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Collection Holdings native to Sulawesi:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

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 major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland
        • Hoya obovata - Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema commutatum - C. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          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 Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific
          • Scindapsus pictus - SE. Bangladesh to W. & C. Malesia
          • Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                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 Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Codiaeae

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

                      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

                      Hypoxidaceae

                      • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Ajugoideae

                        • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                        • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                        Subfamily Lamioideae
                        Tribe Pogostemoneae

                        • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia

                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                        Tribe Ocimeae

                        • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                        • Coleus scutellarioides -
                        • Coleus scutellarioides - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                        Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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

                        Lecythidaceae

                          Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Lycopodiaceae

                            Subfamily Huperzioideae

                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                            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

                              Marantaceae

                              • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                              • Stachyphrynium latifolium - Pen. Thailand to Sulawesi W/C

                              Musaceae

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

                              Nepenthaceae

                              • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                              Orchidaceae

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Coelogyneae

                                • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                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 Cymbidieae

                                • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Dendrobieae

                                • Bulbophyllum cheiri - Pen. Malesia to Sulawesi
                                • Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Sulawesi to Solomon Is.
                                • Bulbophyllum hahlianum - New Guinea, Sulawesi
                                • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                • 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

                                • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                Tribe Orchideae

                                • Habenaria medusa - Malesia

                                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

                                    • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                    Podocarpaceae

                                    • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                    Polypodiaceae

                                      Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                      • Lecanopteris sarcopus - Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
                                      • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                      Rosaceae

                                        Subfamily Rosoideae
                                        Tribe Potentilleae

                                        • Duchesnea indica - E. Asia - China, Japan, Himalayas

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                          Tribe Naucleeae

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

                                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                                          Tribe Psychotrieae

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

                                          Rutaceae

                                            Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                            Tribe Aurantieae

                                            • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                            Sapindaceae

                                              Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                              • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                              Selaginellaceae

                                              • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia

                                              Taccaceae

                                              • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                              Vitaceae

                                                Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                Zingiberaceae

                                                  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
                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 91 accessions native to Sulawesi

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

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