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Collection Holdings native to Mauritius:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Nolinoideae
        Tribe Dracaeneae

        • Dracaena reflexa - NE. Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean
        • Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia - W. Indian Ocean

        Begoniaceae

        • Begonia salaziensis - Réunion, Mauritius

        Cyperaceae

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Cypereae

          • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
          • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa
          • Kyllinga brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

          Equisetaceae

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

          Flagellariaceae

          • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

          Goodeniaceae

          • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

          Lentibulariaceae

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

          Malvaceae

            Subfamily Malvoideae
            Tribe Gossypieae

            • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

            Subfamily Malvoideae
            Tribe Hibisceae

            • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

            Oleaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Oleeae

              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

              Orchidaceae

                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                Tribe Podochilaeae

                • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific

                Poaceae

                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                  Tribe Paniceae

                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                  Polypodiaceae

                    Subfamily Microsoroideae

                    • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                    Salvadoraceae

                    • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                    Solanaceae

                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                      Tribe Physaleae

                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                      Taccaceae

                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                        Xanthorrhoeaceae

                          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 23 accessions native to Mauritius

                          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

                          data regenerated on Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:30:21 -0400

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