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Collection Holdings from South-Central Pacific:

Includes:

  1. COO: Cook Is.
  2. EAS: Easter Is.
  3. LIN: Line Is.
  4. MRQ: Marquesas
  5. PIT: Pitcairn Is.
  6. SCI: Society Is.
  7. TUA: Tuamotu
  8. TUB: Tubuai Is.

Convolvulaceae

    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
    Tribe Convolvuleae

    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

    Lycopodiaceae

      Subfamily Huperzioideae

      • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
      • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

      Malvaceae

        Subfamily Malvoideae
        Tribe Gossypieae

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

        Subfamily Malvoideae
        Tribe Hibisceae

        • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

        Orchidaceae

          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

          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

              Rhizophoraceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Rhizophoreae

                • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                Taccaceae

                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 12 accessions native to South-Central Pacific

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

                data regenerated on Thu, 17 Apr 2025 02:09:09 -0400

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