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Collection Holdings native to Nepal:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Lycoridae

    • Lycoris radiata - China, Japan

    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 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
          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)
          • 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

          Subfamily Lasioideae

          • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

            • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

            Blechnaceae

              Subfamily Woodwardioideae

              • Woodwardia unigemmata - eastern Asia

              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

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Ephedraceae

                    • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

                    Equisetaceae

                    • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Cassieae

                      • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                      Subfamily Faboideae
                      Tribe Desmodieae

                      • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                      Gnetaceae

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

                      Hypoxidaceae

                      • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                      Juncaginaceae

                      • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                        Tribe Ocimeae

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

                        Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                        • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                        Lentibulariaceae

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

                        Linaceae

                        • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                        Lygodiaceae

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

                        Meliaceae

                          Subfamily Melioideae
                          Tribe Melieae

                          • Melia azedarach - Asia, nat. in trop. America

                          Menyanthaceae

                          • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                          Myrtaceae

                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                            Tribe Syzygieae

                            • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                            Oleaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Oleeae

                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                              Subfamily Jasmineae

                              • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand
                              • Jasminum officinale - Asia Minor, Himalayas, China

                              Orchidaceae

                                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 var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                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 roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                                • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                                • Bulbophyllum roxburghii - E. Nepal to Bangladesh
                                • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                                • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                • Dendrobium densiflorum - C. Himalaya to Hainan
                                • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                • 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 carinata - C. Nepal to Pen. Malaysia
                                • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Vandeae

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

                                Oxalidaceae

                                • Biophytum sensitivum - tropical Nepal, India, Southeast Asia

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Sacchareae

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

                                  Pteridaceae

                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                    Rosaceae

                                      Subfamily Rosoideae
                                      Tribe Potentilleae

                                      • Duchesnea indica - E. Asia - China, Japan, Himalayas

                                      Saururaceae

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

                                      Saxifragaceae

                                      • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                      Thymelaeaceae

                                      • Daphne bholua - Nepal to Sichuan

                                      Urticaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Boehmerieae

                                        • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Urticeae

                                        • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                        Vitaceae

                                          Subfamily Leeoideae

                                          • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                          Subfamily Vitoideae

                                          • Cissus javana - Indonesia

                                          Zingiberaceae

                                            Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                            Tribe Alpinieae

                                            • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C
                                            • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C

                                            Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                            Tribe Globbeae

                                            • 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

                                            Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                            Tribe Zingibereae

                                            • Hedychium aff. flavescens - E. Nepal to China (Sichuan)
                                            • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                            • Hedychium ellipticum - Himalaya to Indo-China W/C
                                            • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                            • Hedychium gardnerianum - India, Nepal, Bhutan
                                            • Kaempferia rotunda - Indian Subcontinent to S. China W/C
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 86 accessions native to Nepal

                                            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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