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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

        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

                Begoniaceae

                • Begonia negrosensis - Philippines

                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

                      • Cyperus 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

                      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

                          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 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

                                  Meliaceae

                                    Subfamily Melioideae
                                    Tribe Melieae

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

                                    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

                                      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 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 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 Epidendroideae
                                        Tribe Vandeae

                                        • Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana - 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 polystachyus - Southeast Asia
                                            • 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

                                            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 - 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
                                                • 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 124 accessions native to Philippines

                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                      = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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