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Collection Holdings native to New Guinea:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Marsdenieae

      • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Thomsonieae

        • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

        Subfamily Lasioideae

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

        Subfamily Monsteroideae
        Tribe Monstereae

        • Rhaphidophora cryptantha - Papua New Guinea
        • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Potheae

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

        Araliaceae

          Subfamily Aralioideae

          • Polyscias fruticosa - India to Polynesia

          Araucariaceae

          • Agathis robusta - Papua New Guinea to Bismarck Arch., E. Queensland
          • Araucaria cunninghamii - New Guinea to E. Australia
          • Araucaria hunsteinii - ne New Guinea

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Lomandroideae
            Tribe Arthropodium group

            • Eustrephus latifolius - New Guinea to New Caledonia, E. & SE. Australia

            Subfamily Lomandroideae
            Tribe Cordylineae

            • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia brevirimosa ssp. exotica - New Guinea

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Tecomeae

                  • Tecomanthe dendrophila - Maluku to Solomon Is.

                  Byblidaceae

                  • Byblis liniflora - northern Australia, New Guinea

                  Casuarinaceae

                  • Casuarina cunninghamiana - Australia, eastern & northern

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  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

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
                    • Eleocharis sphacelata - New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Droseraceae

                    • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae - SE. China to Japan and New Zealand W/C

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Aleuritideae

                      • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                      Subfamily Crotonoideae
                      Tribe Codiaeae

                      • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

                      Eupomatiaceae

                      • Eupomatia laurina - New Guinea to E. & SE. Australia

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Mimosoideae
                        Tribe Ingeae

                        • Archidendron grandiflorum - Australia - NSW, QLD

                        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

                        Hypoxidaceae

                        • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                        Lamiaceae

                          Subfamily Ajugoideae

                          • Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Malesia to Vanuatu
                          • Faradaya splendida - NE. Borneo to Solomon Is.

                          Subfamily Lamioideae
                          Tribe Pogostemoneae

                          • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia

                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                          Tribe Ocimeae

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

                          Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                          • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                          Lecythidaceae

                            Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                            Lentibulariaceae

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

                            Lygodiaceae

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

                            Malpighiaceae

                            • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                              Tribe Gossypieae

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

                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                              Tribe Hibisceae

                              • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                              Marantaceae

                              • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C

                              Meliaceae

                                Subfamily Melioideae
                                Tribe Melieae

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

                                Moraceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                  • Ficus dammaropsis - Papua New Guinea

                                  Nepenthaceae

                                  • Nepenthes maxima - Borneo, New Guinea

                                  Nephrolepidaceae

                                  • Nephrolepis obliterata 'Kimberly Queen' - northeastern Australia

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                    • 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 Dendrobieae

                                    • Bulbophyllum fletcherianum - New Guinea
                                    • Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Sulawesi to Solomon Is.
                                    • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                    • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                    • Dendrobium bifalce - Lesser Sunda Is. to Solomon Is.
                                    • Dendrobium bigibbum - Australia, New Guinea
                                    • Dendrobium chrysotropis - New Guinea
                                    • Dendrobium rigidum - New Guinea to N. Queensland
                                    • Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum - New Guinea to NE. Queensland

                                    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

                                    Phyllanthaceae

                                      Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                      • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                      Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                      Tribe Phyllantheae

                                      • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Sacchareae

                                        • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas
                                        • Saccharum officinarum - New Guinea

                                        Podocarpaceae

                                        • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                        Polygonaceae

                                          Subfamily Polygonoideae
                                          Tribe Polygoneae

                                          • Homalocladium platycladum - Solomon Islands, Papau New Guinea

                                          Polypodiaceae

                                            Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                            Rubiaceae

                                              Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                              Tribe Naucleeae

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

                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

                                              • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                              • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                              • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                              • Hydnophytum papuanum - New Guinea
                                              • Hydnophytum ramispinum - W. New Guinea
                                              • Hydnophytum simplex - eastern Indonesia - Aru Islands
                                              • Myrmecodia platytyrea - Australia: Queensland: Mossman Gorge
                                              • Myrmecodia platytyrea - New Guinea
                                              • Myrmecodia platytyrea ssp. antoinii - Papua New Guinea to N. Queensland
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                              Rutaceae

                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                Tribe Aurantieae

                                                • Murraya paniculata - Indonesia

                                                Taccaceae

                                                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                Zingiberaceae

                                                  Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                  Tribe Riedelieae

                                                  • Pleuranthodium schlechteri - Papua New Guinea (Torricelli Mts.)
                                                  • Pleuranthodium schlechteri aff. - Papau New Guinea 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
                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 101 accessions native to New Guinea

                                                  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

                                                  data regenerated on Sat, 10 Jun 2023 02:08:29 -0400

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