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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 pubicalyx - Philippines (Luzon)

        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
          • Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' - Southeast Asia

          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

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

                          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 - Philippines

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                      Tribe Cypripedieae

                                      • Paphiopedilum haynaldianum - Philippines (Luzon, Negros)

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                                      • Coelogyne asperata - Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia
                                      • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                      • Coelogyne usitana - Phillipines - Mindano Isl
                                      • Dendrochilum cobbianum - Philippines
                                      • Dendrochilum magnum - Phillipines
                                      • Dendrochilum wenzelii - Philippines
                                      • Dendrochilum yuccifolium - Philippines
                                      • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                                      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 dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                      • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China 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
                                      • Robiquetia cerina - 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
                                          • Lecanopteris sarcopus - Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
                                          • 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 - Papau New Guinea
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                              • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Indomalaysia
                                              • Hydnophytum moseleyanum - New Guinea W/C
                                              • 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 intermedia - India to southeast Asia
                                                • 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 126 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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