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Collection Holdings native to Tibet:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Apocynoideae
    Tribe Apocyneae

    • Trachelospermum jasminoides - China

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Areae

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

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Arisaemateae

      • Arisaema candidissimum - Tibet to south-central China

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Colocasieae

      • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)
      • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

      Subfamily Lasioideae

      • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

      Subfamily Pothoideae
      Tribe Potheae

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

      Asphodelaceae

        Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

        • Hemerocallis fulva - China to Temp. E. Asia

        Caprifoliaceae

          Subfamily Caprifolioideae

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

          Caryophyllaceae

            Subfamily Caryophylloideae
            Tribe Sileneae

            • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cypereae

              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
              • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

              Dioscoreaceae

              • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

              Ephedraceae

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

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

              Gnetaceae

              • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
              • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific

              Hypoxidaceae

              • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

              Juncaginaceae

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

              Lygodiaceae

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

              Oleaceae

                Subfamily Jasmineae

                • Jasminum nudiflorum - SE. Tibet to C. China
                • 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 var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                  Phyllanthaceae

                    Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                    • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                    Piperaceae

                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                      • Piper sylvaticum - S Yunnan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Sacchareae

                        • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia

                        Primulaceae

                          Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                          • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                          Pteridaceae

                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                            Rosaceae

                              Subfamily Rosoideae
                              Tribe Potentilleae

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

                              Saururaceae

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

                              Thymelaeaceae

                              • Daphne bholua - Nepal to Sichuan

                              Zingiberaceae

                                Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                Tribe Alpinieae

                                • Alpinia malaccensis - Assam to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 38 accessions native to Tibet

                                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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