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Collection Holdings native to Lebanon-Syria:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

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

    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

      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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Leopoldia longipes - C. Turkey to Sinai and Iran

            Boraginaceae

              Subfamily Boraginoideae
              Tribe Boragineae

              • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

              Cannabaceae

              • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                Tribe Sileneae

                • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                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

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Cassieae

                        • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran
                        • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean region

                        Ixioliriaceae

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

                        Lamiaceae

                          Subfamily Ajugoideae

                          • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus

                          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

                          Lauraceae

                          • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                          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

                              Pinaceae

                                Subfamily Pinoideae

                                • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                                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

                                        Urticaceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Urticeae

                                          • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 35 accessions native to Lebanon-Syria

                                          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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