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Collection Holdings native to Myanmar:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Ruellieae

    • Strobilanthes dyeriana - Myanmar

    Acoraceae

    • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
    • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Anacardiaceae

        Subfamily Anacardioideae

        • Mangifera indica - Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula

        Annonaceae

          Subfamily Annonoideae
          Tribe Xylopieae

          • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

          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

              Subfamily Apocynoideae
              Tribe Nerieae

              • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern 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 nitidum - S. Indo-China to W. Malesia

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Areae

                • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Colocasieae

                • Colocasia affinis - Himalaya (Nepal to Sikkim), Assam, Burma
                • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
                • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)
                • 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 bulbifer - S. & NE. India, Himalaya to Myanmar
                • Amorphophallus muelleri - Java
                • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                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

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Senecioneae

                    • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar

                    Basellaceae

                      Subfamily Baselleae

                      • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                      Blechnaceae

                        Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                        • Woodwardia japonica - Southeast Asia to Japan W/C

                        Boraginaceae

                          Subfamily Cordioideae

                          • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                          Caprifoliaceae

                            Subfamily Caprifolioideae

                            • Leycesteria formosa - E. Asia - China to the Himalayas

                            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

                                Cupressaceae

                                  Subfamily Cupressoideae

                                  • Juniperus chinensis - Russian Far East to N. Myanmar and Temp. E. Asia

                                  Cycadaceae

                                  • Cycas siamensis - northern India & Thailand

                                  Cyperaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                                    Dioscoreaceae

                                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                                    Equisetaceae

                                    • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet
                                    • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                      Tribe Aleuritideae

                                      • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                                      • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                        Tribe Cassieae

                                        • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Desmodieae

                                        • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                        Flagellariaceae

                                        • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

                                        Gnetaceae

                                        • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                                        • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                                        • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                                        Helwingiaceae

                                        • Helwingia chinensis - China, Japan

                                        Hypoxidaceae

                                        • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                                        Lamiaceae

                                          Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                          • Clerodendrum nutans - Bangladesh to W. Malesia

                                          Subfamily Lamioideae
                                          Tribe Pogostemoneae

                                          • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                          Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                          • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                                          Subfamily Symphorematoideae

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

                                          Subfamily Viticoideae

                                          • Gmelina philippensis - Indo-China to Philippines

                                          Lauraceae

                                          • Cinnamomum verum - Sri Lanka, south-west India and the Tenasserim Hills of Burma

                                          Lecythidaceae

                                            Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                                            Lentibulariaceae

                                            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                            Linaceae

                                            • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                            Lycopodiaceae

                                              Subfamily Huperzioideae

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

                                              Malvaceae

                                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                Tribe Gossypieae

                                                • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                                                Marantaceae

                                                • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                                                • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C
                                                • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                                                Moraceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                                  • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Moreae

                                                  • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                                                  Musaceae

                                                  • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                  • Musa laterita - Assam to N. Thailand W/C
                                                  • Musa ornata - E. Himalaya to Myanmar

                                                  Myrtaceae

                                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                    Tribe Syzygieae

                                                    • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                    Oleaceae

                                                      Subfamily Jasmineae

                                                      • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand
                                                      • Jasminum polyanthum - SC. China to Myanmar

                                                      Orchidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Arethuseae

                                                        • Bletilla striata - China to Japan

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Coelogyneae

                                                        • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                                        • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                        • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                                                        • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Collabieae

                                                        • Phaius tankervilleae - India to East Asia and Pacific
                                                        • 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
                                                        • 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 careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                        • Bulbophyllum lasiochilum - India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
                                                        • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                        • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                        • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                        • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                                        • 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 farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                                        • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                                        • Dendrobium jenkinsii - China, Bhutan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
                                                        • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                                        • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Epidendreae

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

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Malaxideae

                                                        • Liparis condylobulbon - Taiwan, Indo-China to SW. Pacific

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Podochileae

                                                        • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                                        • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                                        • Trichotosia velutina - Arunachal Pradesh to W. Malesia

                                                        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

                                                                Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                                • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                                                    • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                                                    • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                    Tribe Ixoreae

                                                                    • Ixora javanica - E. Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                                    • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -

                                                                    Sapindaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                      • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                                      Saururaceae

                                                                      • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                                                                      Saxifragaceae

                                                                      • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                                                      Selaginellaceae

                                                                      • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia
                                                                      • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                                      Taccaceae

                                                                      • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia
                                                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                                      Thymelaeaceae

                                                                      • Daphne bholua - Nepal to Sichuan

                                                                      Typhaceae

                                                                      • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                                      Vitaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                        • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                          • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                                                          • Alpinia latilabris - Indo-China to W. Malesia
                                                                          • Alpinia malaccensis - Assam to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                          • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia

                                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                          Tribe Globbeae

                                                                          • Globba arracanensis - Bangladesh to NW. Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Globba kerrii - Myanmar to Thailand W/C
                                                                          • 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 orixensis - S. & E. India, E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                          • Globba radicalis - E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Globba schomburgkii - E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China W/C
                                                                          • Globba winitii - Thailand
                                                                          • Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis - E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C

                                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                          Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                          • Boesenbergia albomaculata - China (W. Yunnan) to N. Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Boesenbergia kingii - NE. India to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Boesenbergia longiflora - W. & SW. Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Boesenbergia maxwellii - Myanmar to Laos W/C
                                                                          • Boesenbergia pulcherrima - Assam to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                          • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                                                          • Curcuma aeruginosa - Indo-China to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                          • Curcuma aff. elata - Indo-China
                                                                          • Curcuma attenuata - Myanmar to Thailand W/C
                                                                          • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                                          • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                                          • Curcuma rubrobracteata - Assam to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Hedychium aff. flavescens - E. Nepal to China (Sichuan)
                                                                          • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                          • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                                          • Kaempferia gilbertii - Myanmar
                                                                          • Kaempferia parviflora - SE. Bangladesh to Indo-China
                                                                          • Kaempferia Roscoeana - Myanmar to Thailand
                                                                          • Larsenianthus careyanus - E. Himalaya to Myanmar
                                                                          • Rhynchanthus beesianus - China (Yunnan) to Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Smithatris myanmarensis - Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China
                                                                          • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber aff. roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 181 accessions native to Myanmar

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