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Collection Holdings native to Kriti:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Narcisseae

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

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Pancratieae

    • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Rusceae

          • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

          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

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Mentheae

                  • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                  Subfamily Viticoideae

                  • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                  Lauraceae

                  • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                  Marsileaceae

                  • Marsilea quadrifolia - Europe and Asia

                  Myrtaceae

                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                    Tribe Myrteae

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

                    Oleaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Oleeae

                      • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                      Papaveraceae

                        Subfamily Papaveroideae
                        Tribe Chelidonieae

                        • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                        Pinaceae

                          Subfamily Pinoideae

                          • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                          Rubiaceae

                            Subfamily Rubioideae
                            Tribe Rubieae

                            • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 20 accessions native to Kriti

                            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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