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Collection Holdings native to Tunisia:

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

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Trachycarpeae

            • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Rusceae

              • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Jacobaea maritima - Mediterranean region

                Cannabaceae

                • Celtis australis - southern Europe

                Caprifoliaceae

                  Subfamily Valerianoideae

                  • Centranthus ruber - Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  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
                        • Carex sylvatica - Europe to Iran, NW. Africa

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Cassieae

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

                          Juncaginaceae

                          • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Ajugoideae

                            • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus
                            • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Mentheae

                            • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                            • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                            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

                                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

                                    Solanaceae

                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                      Tribe Physaleae

                                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                      Urticaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                        • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 36 accessions native to Tunisia

                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                        = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                        = images available for this accession
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                                        = accession added within past 90 days

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