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Collection Holdings native to Canary Is.:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Narcisseae

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

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Pancratieae

      • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia fusca - Canary Islands (Spain)

        Subfamily Periplocoideae
        Tribe Periploceae

        • Periploca laevigata - Canary Islands W/C

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena draco - Canary Islands, Azores

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Rusceae

            • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran
            • Semele androgyna - Canary Islands

            Asteraceae

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Anthemideae

              • Argyranthemum foeniculaceum - Canary Islands (endemic)

              Subfamily Asteroideae
              Tribe Senecioneae

              • Kleinia neriifolia - Canary Islands (GJA 5432, Tenerife) W/C

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Boragineae

                • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Lithospermeae

                • Echium wildprettii - Spain: Canary Islands

                Campanulaceae

                  Subfamily Campanuloideae

                  • Canarina canariensis - Spain (Tenerife, Canary Islands) W/C

                  Caryophyllaceae

                    Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                    Tribe Sileneae

                    • Silene lagunensis - Canary Islands (endemic to Tenerife) W/C

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Crassulaceae

                      Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                      Tribe Sedeae

                      • Aeonium ciliatum - Spain: Canary Islands W/C
                      • Aeonium haworthii - Canary Islands
                      • Aeonium sedifolium - Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Palma)
                      • Aeonium smithii - Canary Islands W/C
                      • Monanthes laxiflora - Canary Islands
                      • Monanthes subcrassicaulis - Canary Islands

                      Davalliaceae

                      • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                        Tribe Euphorbieae

                        • Euphorbia canariensis - Spain (Canary Islands)

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Cassieae

                          • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran
                          • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean region

                          Subfamily Faboideae
                          Tribe Genisteae

                          • Genista canariensis - Canary Islands

                          Marsileaceae

                          • Marsilea quadrifolia - Europe and Asia

                          Myrtaceae

                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                            Tribe Myrteae

                            • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                            Oleaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Oleeae

                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                              Papaveraceae

                                Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                Tribe Chelidonieae

                                • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                  Resedaceae

                                  • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                  Rosaceae

                                    Subfamily Rosoideae
                                    Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                    • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Putorieae

                                      • Plocama pendula - Canary Islands (Spain) W/C

                                      Solanaceae

                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                        Tribe Physaleae

                                        • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 37 accessions native to Canary 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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