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Collection Holdings native to Vanuatu:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum - Fiji

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Ochrosia elliptica - coastal New Caledonia to Australia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Lomandroideae
            Tribe Cordylineae

            • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific

            Euphorbiaceae

              Subfamily Acalyphoideae
              Tribe Acalypheae

              • Acalypha wilkesiana `Macafeana' - Bismarck Arch. to SW. Pacific

              Subfamily Crotonoideae
              Tribe Codiaeae

              • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

              Flagellariaceae

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

              Lamiaceae

                Subfamily Ajugoideae

                • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu

                Lecythidaceae

                  Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                  Malvaceae

                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                    Tribe Gossypieae

                    • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                    Tribe Hibisceae

                    • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                    Marantaceae

                    • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C

                    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

                          Polypodiaceae

                            Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                            Taccaceae

                            • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                            Urticaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Urticeae

                              • Dendrocnide moroides - Australia, Vanuatu, Indonesia
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 23 accessions native to Vanuatu

                              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

                              data regenerated on Thu, 08 May 2025 02:08:40 -0400

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