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Collection Holdings from Papuasia:

Includes:

  1. BIS: Bismarck Archipelago
  2. NWG: New Guinea
  3. SOL: Solomon Is.

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

          Subfamily Lasioideae

          • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora cryptantha - Papua New Guinea
          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

          • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

            Araucariaceae

            • Agathis robusta - Papua New Guinea to Bismarck Arch., E. Queensland
            • Araucaria cunninghamii - New Guinea to E. Australia
            • Araucaria hunsteinii - ne New Guinea

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Lomandroideae
              Tribe Arthropodium group

              • Eustrephus latifolius - New Guinea to New Caledonia, E. & SE. Australia

              Subfamily Lomandroideae
              Tribe Cordylineae

              • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific

              Asphodelaceae

                Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Baselleae

                  • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia brevirimosa ssp. exotica - New Guinea

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Tecomeae

                    • Tecomanthe dendrophila - Maluku to Solomon Is.

                    Byblidaceae

                    • Byblis liniflora - northern Australia, New Guinea

                    Casuarinaceae

                    • Casuarina cunninghamiana - Australia, eastern & northern

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Costaceae

                    • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                      • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Eleocharideae

                      • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
                      • Eleocharis sphacelata - New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand

                      Davalliaceae

                      • Scyphularia pentaphylla - Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Polynesia

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Droseraceae

                      • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                        Tribe Acalypheae

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

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Aleuritideae

                        • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                        Subfamily Crotonoideae
                        Tribe Codiaeae

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

                        Eupomatiaceae

                        • Eupomatia laurina - New Guinea to E. & SE. Australia

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Mimosoideae
                          Tribe Ingeae

                          • Archidendron grandiflorum - Australia - NSW, QLD

                          Flagellariaceae

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

                          Gnetaceae

                          • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                          • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific

                          Goodeniaceae

                          • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                          Hypoxidaceae

                          • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Ajugoideae

                            • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                            • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                            Subfamily Lamioideae
                            Tribe Pogostemoneae

                            • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Ocimeae

                            • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                            • Plectranthus scutellarioides - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                            • Plectranthus scutellarioides -

                            Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                            • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                            Lecythidaceae

                              Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                              Lygodiaceae

                              • Lygodium circinnatum - E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, China to southeast Asia to Pacific Islands
                              • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                              Malpighiaceae

                              • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                              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

                                Meliaceae

                                  Subfamily Melioideae
                                  Tribe Melieae

                                  • Melia azedarach - Asia, nat. in trop. America

                                  Moraceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Ficeae

                                    • Ficus dammaropsis - Papua New Guinea

                                    Nepenthaceae

                                    • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                                    Nephrolepidaceae

                                    • Nephrolepis obliterata 'Kimberly Queen' - northeastern Australia

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                                      • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Collabieae

                                      • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                                      • Bulbophyllum fletcherianum - New Guinea
                                      • Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Sulawesi to Solomon Is.
                                      • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                      • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                      • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.
                                      • Dendrobium chrysotropis - New Guinea
                                      • Dendrobium rigidum - New Guinea to N. Queensland
                                      • Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum - New Guinea to NE. Queensland

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Malaxideae

                                      • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Podochileae

                                      • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                      • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                      Pandanaceae

                                      • Freycinetia elegantula - New Guinea

                                      Phyllanthaceae

                                        Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                        • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                        Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                        Tribe Phyllantheae

                                        • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                        Poaceae

                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                          Tribe Paniceae

                                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                          Tribe Sacchareae

                                          • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas
                                          • Saccharum officinarum - New Guinea

                                          Podocarpaceae

                                          • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                          Polygonaceae

                                            Subfamily Polygonoideae
                                            Tribe Polygoneae

                                            • Homalocladium platycladum - Solomon Islands, Papau New Guinea

                                            Polypodiaceae

                                              Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                              Rubiaceae

                                                Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                Tribe Naucleeae

                                                • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                                • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                                • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                                • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                                • Hydnophytum longistylum - Solomon Islands: Bougainville Island W/C
                                                • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                                • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                                • Hydnophytum papuanum - New Guinea
                                                • Hydnophytum ramispinum - W. New Guinea
                                                • Hydnophytum simplex - eastern Indonesia - Aru Islands
                                                • Myrmecodia platytyrea - New Guinea
                                                • Myrmecodia platytyrea - Australia: Queensland: Mossman Gorge
                                                • Myrmecodia platytyrea ssp. antoinii - Papua New Guinea to N. Queensland
                                                • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                                • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                                • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea
                                                • Squamellaria guppyanum - Solomon Islands

                                                Rutaceae

                                                  Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                  Tribe Aurantieae

                                                  • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                                  Taccaceae

                                                  • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                  Zingiberaceae

                                                    Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                    Tribe Riedelieae

                                                    • Pleuranthodium schlechteri - Papua New Guinea (Torricelli Mts.)
                                                    • Pleuranthodium schlechteri aff. - Papau New Guinea W/C

                                                    Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                    Tribe Globbeae

                                                    • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                    • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 109 accessions native to Papuasia

                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
                                                    = Currently Flowering
                                                    = Image(s) Available
                                                    = map available for this accession

                                                    data regenerated on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 02:09:08 -0400

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