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Collection Holdings native to Libya:

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

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Trachycarpeae

            • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Rusceae

              • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Cucurbitaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Bryonieae

                • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                  Tribe Cassieae

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

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Ajugoideae

                    • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Mentheae

                    • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                    Subfamily Viticoideae

                    • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                    Lauraceae

                    • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                    Lentibulariaceae

                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                    Myrtaceae

                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                      Tribe Myrteae

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

                      Nitrariaceae

                      • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                      Oleaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Oleeae

                        • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                        Resedaceae

                        • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                        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 24 accessions native to Libya

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

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