchicaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Colchiceae

                      • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                      Costaceae

                      • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                        • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Eleocharideae

                        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Aleuritideae

                          • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                          Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                          Tribe Euphorbieae

                          • Euphorbia lactea - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                          • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                          Fabaceae

                            Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                            Tribe Cassieae

                            • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Desmodieae

                            • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                            Flagellariaceae

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

                            Goodeniaceae

                            • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America
                            • 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

                              Lauraceae

                              • Cinnamomum verum - Sri Lanka, south-west India and the Tenasserim Hills of Burma

                              Lecythidaceae

                                Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                                Lentibulariaceae

                                • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                • Utricularia graminifolia - Sri Lanka, India to China (Yunnan)

                                Lygodiaceae

                                • Lygodium circinnatum - E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, China to southeast Asia to Pacific Islands
                                • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                                Malvaceae

                                  Subfamily Malvoideae
                                  Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                  Marantaceae

                                  • Indianthus virgatus - S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is.
                                  • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                                  Meliaceae

                                    Subfamily Melioideae
                                    Tribe Melieae

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

                                    Menyanthaceae

                                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                    Musaceae

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

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                                      • 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 aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                                      • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea

                                      Oxalidaceae

                                      • Averrhoa carambola - believed to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas

                                      Phyllanthaceae

                                        Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                        • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                        Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                        Tribe Phyllantheae

                                        • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                        Poaceae

                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                          Tribe Andropogoneae

                                          • Cymbopogon citratus - S. India, Sri Lanka

                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                          Tribe Sacchareae

                                          • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                          • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                          Polypodiaceae

                                            Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                            Pteridaceae

                                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                              • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                              Rubiaceae

                                                Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                Tribe Naucleeae

                                                • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                                • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                Rutaceae

                                                  Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                  Tribe Aurantieae

                                                  • Murraya koenigii - India, Sri Lanka

                                                  Sapindaceae

                                                    Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                    • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                    Solanaceae

                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                      Tribe Physaleae

                                                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                      Taccaceae

                                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                      Tectariaceae

                                                      • Tectaria zeylanica - Ceylon

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                          • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) 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
                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 72 accessions native to Sri Lanka

                                                          W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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