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Collection Holdings native to Bismarck Archipelago:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Araceae

      Subfamily Monsteroideae
      Tribe Monstereae

      • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

        Araucariaceae

        • Agathis robusta - Papua New Guinea to Bismarck Arch., E. Queensland

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Lomandroideae
          Tribe Cordylineae

          • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific

          Costaceae

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

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

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

            Euphorbiaceae

              Subfamily Acalyphoideae
              Tribe Acalypheae

              • Acalypha hispida - Bismarck Arch.
              • 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

              Lamiaceae

                Subfamily Ajugoideae

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

                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                Tribe Ocimeae

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

                Lecythidaceae

                  Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                  Marantaceae

                  • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C

                  Orchidaceae

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                    • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.

                    Poaceae

                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                      Tribe Paniceae

                      • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                      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 tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                        • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                        • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                        Taccaceae

                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                        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 31 accessions native to Bismarck Archipelago

                          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

                          data regenerated on Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:08:04 -0400

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