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Collection Holdings from Macaronesia:

Includes:

  1. AZO: Azores
  2. CNY: Canary Is.
  3. CVI: Cape Verde
  4. MDR: Madeira
  5. SEL: Selvagens

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

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia fusca - Canary Islands (Spain)

        Subfamily Periplocoideae
        Tribe Periploceae

        • Periploca laevigata - Canary Islands W/C

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena draco - Canary Islands, Azores

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran
            • Semele androgyna - Canary Islands

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Anthemideae

              • Argyranthemum foeniculaceum - Canary Islands (endemic)

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Senecioneae

              • Kleinia neriifolia - Canary Islands (GJA 5432, Tenerife) W/C

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Boragineae

                • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Lithospermeae

                • Echium strictum - Madiera (endemic)
                • Echium wildprettii - Spain: Canary Islands

                Campanulaceae

                  Subfamily Campanuloideae

                  • Canarina canariensis - Spain (Tenerife, Canary Islands) W/C
                  • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

                  Caryophyllaceae

                    Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                    Tribe Sileneae

                    • Silene lagunensis - Canary Islands (endemic to Tenerife) W/C

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Convolvulaceae

                      Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                      Tribe Convolvuleae

                      • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                      Crassulaceae

                        Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                        Tribe Sedeae

                        • Aeonium ciliatum - Spain: Canary Islands W/C
                        • Aeonium haworthii - Canary Islands
                        • Aeonium sedifolium - Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Palma)
                        • Aeonium smithii - Canary Islands W/C
                        • Monanthes laxiflora - Canary Islands
                        • Monanthes lowei - Portugal: Savage Islands
                        • Monanthes subcrassicaulis - Canary Islands

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cariceae

                          • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                          Davalliaceae

                          • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                            Tribe Euphorbieae

                            • Euphorbia canariensis - Spain (Canary Islands)

                            Fabaceae

                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                              Tribe Cassieae

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

                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                              Tribe Detarieae

                              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                              Subfamily Faboideae
                              Tribe Genisteae

                              • Genista canariensis - Canary Islands

                              Lamiaceae

                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                Tribe Mentheae

                                • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                                Marsileaceae

                                • Marsilea quadrifolia - Europe and Asia

                                Myrtaceae

                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                  Tribe Myrteae

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

                                  Oleaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Oleeae

                                    • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                    Papaveraceae

                                      Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                      Tribe Chelidonieae

                                      • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                        Primulaceae

                                          Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                          • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                          Resedaceae

                                          • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                          Rosaceae

                                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                                            Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                            • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                                            Rubiaceae

                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                              Tribe Putorieae

                                              • Plocama pendula - Canary Islands (Spain) W/C

                                              Solanaceae

                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                Tribe Physaleae

                                                • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 45 accessions native to Macaronesia

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
                                                = Currently Flowering
                                                = Image(s) Available
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