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Collection Holdings native to West Himalaya:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

      • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

        Caprifoliaceae

          Subfamily Caprifolioideae

          • Leycesteria formosa - E. Asia - China to the Himalayas

          Caryophyllaceae

            Subfamily Caryophylloideae
            Tribe Sileneae

            • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

            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.

                Dioscoreaceae

                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                Ephedraceae

                • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China
                • Ephedra regeliana - temperate central Asia

                Equisetaceae

                • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet

                Ixioliriaceae

                • Ixiolirion tataricum - E. Turkey to Kashmir W/C

                Juncaginaceae

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

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Mentheae

                  • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Ocimeae

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

                  Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                  • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                    Subfamily Jasmineae

                    • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand
                    • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                    Orchidaceae

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                      • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                      • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                      • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                      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 aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                      • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                      • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                      • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                      • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Sacchareae

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

                        Rubiaceae

                          Subfamily Rubioideae
                          Tribe Rubieae

                          • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)

                          Saururaceae

                          • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                          Typhaceae

                          • Typha laxmannii - SE. Europe to Japan
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 39 accessions native to West Himalaya

                          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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