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Collection Holdings from Southwestern Pacific:

Includes:

  1. FIJ: Fiji
  2. GIL: Gilbert Is.
  3. HBI: Howland-Baker Is.
  4. NRU: Nauru
  5. NUE: Niue
  6. NWC: New Caledonia
  7. PHX: Phoenix Is.
  8. SAM: Samoa
  9. SCZ: Santa Cruz Is.
  10. TOK: Tokelau-Manihiki
  11. TON: Tonga
  12. TUV: Tuvalu
  13. VAN: Vanuatu
  14. WAL: Wallis-Futuna Is.

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum - Fiji

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Amborellaceae

      • Amborella trichopoda - New Caledonia

      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

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Meryta balansae - New Caledonia

            Araucariaceae

            • Agathis moorei - New Caledonia
            • Araucaria nemorosa - SE. New Caledonia (near Port Boisé)

            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

              Casuarinaceae

              • Gymnostoma deplancheanum - New Caledonia

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Eleocharideae

                • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                Davalliaceae

                • Davallia fejeensis - Fiji

                Elaeocarpaceae

                • Elaeocarpus angustifolius - New Caledonia W/C

                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

                  Gnetaceae

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

                  Lecythidaceae

                    Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                    Lentibulariaceae

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

                    Lycopodiaceae

                      Subfamily Huperzioideae

                      • 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

                        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

                          Poaceae

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Paniceae

                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                            Podocarpaceae

                            • Dacrycarpus vieillardii - New Caledonia W/C

                            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

                                Xeronemataceae

                                • Xeronema moorei - New Caledonia (endemic)
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 39 accessions native to Southwestern Pacific

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

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