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Collection Holdings from Australia:

Includes:

  1. NFK: Norfolk Is.
  2. NSW: New South Wales
  3. NTA: Northern Territory
  4. QLD: Queensland
  5. SOA: South Australia
  6. TAS: Tasmania
  7. VIC: Victoria
  8. WAU: Western Australia

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Carpobrotus rossii - Australia

    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
          • Hoya australis ssp. australis - Australia - Cape York and Queensland
          • Hoya macgillivrayi - Queensland, Australia (endemic)

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Alyxieae

          • Alyxia ruscifolia - N. & E. Australia to Lord Howe I.

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Vinceae

          • Ochrosia elliptica - coastal New Caledonia to Australia

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Thomsonieae

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

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Aralioideae

              • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Araucariaceae

              • Agathis robusta - Papua New Guinea to Bismarck Arch., E. Queensland
              • Araucaria cunninghamii - New Guinea to E. Australia
              • Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk I. (incl. Philip I.)
              • Wollemia nobilis - Australia - New South Wales

              Arecaceae

                Subfamily Arecoideae
                Tribe Areceae

                • Ptychosperma macarthurii - Queensland, Australia

                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

                  Subfamily Lomandroideae
                  Tribe Lomandreae

                  • Lomandra longifolia - E. & SE. Australia

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                    • Phormium tenax - Norfolk I., New Zealand

                    Subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae

                    • Xanthorrhoea australis - SE. Australia

                    Austrobaileyaceae

                    • Austrobaileya scandens - Queensland (Cook, North Kennedy)

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

                      • Pandorea jasminoides - E. Queensland to NE. New South Wales

                      Blechnaceae

                        Subfamily Blechnoideae

                        • Doodia caudata - Australia to New Zealand
                        • Doodia media - Australia & New Zealand

                        Subfamily Stenochlaenoideae

                        • Stenochlaena palustris - India, throughout se Asia to Australia & Samoa

                        Byblidaceae

                        • Byblis liniflora - northern Australia, New Guinea

                        Casuarinaceae

                        • Allocasuarina luehmannii - E. & SE. Australia
                        • Casuarina cunninghamiana - Australia, eastern & northern

                        Centrolepidaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Centrolepideae

                          • Centrolepis strigosa - Australia W/C

                          Cephalotaceae

                          • Cephalotus follicularis - southwest Australia
                          • Cephalotus follicularis - southwest Australia

                          Ceratophyllaceae

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

                          Convolvulaceae

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Convolvuleae

                            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                            Costaceae

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

                            Cunoniaceae

                            • Davidsonia pruriens - Queensland to NE. New South Wales

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Callitroideae

                              • Callitris columellaris - Australia: Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland
                              • Callitris rhomboidea - Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, & South Aust

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

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

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Eleocharideae

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

                                Dioscoreaceae

                                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                                Doryanthaceae

                                • Doryanthes palmeri - Australia - QLD & NSW

                                Droseraceae

                                • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C
                                • Drosera adelae - NE. Queensland (Rockingham Bay)
                                • Drosera auriculata - E. & SE. Australia, New Zealand
                                • Drosera binata - E. & SE. Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is.
                                • Drosera binata - Coromandel, New Zealand W/C
                                • Drosera binata var. multifida extrema - Australia
                                • Drosera callistos - Brookton, Western Australia, Australia
                                • Drosera hartmeyerorum - tropical northern Australia
                                • Drosera macrantha - SW Australia
                                • Drosera pygmaea - S. & E. Australia, New Zealand W/C
                                • Drosera ramellosa - southwestern Australia
                                • Drosera scorpioides - western Australia
                                • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  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 Faboideae
                                    Tribe Mirbelieae

                                    • Chorizema ilicifolium - western Australia (endemic)

                                    Subfamily Mimosoideae
                                    Tribe Acacieae

                                    • Acacia brachybotrya - Australia
                                    • Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae - southeastern Australia - Queensland to Tasmania
                                    • Acacia saligna - western Australia, naturalized elsewhere

                                    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

                                    Haemodoraceae

                                      Subfamily Conostyloideae
                                      Tribe Conostylideae

                                      • Anigozanthos flavidus - southwestern Australia
                                      • Anigozanthos sp. - Australia

                                      Hypoxidaceae

                                      • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                                      Juncaceae

                                      • Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' - Eurasia, N. Amer., Australia, e&s Africa

                                      Lamiaceae

                                        Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                        • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                        Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                        Subfamily Prostantheroideae
                                        Tribe Westringieae

                                        • Prostanthera rotundifolia - Tasmania
                                        • Westringia fruticosa - E. Australia

                                        Lecythidaceae

                                          Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                                          Lentibulariaceae

                                          • Utricularia dichotoma - E, SE. & SW. Australia
                                          • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                          Lycopodiaceae

                                            Subfamily Huperzioideae

                                            • Phlegmariurus phlegmarioides - Queensland, New Caledonia, Moluccas, Fiji
                                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                                            • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                                            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
                                              • Lagunaria patersonia - e. Australia, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.

                                              Subfamily Sterculioideae
                                              Tribe Sterculieae

                                              • Brachychiton rupestris - Northern Australia, Queensland, New South Wales

                                              Marsileaceae

                                              • Marsilea drummondii - Australia

                                              Meliaceae

                                                Subfamily Melioideae
                                                Tribe Melieae

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

                                                Menispermaceae

                                                  Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                  Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                  • Stephania japonica - India, China, Phillipines to Japan

                                                  Menyanthaceae

                                                  • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide
                                                  • Ornduffia reniformis - Australia

                                                  Moraceae

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Ficeae

                                                    • Ficus destruens - Queensland, Australia
                                                    • Ficus rubiginosa variegata - Australia, New South Wales

                                                    Myrtaceae

                                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                      Tribe Eucalypteae

                                                      • Corymbia citriodora - Queensland to NE. New South Wales
                                                      • Corymbia eximia nana -
                                                      • Eucalyptus globulus - New South Wales to Tasmania
                                                      • Eucalyptus kitsoniana - southeastern Victoria, Australia

                                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                      Tribe Leptospermeae

                                                      • Kunzea ambigua - eastern Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)

                                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                      Tribe Melaleuceae

                                                      • Callistemon citrinus - Australia - Qld, NSW, Vic
                                                      • Callistemon linearis - Australia - New South Wales
                                                      • Calothamnus quadrifidus - south-west of Western Australia
                                                      • Melaleuca armillaris - Australia

                                                      Nephrolepidaceae

                                                      • Nephrolepis obliterata 'Kimberly Queen' - northeastern Australia

                                                      Ophioglossaceae

                                                        Subfamily Ophioglossoideae

                                                        • Ophioglossum pendulum - Madagascar, tropical Asia, 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 longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                                          • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.
                                                          • Dendrobium gracilicaule - S. Queensland to New South Wales and SW. Pacific
                                                          • Dendrobium kingianum - eastern Australia - Queensland & NSW
                                                          • Dendrobium rigidum - New Guinea to N. Queensland
                                                          • Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii - SE. Queensland to CE. New South Wales
                                                          • Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum - New Guinea to NE. Queensland
                                                          • Dendrobium x delicatum - E. Australia

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Malaxideae

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

                                                          Philydraceae

                                                          • Philydrum lanuginosum - Australia

                                                          Poaceae

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                            Podocarpaceae

                                                            • Lagarostrobos franklinii - Australia - western Tasmania

                                                            Polypodiaceae

                                                              Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                              • Goniophlebium subauriculatum - North India, China, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia
                                                              • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia
                                                              • Microsorum scandens - Australia & New Zealand

                                                              Subfamily Platycerioideae

                                                              • Platycerium veitchii - Northeastern Australia

                                                              Proteaceae

                                                                Subfamily Grevilleoideae
                                                                Tribe Banksieae

                                                                • Banksia hookeriana - western Australia
                                                                • Banksia serrata - se Australia

                                                                Subfamily Grevilleoideae
                                                                Tribe Embothrieae

                                                                • Grevillea leucopteris - southwestern Australia
                                                                • Hakea suaveolens - Australia - Western Australia.
                                                                • Lomatia myricoides - southeast Australia
                                                                • Stenocarpus sinuatus - Queensland, Australia

                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

                                                                  • Pellaea falcata - eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island
                                                                  • Pellaea rotundifolia - Australia, New Zealand

                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                  • Pteris ensiformis - China, Indomalaysia, Queesnland Australia

                                                                  Restionaceae

                                                                  • Baloskion tetraphyllum - SE. Queensland to SE. Australia W/C

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                                                    • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                    • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                                                    • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                                                    • Myrmecodia beccarii - Australia (endemic)
                                                                    • 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

                                                                    Sapindaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                      • Alectryon coriaceus - Australia

                                                                      Scrophulariaceae

                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                        Tribe Myoporeae

                                                                        • Eremophila debilis - Australia

                                                                        Stylidiaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Stylidioideae

                                                                          • Stylidium adnatum var. adnatum - western Australia
                                                                          • Stylidium caespitosum - Australia: Grampians, Victoria
                                                                          • Stylidium debile - Australia
                                                                          • Stylidium graminifolium - Australia

                                                                          Taccaceae

                                                                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                                          Typhaceae

                                                                          • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                                          Violaceae

                                                                          • Viola hederacea - Australia - Victoria and Tasmania

                                                                          Zamiaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                            Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                            • Lepidozamia peroffskyana - SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales

                                                                            Zingiberaceae

                                                                              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 161 accessions native to Australia

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

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