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Collection Holdings native to Taiwan:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus gramineus - E. Himalaya to Japan and Philippines

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Annonaceae

      Subfamily Annonoideae
      Tribe Xylopieae

      • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Apocyneae

          • Trachelospermum jasminoides - China

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Marsdenieae

          • Hoya carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

            • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Thomsonieae

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

            Subfamily Lasioideae

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

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Aralioideae

              • Schefflera arboricola - Hainan, Taiwan
              • Tetrapanax papyrifer - China, Taiwan

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Convallarieae

                • Aspidistra elatior - Japan (S. Kyushu) to Taiwan

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Ophiopogoneae

                • Liriope muscari 'Variegata' - E. Asia - China, Japan
                • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea
                • Peliosanthes macrostegia - Assam to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia W/C

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                  • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
                  • Hemerocallis fulva - China to Temp. E. Asia

                  Asteraceae

                    Subfamily Asteroideae
                    Tribe Senecioneae

                    • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar
                    • Farfugium japonicum - China, Japan, Korea

                    Blechnaceae

                      Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                      • Woodwardia japonica - Southeast Asia to Japan W/C

                      Caryophyllaceae

                        Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                        Tribe Sileneae

                        • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                        Ceratophyllaceae

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

                        Costaceae

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

                        Cupressaceae

                          Subfamily Cupressoideae

                          • Juniperus chinensis - Russian Far East to N. Myanmar and Temp. E. Asia

                          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

                            Daphniphyllaceae

                            • Daphniphyllum macropodum - S. China to SC. & S. Japan

                            Dennstaedtiaceae

                            • Hypolepis tenuifolia - Taiwan W/C

                            Dioscoreaceae

                            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                            Droseraceae

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

                            Ebenaceae

                            • Diospyros kaki - Assam to C. & S. China and Taiwan

                            Equisetaceae

                            • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Aleuritideae

                              • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Crotoneae

                              • Croton congestus - China

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Faboideae
                                Tribe Desmodieae

                                • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                Flagellariaceae

                                • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

                                Garryaceae

                                • Aucuba japonica - E. Asia - Japan.

                                Gesneriaceae

                                  Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                  Tribe Trichosporeae

                                  • Lysionotus pauciflorus - China

                                  Hypoxidaceae

                                  • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                                  Lamiaceae

                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                    Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                    Lauraceae

                                    • Cinnamomum camphora - Taiwan, Japan

                                    Lecythidaceae

                                      Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Liliaceae

                                        Subfamily Calochortoideae

                                        • Tricyrtis formosana - Nansei-shoto to Taiwan W/C

                                        Lycopodiaceae

                                          Subfamily Huperzioideae

                                          • Phlegmariurus squarrosus - Indomalaysia
                                          • Phlegmariurus squarrosus var. hippuroides - Peninsular Malaysia, Queensland

                                          Lythraceae

                                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                                            • Lagerstroemia indica - China

                                            Malpighiaceae

                                            • Tristellateia australasiae - southeast Asia to New Caledonia

                                            Malvaceae

                                              Subfamily Malvoideae
                                              Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                              Marantaceae

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

                                              Marattiaceae

                                              • Angiopteris lygodiifolia - Japan, Taiwan

                                              Melastomataceae

                                                Subfamily Melastomatoideae
                                                Tribe Sonerileae

                                                • Bredia hirsuta - Taiwan, Japan (Kyushu, Yakushima Isl.), Ryukyu Isl.

                                                Moraceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                                  • Ficus vaccinioides - Taiwan

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Moreae

                                                  • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                                                  Orchidaceae

                                                    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

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                    • Dendrobium moniliforme - Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Himalayas, northern Indochina
                                                    • Dendrobium nakaharae - N. Thailand, Taiwan

                                                    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 copelandii - Taiwan to Philippines

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Vandeae

                                                    • Tuberolabium kotoense - Taiwan

                                                    Pentaphylacaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Freziereae

                                                      • Cleyera japonica - Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India

                                                      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

                                                        Polypodiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Drynarioideae

                                                          • Aglaomorpha meyeniana - Phillipines, Taiwan

                                                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia
                                                          • Microsorum steerei - Thailand, southern China, Vietnam

                                                          Pteridaceae

                                                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                            Ranunculaceae

                                                              Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                                                              Tribe Anemoneae

                                                              • Anemone scabiosa - China

                                                              Rubiaceae

                                                                Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                • Gardenia jasminoides - southern China, Taiwan, Japan (subtropical eastern hemisphere)
                                                                • Gardenia jasminoides -

                                                                Sapindaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                  • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                                  Saururaceae

                                                                  • Houttuynia cordata - Japan south to mountains of Java & Nepal

                                                                  Saxifragaceae

                                                                  • Saxifraga stolonifera - E. Asia - W. China, Japan
                                                                  • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                                                  Stachyuraceae

                                                                  • Stachyurus chinensis - China

                                                                  Theaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Theeae

                                                                    • Camellia lutchuensis - Japan - Ryu Kyu

                                                                    Typhaceae

                                                                    • Typha orientalis - Mongolia to Philippines, Australasia

                                                                    Urticaceae

                                                                      Subfamily
                                                                      Tribe Boehmerieae

                                                                      • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                                                      Vitaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                          • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia

                                                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                          Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                          • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 95 accessions native to Taiwan

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