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Collection Holdings native to Iran:

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    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

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Phoeniceae

            • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Leopoldia longipes - C. Turkey to Sinai and Iran

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Boragineae

                • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Convolvuleae

                  • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                  Cucurbitaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Bryonieae

                    • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cariceae

                      • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia
                      • Carex sylvatica - Europe to Iran, NW. Africa

                      Ephedraceae

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

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Cassieae

                        • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran

                        Ixioliriaceae

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

                        Juncaginaceae

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

                        Lamiaceae

                          Subfamily Ajugoideae

                          • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus

                          Subfamily Lamioideae
                          Tribe Stachydeae

                          • Stachys byzantina - Krym, N. Turkey to N. Iran

                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                          Tribe Mentheae

                          • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                          • Thymus kotschyanus - S. & E. Turkey to Iran

                          Subfamily Viticoideae

                          • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                          Lythraceae

                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                            • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                            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 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

                                          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 39 accessions native to Iran

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

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