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Collection Holdings native to Maluku:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Marsdenieae

      • Hoya obovata - Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Thomsonieae

        • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

        Subfamily Lasioideae

        • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

        Subfamily Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Potheae

        • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Aralioideae

          • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Basellaceae

              Subfamily Baselleae

              • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Tecomanthe dendrophila - Maluku to Solomon Is.

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                Costaceae

                • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                  • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Eleocharideae

                  • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                  Euphorbiaceae

                    Subfamily Crotonoideae
                    Tribe Codiaeae

                    • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

                    Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                    Tribe Euphorbieae

                    • Euphorbia lactea - Sri Lanka, widely introduced in dry tropical areas

                    Flagellariaceae

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

                    Gnetaceae

                    • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                    • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific

                    Hypoxidaceae

                    • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                    Lamiaceae

                      Subfamily Ajugoideae

                      • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                      • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                      Tribe Ocimeae

                      • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                      • Coleus scutellarioides -
                      • Coleus scutellarioides - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                      Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                      • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                      Lecythidaceae

                        Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                        • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                        Lycopodiaceae

                          Subfamily Huperzioideae

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

                          Lygodiaceae

                          • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                          Malpighiaceae

                          • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Gossypieae

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

                            Marantaceae

                            • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C

                            Moraceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Ficeae

                              • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                              Nepenthaceae

                              • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                              Orchidaceae

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Coelogyneae

                                • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Collabieae

                                • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Dendrobieae

                                • Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Sulawesi to Solomon Is.
                                • Bulbophyllum hahlianum - New Guinea, Sulawesi
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                • Bulbophyllum morotaiense - Maluku
                                • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Malaxideae

                                • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Podochileae

                                • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                Oxalidaceae

                                • Averrhoa carambola - believed to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas

                                Pandanaceae

                                • Pandanus caricosus - Maluku

                                Phyllanthaceae

                                  Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                  • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                  Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                  Tribe Phyllantheae

                                  • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                  Poaceae

                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                    Tribe Paniceae

                                    • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                    Tribe Sacchareae

                                    • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                    Podocarpaceae

                                    • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                      Tribe Naucleeae

                                      • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                      • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                      • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                      • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                      • Myrmecodia platytyrea - Australia: Queensland: Mossman Gorge
                                      • Myrmecodia platytyrea - New Guinea
                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                      Rutaceae

                                        Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                        Tribe Aurantieae

                                        • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                        Selaginellaceae

                                        • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia

                                        Taccaceae

                                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                        Zingiberaceae

                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                          Tribe Globbeae

                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 79 accessions native to Maluku

                                          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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