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Collection Holdings native to Portugal:

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Allioideae
      Tribe Allieae

      • Allium schoenoprasum - Europe, Asia

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Pancratieae

      • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Araliaceae

            Subfamily Aralioideae

            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey
            • Hedera helix - Europe to W. & N. Turkey

            Arecaceae

              Subfamily Coryphoideae
              Tribe Trachycarpeae

              • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Rusceae

                • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Hyacintheae

                • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

                Boraginaceae

                  Subfamily Boraginoideae
                  Tribe Boragineae

                  • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                  Campanulaceae

                    Subfamily Campanuloideae

                    • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

                    Cannabaceae

                    • Celtis australis - southern Europe
                    • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

                    Caprifoliaceae

                      Subfamily Valerianoideae

                      • Centranthus ruber - Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

                      Caryophyllaceae

                        Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                        Tribe Sileneae

                        • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                        Ceratophyllaceae

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

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Convolvuleae

                          • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                          Cucurbitaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Bryonieae

                            • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                            Cyperaceae

                              Subfamily Cyperoideae
                              Tribe Cariceae

                              • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia

                              Davalliaceae

                              • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                              Drosophyllaceae

                              • Drosophyllum lusitanicum - C. & S. Portugal to SC. & S. Spain (incl. Gibraltar), N. Morocco

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Faboideae
                                Tribe Genisteae

                                • Ulex europaeus - Europe

                                Juncaginaceae

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

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                  • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus
                                  • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Mentheae

                                  • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                                  • Prunella grandiflora - Europe to Caucasus
                                  • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                                  Lentibulariaceae

                                  • Pinguicula lusitanica - W. Europe to NW. Africa
                                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                  Marsileaceae

                                  • Marsilea quadrifolia - Europe and Asia

                                  Myricaceae

                                  • Myrica gale - circumboreal; northern and western Europe, North America

                                  Myrtaceae

                                    Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                    Tribe Myrteae

                                    • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                                    Oleaceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Oleeae

                                      • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                      Papaveraceae

                                        Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                        Tribe Chelidonieae

                                        • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                        Pinaceae

                                          Subfamily Pinoideae

                                          • Pinus pinea - S. Europe to Lebanon

                                          Polygonaceae

                                            Subfamily Polygonoideae
                                            Tribe Rumiceae

                                            • Rumex acetosa - Britain.

                                            Resedaceae

                                            • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                            Rosaceae

                                              Subfamily Rosoideae
                                              Tribe Colurieae

                                              • Geum urbanum - Europe

                                              Subfamily Rosoideae
                                              Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                              • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 44 accessions native to Portugal

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

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