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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

            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 region
                      • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran

                      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 34 accessions native to Lebanon-Syria

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

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