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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

                Boraginaceae

                  Subfamily Boraginoideae
                  Tribe Boragineae

                  • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                  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 37 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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