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Collection Holdings native to Laos:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    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

        • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema costatum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi)

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia
          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
          • Amorphophallus prainii - Indo-China to Sumatera
          • 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

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

          • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Basellaceae

              Subfamily Baselleae

              • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Cordioideae

                • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Colchiceae

                  • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                  Costaceae

                  • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

                  Cucurbitaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Gomphogyneae

                    • Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Burma, Thailand, Philippines

                    Cycadaceae

                    • Cycas siamensis - northern India & Thailand

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                      • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Desmodieae

                        • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                        Gesneriaceae

                          Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                          Tribe Trichosporeae

                          • Aeschynanthus micranthus - Himilayas, Sikkim to Burma

                          Gnetaceae

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

                          Hypoxidaceae

                          • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Nepetoideae
                            Tribe Ocimeae

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

                            Subfamily Symphorematoideae

                            • Congea tomentosa - India to Pen. Malaysia and China (SW. Yunnan)

                            Lecythidaceae

                              Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                              Linaceae

                              • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                              Lycopodiaceae

                                Subfamily Huperzioideae

                                • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                                • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                                Lygodiaceae

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

                                Lythraceae

                                  Subfamily Lythroideae
                                  Tribe Nesaeeae

                                  • Lagerstroemia indica - China

                                  Marantaceae

                                  • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C
                                  • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China 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 Coelogyneae

                                        • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                        • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                        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
                                        • Thecostele alata - Bangladesh to Malesia
                                        • Eulophia andamanensis - Indo-China to N. Sumatera

                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                        Tribe Dendrobieae

                                        • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                        • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                        • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                        • Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                        • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                                        • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                        • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                        • Dendrobium densiflorum - C. Himalaya to Hainan
                                        • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                        • Dendrobium jenkinsii - China, Bhutan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
                                        • 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 Epidendroideae
                                        Tribe Epidendreae

                                        • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                        Tribe Podochileae

                                        • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                        • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                        Tribe Vandeae

                                        • Ascocentrum ampullaceum - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

                                        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

                                          Piperaceae

                                            Subfamily Piperoideae

                                            • Piper sylvaticum - S Yunnan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

                                            Poaceae

                                              Subfamily Panicoideae
                                              Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                              Polypodiaceae

                                              • Pseudodrynaria coronans - Phillipines

                                              Subfamily Drynarioideae

                                              • Drynaria bonii - Thailand, Vietnam, Laos

                                              Pteridaceae

                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                Rubiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                  Tribe Naucleeae

                                                  • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                  Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                  Tribe Gardenieae

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

                                                  Sapindaceae

                                                    Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                    • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                    Selaginellaceae

                                                    • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                    Taccaceae

                                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                    Urticaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Boehmerieae

                                                      • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus javana - Indonesia

                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                          • Alpinia oblongifolia - S. China to Indo-China, Taiwan
                                                          • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                          • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                                          • Amomum petaloideum - China (Yunnan) to NW. Laos

                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                          Tribe Globbeae

                                                          • Globba annamensis - Indo-China
                                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                                          • Globba schomburgkii - E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China W/C

                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                          Tribe Zingibereae

                                                          • Boesenbergia maxwellii - Myanmar to Laos W/C
                                                          • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                          • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                          • Curcuma singularis - Indo-China W/C
                                                          • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                          • Zingiber corallinum - SE. China to Indo-China W/C
                                                          • Zingiber thorelii - S. Myanmar, S. Laos to S. Vietnam W/C
                                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 106 accessions native to Laos

                                                          W/C = Wild Collected
                                                          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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