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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

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Boraginoideae
            Tribe Boragineae

            • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Convolvulaceae

              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
              Tribe Convolvuleae

              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

              Cucurbitaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Bryonieae

                • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cariceae

                  • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Mentheae

                    • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China

                    Subfamily Viticoideae

                    • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                    Lauraceae

                    • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                    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

                          Pinaceae

                            Subfamily Pinoideae

                            • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                            Rubiaceae

                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                              Tribe Rubieae

                              • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 21 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

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