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Collection Holdings native to New Caledonia:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Amborellaceae

    • Amborella trichopoda - New Caledonia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Vinceae

      • Ochrosia elliptica - coastal New Caledonia to Australia

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Meryta balansae - New Caledonia
        • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

        Araucariaceae

        • Agathis moorei - New Caledonia
        • Araucaria nemorosa - SE. New Caledonia (near Port Boisé)

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Lomandroideae
          Tribe Arthropodium group

          • Eustrephus latifolius - New Guinea to New Caledonia, E. & SE. Australia

          Casuarinaceae

          • Gymnostoma deplancheanum - New Caledonia

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Eleocharideae

            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Flagellariaceae

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

            Lecythidaceae

              Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

              Lentibulariaceae

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

              Malpighiaceae

              • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Malvoideae
                Tribe Hibisceae

                • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                Orchidaceae

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Coelogyneae

                  • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Collabieae

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

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Dendrobieae

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

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Malaxideae

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

                  Phyllanthaceae

                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                    • Breynia disticha - Vanuatu to New Caledonia

                    Poaceae

                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                      Tribe Paniceae

                      • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                      Podocarpaceae

                      • Dacrycarpus vieillardii - New Caledonia W/C

                      Polypodiaceae

                        Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                        Taccaceae

                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                        Xeronemataceae

                        • Xeronema moorei - New Caledonia (endemic)
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 26 accessions native to New Caledonia

                        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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