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Collection Holdings native to Palestine:

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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Leopoldia longipes - C. Turkey to Sinai and Iran

            Cannabaceae

            • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Cucurbitaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Bryonieae

                • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cariceae

                  • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                  Equisetaceae

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

                  Fabaceae

                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                    Tribe Cassieae

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

                    Ixioliriaceae

                    • Ixiolirion tataricum - E. Turkey to Kashmir W/C

                    Lamiaceae

                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                      Tribe Mentheae

                      • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                      Tribe Ocimeae

                      • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                      Subfamily Viticoideae

                      • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                      Lauraceae

                      • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      Moraceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Ficeae

                        • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                        Myrtaceae

                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                          Tribe Myrteae

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

                          Nitrariaceae

                          • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                          Nymphaeaceae

                          • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                          Oleaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Oleeae

                            • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                            Resedaceae

                            • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                            Rosaceae

                              Subfamily Rosoideae
                              Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                              • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                              Rubiaceae

                                Subfamily Rubioideae
                                Tribe Rubieae

                                • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)

                                Solanaceae

                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                  • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 30 accessions native to Palestine

                                  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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