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Collection Holdings native to Mauritius:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Nolinoideae
        Tribe Dracaeneae

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

        Asphodelaceae

          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

          Begoniaceae

          • Begonia salaziensis - Réunion, Mauritius

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

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

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Eleocharideae

            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Equisetaceae

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

            Flagellariaceae

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

            Goodeniaceae

            • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America
            • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

            Lentibulariaceae

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

            Lycopodiaceae

              Subfamily Huperzioideae

              • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
              • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

              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 Dendrobieae

                    • 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
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 27 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 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:08:21 -0400

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