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Collection Holdings native to Sinai:

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Leopoldia longipes - C. Turkey to Sinai and Iran

            Equisetaceae

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

            Ixioliriaceae

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

            Moraceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Ficeae

              • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

              Nitrariaceae

              • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

              Nymphaeaceae

              • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

              Resedaceae

              • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa
              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 12 accessions native to Sinai

              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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