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Collection Holdings native to China Southeast:

Acoraceae

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

Actinidiaceae

  • Actinidia deliciosa - China

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Lycoridae

    • Lycoris aurea - China, Taiwan, Burma
    • Lycoris radiata - China, Japan

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Narcisseae

    • Narcissus tazetta - Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Xylopieae

      • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Apocyneae

          • Beaumontia grandiflora - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China
          • Trachelospermum jasminoides - China

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Marsdenieae

          • Hoya carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
            • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Thomsonieae

            • Amorphophallus dunnii - se China - Hong Kong
            • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
            • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou) to N. Indo-China
            • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - N. Thailand, Laos, N. Vietnam, China:Yunnan

            Subfamily Lasioideae

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

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Aralioideae

              • Eleutherococcus nodiflorus - China to Taiwan, S. Korea

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Agavoideae
                Tribe Anemarrheneae

                • Anemarrhena asphodeloides - Mongolia to China

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Convallarieae

                • Aspidistra tonkinensis - S. China to N. Vietnam W/C
                • Reineckea carnea - China, Japan

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Ophiopogoneae

                • Liriope muscari 'Variegata' - E. Asia - China, Japan
                • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea
                • Peliosanthes macrostegia - Assam to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia W/C

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                  • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
                  • Hemerocallis fulva - China to Temp. E. Asia

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Senecioneae

                    • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar
                    • Farfugium japonicum - China, Japan, Korea

                    Subfamily Carduoideae
                    Tribe Cardueae

                    • Atractylodes macrocephala - China

                    Begoniaceae

                    • Begonia ferox - southwestern Guangxi, China
                    • Begonia grandis - China
                    • Begonia rex 'Red Bull' - Arunachal Pradesh to China (Yunnan, Guangxi)

                    Blechnaceae

                      Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                      • Woodwardia unigemmata - eastern Asia

                      Caprifoliaceae

                        Subfamily Caprifolioideae

                        • Heptacodium miconioides - China (Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang)

                        Caryophyllaceae

                          Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                          Tribe Sileneae

                          • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                          Ceratophyllaceae

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

                          Chloranthaceae

                          • Chloranthus spicatus - China, Thailand

                          Clethraceae

                          • Clethra barbinervis - S. China to Japan (Honshu, Kyushu) W/C

                          Costaceae

                          • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C
                          • Costus tonkinensis - S. China to N. Vietnam

                          Cupressaceae

                            Subfamily Cupressoideae

                            • Cupressus vietnamensis - N. Vietnam to China (N. Guangxi)
                            • Juniperus chinensis - Russian Far East to N. Myanmar and Temp. E. Asia

                            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

                              Daphniphyllaceae

                              • Daphniphyllum macropodum - S. China to SC. & S. Japan

                              Dioscoreaceae

                              • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                              Droseraceae

                              • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                              Ebenaceae

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

                              Elaeagnaceae

                              • Elaeagnus pungens - China and Japan

                              Ephedraceae

                              • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

                              Equisetaceae

                              • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet
                              • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                              Eucommiaceae

                              • Eucommia ulmoides - China

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Aleuritideae

                                • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Crotoneae

                                • Croton congestus - China

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                  Tribe Desmodieae

                                  • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                  Flagellariaceae

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

                                  Gesneriaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                    Tribe Trichosporeae

                                    • Lysionotus pauciflorus - China

                                    Ginkgoaceae

                                    • Ginkgo biloba - S. China
                                    • Ginkgo biloba - S. China

                                    Gnetaceae

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

                                    Goodeniaceae

                                    • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                                    Helwingiaceae

                                    • Helwingia chinensis - China, Japan
                                    • Helwingia chinensis - C. China to N. Myanmar

                                    Hypericaceae

                                    • Hypericum perforatum - temperate Europe & Asia

                                    Hypoxidaceae

                                    • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                                    Lamiaceae

                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                      Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Linaceae

                                      • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                      Lowiaceae

                                      • Orchidantha chinensis - China (Guangdong, Guangxi)
                                      • Orchidantha chinensis - China (Guangdong, Guangxi) W/C

                                      Lygodiaceae

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

                                      Lythraceae

                                        Subfamily Lythroideae
                                        Tribe Nesaeeae

                                        • Lagerstroemia indica - China

                                        Magnoliaceae

                                          Subfamily Magnolioideae

                                          • Magnolia figo - SE. China, Korea (Jeju-do)

                                          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

                                              Menispermaceae

                                                Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                                Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                                • Stephania japonica - India, China, Phillipines to Japan

                                                Menyanthaceae

                                                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                Moraceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Moreae

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

                                                  Musaceae

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

                                                  Oleaceae

                                                    Subfamily
                                                    Tribe Fontanesieae

                                                    • Fontanesia fortunei - C. & S. China

                                                    Orchidaceae

                                                      Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                      Tribe Cypripedieae

                                                      • Paphiopedilum villosum - Assam to S. China and Indo-China

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Arethuseae

                                                      • Bletilla striata - China to Japan

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                                                      • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Collabieae

                                                      • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                      • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                                                      • 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)
                                                      • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                                      • Dendrobium densiflorum - C. Himalaya to Hainan
                                                      • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                                      • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                                      • Dendrobium moniliforme - Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia
                                                      • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                      Tribe Vandeae

                                                      • Neofinetia falcata - China to Temp. E. Asia

                                                      Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                      Tribe Cranichideae

                                                      • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                                      Pentaphylacaceae

                                                        Subfamily
                                                        Tribe Freziereae

                                                        • Cleyera japonica - Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India

                                                        Phyllanthaceae

                                                          Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                                          • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                                          Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                                          Tribe Phyllantheae

                                                          • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                                          Poaceae

                                                            Subfamily Oryzoideae
                                                            Tribe Oryzeae

                                                            • Oryza sativa - Wild Type from Seed

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                            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
                                                              • Microsorum steerei - Thailand, southern China, Vietnam

                                                              Primulaceae

                                                                Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                                • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                  Ranunculaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                                                    Tribe Anemoneae

                                                                    • Anemone scabiosa - China

                                                                    Rosaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Rosoideae
                                                                      Tribe Potentilleae

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

                                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                        Tribe Naucleeae

                                                                        • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                        Tribe Gardenieae

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

                                                                        Rutaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                          Tribe Citreae

                                                                          • Citrus japonica Nagami - China

                                                                          Sapindaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                            • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia
                                                                            • Litchi chinensis - southern China, also found throughout tropical Indomalaysia

                                                                            Saururaceae

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

                                                                            Saxifragaceae

                                                                            • Saxifraga stolonifera - E. Asia - W. China, Japan
                                                                            • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                                                            Taxaceae

                                                                            • Cephalotaxus oliveri - S. China

                                                                            Theaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Theeae

                                                                              • Camellia lutchuensis - Japan - Ryu Kyu

                                                                              Typhaceae

                                                                              • Typha laxmannii - SE. Europe to Japan
                                                                              • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                                              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 kwangsiensis - S. China
                                                                                  • Alpinia maclurei - S. China to Vietnam
                                                                                  • Alpinia oblongifolia - S. China to Indo-China, Taiwan
                                                                                  • Alpinia pumila - S. China
                                                                                  • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                                  • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                                                                  • Wurfbainia testacea - S. China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)

                                                                                  Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                                  Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                                  • Hedychium coccineum - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) W/C
                                                                                  • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                                  • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                                                  • Hedychium yunnanense - China (Yunnan, Guangxi) to Vietnam W/C
                                                                                  • Kaempferia rotunda - Indian Subcontinent to S. China W/C
                                                                                  • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China
                                                                                  • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China W/C
                                                                                  • Zingiber corallinum - SE. China to Indo-China W/C
                                                                                  • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 149 accessions native to China Southeast

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