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Collection Holdings native to Afghanistan:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Allioideae
    Tribe Allieae

    • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Narcisseae

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

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

        Caryophyllaceae

          Subfamily Caryophylloideae
          Tribe Sileneae

          • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

          Celastraceae

          • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cariceae

              • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cypereae

              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

              Ephedraceae

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

              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

                Lythraceae

                  Subfamily Punicoideae

                  • Punica granatum Nana - S.E. Europe to E. Asia

                  Moraceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Ficeae

                    • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                    Myrtaceae

                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                      Tribe Myrteae

                      • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                      Nitrariaceae

                      • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                      Oleaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Oleeae

                        • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                        Subfamily Jasmineae

                        • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                        Primulaceae

                          Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                          • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                          Rosaceae

                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                            Tribe Potentilleae

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

                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                            Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                            • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                            Rubiaceae

                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                              Tribe Rubieae

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

                              Solanaceae

                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                Tribe Physaleae

                                • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                Typhaceae

                                • Typha laxmannii - SE. Europe to Japan

                                Urticaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Urticeae

                                  • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 29 accessions native to Afghanistan

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

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