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Collection Holdings native to Morocco:

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 Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Caralluma hesperidum - Morocco

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Trachycarpeae

            • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena draco - Canary Islands, Azores

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Rusceae

              • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

              Boraginaceae

                Subfamily Boraginoideae
                Tribe Boragineae

                • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                Campanulaceae

                  Subfamily Campanuloideae

                  • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

                  Cannabaceae

                  • Celtis australis - southern Europe
                  • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

                  Caprifoliaceae

                    Subfamily Valerianoideae

                    • Centranthus ruber - Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

                    Celastraceae

                    • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                    Ceratophyllaceae

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

                    Convolvulaceae

                      Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                      Tribe Convolvuleae

                      • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                      Crassulaceae

                        Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                        Tribe Sedeae

                        • Aeonium arboreum - Morroco

                        Cucurbitaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Bryonieae

                          • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cariceae

                            • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia
                            • Carex sylvatica - Europe to Iran, NW. Africa

                            Davalliaceae

                            • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                            Drosophyllaceae

                            • Drosophyllum lusitanicum - C. & S. Portugal to SC. & S. Spain (incl. Gibraltar), N. Morocco

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                              Tribe Euphorbieae

                              • Euphorbia resinifera - Morocco

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                Tribe Cassieae

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

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                  • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus
                                  • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Mentheae

                                  • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                                  • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                  • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                                  Subfamily Viticoideae

                                  • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                                  Lauraceae

                                  • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                                  Lentibulariaceae

                                  • Pinguicula lusitanica - W. Europe to NW. Africa
                                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                  Moraceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Ficeae

                                    • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                                    Myrtaceae

                                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                      Tribe Myrteae

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

                                      Nitrariaceae

                                      • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                                      Oleaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Oleeae

                                        • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                        Papaveraceae

                                          Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                          Tribe Chelidonieae

                                          • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                          Resedaceae

                                          • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                          Rosaceae

                                            Subfamily Rosoideae
                                            Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                            • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                                            Solanaceae

                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                              Tribe Physaleae

                                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                              Urticaceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Urticeae

                                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 47 accessions native to Morocco

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
                                                = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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