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Collection Holdings native to Christmas I.:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Colocasieae

      • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

      Cyperaceae

        Subfamily Cyperoideae
        Tribe Cypereae

        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

        Dioscoreaceae

        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

        Lecythidaceae

          Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

          Lygodiaceae

          • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

          Phyllanthaceae

            Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

            • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

            Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
            Tribe Phyllantheae

            • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 8 accessions native to Christmas I.

            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, 30 May 2025 02:08:43 -0400

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