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Collection Holdings native to Philippines:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America
  • 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 Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Dischidia platyphylla - Phillipines
        • Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda - Indonesia, Phillipines

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema commutatum - C. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Alocasia Micholitziana - Philippine Isl.

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

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

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific
          • Scindapsus pictus - SE. Bangladesh to W. & C. Malesia

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Ophiopogoneae

            • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Blechnaceae

                  Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                  • Woodwardia unigemmata - eastern Asia

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  Costaceae

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

                  Cucurbitaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Gomphogyneae

                    • Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Burma, Thailand, Philippines

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Kyllinga brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Eleocharideae

                      • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                      Davalliaceae

                      • Araiostegia hymenophylloides - N.Borneo (Sabah), Phillipines

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Droseraceae

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

                      Dryopteridaceae

                        Subfamily Elaphoglossoideae

                        • Bolbitis heteroclita "difformis" - Phillipines

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Aleuritideae

                          • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                          Subfamily Crotonoideae
                          Tribe Codiaeae

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

                          Fabaceae

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Desmodieae

                            • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Phaseoleae

                            • Strongylodon macrobotrys - Phillipines

                            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

                            Goodeniaceae

                            • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                            Hypoxidaceae

                            • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                            Lamiaceae

                              Subfamily Lamioideae
                              Tribe Pogostemoneae

                              • Pogostemon cablin - Trop. Asia
                              • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                              Tribe Ocimeae

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

                              Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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

                              Subfamily Viticoideae

                              • Gmelina philippensis - Indo-China to Philippines

                              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

                                  Melastomataceae

                                    Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                    Tribe Miconieae

                                    • Medinilla cummingii - Phillipines
                                    • Medinilla magnifica - Phillipines

                                    Meliaceae

                                      Subfamily Melioideae
                                      Tribe Melieae

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

                                      Menispermaceae

                                        Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                        Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                        • Stephania japonica - India, China, Phillipines to Japan

                                        Moraceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Ficeae

                                          • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                          Musaceae

                                          • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                          • Musa textilis - Philippines

                                          Nepenthaceae

                                          • Nepenthes copelandii - Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines W/C
                                          • Nepenthes truncata - Philipines
                                          • Nepenthes ventricosa - Phillipines

                                          Orchidaceae

                                            Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                            Tribe Cypripedieae

                                            • Paphiopedilum haynaldianum - Philippines (Luzon, Negros)

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Coelogyneae

                                            • Coelogyne pandurata - W. Malesia to Philippines
                                            • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                            • Coelogyne usitana - Phillipines - Mindano Isl
                                            • Dendrochilum cobbianum - Philippines
                                            • Dendrochilum convallariiforme - Philippines
                                            • Dendrochilum convallariiforme - Philippines
                                            • Dendrochilum glumaceum - Borneo to Philippines
                                            • Dendrochilum irigense - Philippines (Luzon: Mt. Iriga)
                                            • Dendrochilum magnum - Phillipines
                                            • Dendrochilum uncatum - Taiwan (Hengchun Pen., Lan Yü) to Philippines
                                            • Dendrochilum wenzelii - Philippines
                                            • 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 dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                            • Cymbidium ensifolium - Indo-China to Temp. E. Asia and Philippines (Luzon)
                                            • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia
                                            • Thecostele alata - Bangladesh to Malesia

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Dendrobieae

                                            • Bulbophyllum cheiri - Pen. Malesia to Sulawesi
                                            • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                            • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                            • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                            • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                            • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Malaxideae

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

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Podochileae

                                            • Ceratostylis retisquama - Phillipines
                                            • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                            • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                            • Pinalia copelandii - Taiwan to Philippines

                                            Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                            Tribe Cranichideae

                                            • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                            Pandanaceae

                                            • Freycinetia multiflora - Philippines to Sulawesi

                                            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

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

                                                Podocarpaceae

                                                • Podocarpus rumphii - Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea

                                                Polypodiaceae

                                                • Pseudodrynaria coronans - Phillipines

                                                Subfamily Drynarioideae

                                                • Aglaomorpha meyeniana - Phillipines, Taiwan

                                                Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                Subfamily Platycerioideae

                                                • Platycerium grande - Philippines

                                                Primulaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                  • Ardisia japonica - Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines W/C

                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                    Rubiaceae

                                                      Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                      Tribe Mussaendeae

                                                      • Mussaenda philippica Queen Sirikit - Philippines

                                                      Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                      Tribe Naucleeae

                                                      • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia

                                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                      • Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum - Phillipines: Mindanao
                                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Singapore W/C
                                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                                      • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                                      • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                                      • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea
                                                      • Myrmephytum beccarii - Philippines (Sibuyan, Biliran)
                                                      • Myrmephytum cf. selebicum - Philippines (Mindanao) to Sulawesi

                                                      Sapindaceae

                                                        Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                        • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                        Selaginellaceae

                                                        • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                        Taccaceae

                                                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                        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 elegans - Philippines
                                                            • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia 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

                                                            • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 133 accessions native to Philippines

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                                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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