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Collection Holdings native to Kriti:

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

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

      Araliaceae

        Subfamily Aralioideae

        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
        • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Rusceae

          • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

          Ceratophyllaceae

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

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cucurbitaceae

              Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
              Tribe Benincaseae

              • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Cariceae

                • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Viticoideae

                  • Vitex Agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                  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

                      Pinaceae

                        Subfamily Pinoideae

                        • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                        Santalaceae

                        • Osyris alba - Portugal to Turkey

                        Solanaceae

                          Subfamily Solanoideae

                          • Mandragora autumnalis - southern Europe
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 18 accessions native to Kriti

                          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 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:08:13 -0500

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