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Collection Holdings native to Andaman Is.:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Vinceae

      • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Thomsonieae

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

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Potheae

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

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Arecoideae
          Tribe Areceae

          • Pinanga coronata - Sumatera to Lesser Sunda Is.

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Cordioideae

            • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Colchiceae

              • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

              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

                Dioscoreaceae

                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                Flagellariaceae

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

                Gnetaceae

                • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Ocimeae

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

                  Lecythidaceae

                    Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                    Lythraceae

                      Subfamily Lythroideae
                      Tribe Nesaeeae

                      • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                        Tribe Gossypieae

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

                        Marantaceae

                        • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                        • Indianthus virgatus - S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is.
                        • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                        Moraceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Ficeae

                          • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                          Musaceae

                          • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                          Orchidaceae

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Coelogyneae

                            • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                            • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                            • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                            • Eulophia andamanensis - Indo-China to N. Sumatera

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Dendrobieae

                            • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                            • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                            • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                            • Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
                            • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                            • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Epidendreae

                            • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Podochileae

                            • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Vandeae

                            • Ascocentrum ampullaceum - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

                            Phyllanthaceae

                              Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                              • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                              Poaceae

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Sacchareae

                                • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                Polypodiaceae

                                  Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                  Rubiaceae

                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                    • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -

                                    Taccaceae

                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                    Vitaceae

                                      Subfamily Leeoideae

                                      • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                      • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                      Zingiberaceae

                                        Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                        Tribe Alpinieae

                                        • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) 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
                                        • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                        • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C

                                        Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                        Tribe Zingibereae

                                        • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                        • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 59 accessions native to Andaman Is.

                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                        = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                        = images available for this accession
                                        = map available for this accession
                                        = accession added within past 90 days

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