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Collection Holdings from Middle Asia:

Includes:

  1. KAZ: Kazakhstan
  2. KGZ: Kirgizistan
  3. TKM: Turkmenistan
  4. TZK: Tadzhikistan
  5. UZB: Uzbekistan

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Narcisseae

    • Narcissus tazetta - Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Boraginaceae

        Subfamily Boraginoideae
        Tribe Boragineae

        • Symphytum officinale - Europe & temperate Asia

        Cannabaceae

        • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

        Caryophyllaceae

          Subfamily Caryophylloideae
          Tribe Sileneae

          • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

          Ceratophyllaceae

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

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Droseraceae

            • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

            Ephedraceae

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

            Equisetaceae

            • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

            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 Viticoideae

              • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

              Moraceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Ficeae

                • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                Nitrariaceae

                • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                Oleaceae

                  Subfamily Jasmineae

                  • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                  Papaveraceae

                    Subfamily Papaveroideae
                    Tribe Chelidonieae

                    • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                    Resedaceae

                    • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                    Rosaceae

                      Subfamily Rosoideae
                      Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                      • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                      Rubiaceae

                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                        Tribe Rubieae

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

                        Rutaceae

                          Subfamily Toddalioideae

                          • Dictamnus albus var. purpureus - Europe to Temperate Asia

                          Saxifragaceae

                          • Bergenia crassifolia - Siberia and Mongolia

                          Typhaceae

                          • Typha laxmannii - SE. Europe to Japan
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 27 accessions native to Middle Asia

                          W/C = Wild Collected
                          = Currently Flowering
                          = Image(s) Available
                          = map available for this accession

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