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Collection Holdings native to Hainan:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Apocynoideae
    Tribe Apocyneae

    • Trachelospermum jasminoides - China

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Thomsonieae

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

      Subfamily Lasioideae

      • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Schefflera arboricola - Hainan, Taiwan

        Asphodelaceae

          Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

          • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

          Asteraceae

            Subfamily Asteroideae
            Tribe Senecioneae

            • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar

            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

              Ebenaceae

              • Diospyros kaki - Assam to C. & S. China and Taiwan

              Equisetaceae

              • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

              Euphorbiaceae

                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                Tribe Aleuritideae

                • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                Flagellariaceae

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

                Gesneriaceae

                  Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                  Tribe Trichosporeae

                  • Lysionotus pauciflorus - China

                  Hypoxidaceae

                  • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Ocimeae

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

                    Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                    • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                    Lecythidaceae

                      Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                      Lygodiaceae

                      • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                      Lythraceae

                        Subfamily Lythroideae
                        Tribe Nesaeeae

                        • Lagerstroemia indica - China

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

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

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Hibisceae

                          • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                          Marantaceae

                          • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C

                          Meliaceae

                            Subfamily Melioideae
                            Tribe Melieae

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

                            Moraceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Moreae

                              • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                              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 Cymbidieae

                                • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Dendrobieae

                                • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                Tribe Cranichideae

                                • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                Phyllanthaceae

                                  Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                  • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                  Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                  Tribe Phyllantheae

                                  • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                  Poaceae

                                    Subfamily Panicoideae
                                    Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                    Podocarpaceae

                                    • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                    Rosaceae

                                      Subfamily Rosoideae
                                      Tribe Potentilleae

                                      • Duchesnea indica - E. Asia - China, Japan, Himalayas

                                      Rubiaceae

                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                        Tribe Gardenieae

                                        • Gardenia jasminoides - southern China, Taiwan, Japan (subtropical eastern hemisphere)
                                        • Gardenia jasminoides -

                                        Rutaceae

                                          Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                          Tribe Citreae

                                          • Citrus japonica Nagami - China

                                          Saururaceae

                                          • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                                          Taccaceae

                                          • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia

                                          Urticaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Boehmerieae

                                            • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                            Zingiberaceae

                                              Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                              Tribe Alpinieae

                                              • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                              • Alpinia maclurei - S. China to Vietnam
                                              • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia

                                              Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                              Tribe Zingibereae

                                              • Zingiber corallinum - SE. China to Indo-China W/C
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 58 accessions native to Hainan

                                              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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