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Collection Holdings native to Thailand:

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 Apocynoideae
        Tribe Apocyneae

        • Beaumontia grandiflora - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Hoya obovata - Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae

          • Aglaonema costatum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi)
          • Aglaonema nitidum - S. Indo-China to W. Malesia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
          • Colocasia fallax - Nepal to China (Yunnan)
          • Colocasia gigantea cv. Thailand Giant - S. China to W. Malesia
          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Thomsonieae

          • Amorphophallus muelleri - Java
          • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
          • Amorphophallus pygmaeus - Thailand: Samroiyod Mountain, Prajuab Province W/C
          • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - N. Thailand, Laos, N. Vietnam, China:Yunnan
          • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou) to N. Indo-China

          Subfamily Lasioideae

          • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C
          • Pycnospatha arietina - C. Thailand to Vietnam (Quan Phu Quoc)

          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

          Arecaceae

          • Arenga hookeriana - Malaya, Thailand

          Subfamily Arecoideae
          Tribe Areceae

          • Cyrtostachys renda - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Convallarieae

            • Tupistra kressii - Pen. Thailand W/C
            • Tupistra urceolata - Pen. Thailand W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Gynura bicolor - China, Thailand, and Myanmar

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Baselleae

                  • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                  Begoniaceae

                  • Begonia kingiana - Malaya, Thailand

                  Blechnaceae

                    Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                    • Woodwardia japonica - Southeast Asia to Japan W/C

                    Boraginaceae

                      Subfamily Cordioideae

                      • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                      Ceratophyllaceae

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

                      Chloranthaceae

                      • Chloranthus spicatus - China, Thailand

                      Colchicaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Colchiceae

                        • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                        Costaceae

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

                        Cucurbitaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Gomphogyneae

                          • Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Burma, Thailand, Philippines

                          Cycadaceae

                          • Cycas siamensis - northern India & Thailand

                          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

                            Dioscoreaceae

                            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                            Elaeocarpaceae

                            • Elaeocarpus grandiflorus - Southeast Asia

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Aleuritideae

                              • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                              Tribe Euphorbieae

                              • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                Tribe Cassieae

                                • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                                Subfamily Faboideae
                                Tribe Desmodieae

                                • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                Flagellariaceae

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

                                Gnetaceae

                                • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                                Helwingiaceae

                                • Helwingia chinensis - China, Japan

                                Hypoxidaceae

                                • Molineria capitulata - tropical Asia & Australia

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                  • Clerodendrum nutans - Bangladesh to W. Malesia

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                  Subfamily Symphorematoideae

                                  • Congea tomentosa - India to Pen. Malaysia and China (SW. Yunnan)

                                  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

                                    Linaceae

                                    • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                    Lowiaceae

                                    • Orchidantha siamensis - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia W/C

                                    Lycopodiaceae

                                      Subfamily Huperzioideae

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

                                      Lygodiaceae

                                      • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                                      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
                                          • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C
                                          • Stachyphrynium latifolium - Pen. Thailand to Sulawesi W/C
                                          • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                                          Meliaceae

                                            Subfamily Melioideae
                                            Tribe Melieae

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

                                            Moraceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Ficeae

                                              • Ficus deltoidea - Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
                                              • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Moreae

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

                                              Musaceae

                                              • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                              • Musa laterita - Assam to N. Thailand W/C

                                              Myrtaceae

                                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                Tribe Syzygieae

                                                • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                Nepenthaceae

                                                • Nepenthes sanguinea - Malaya, Thailand

                                                Oleaceae

                                                  Subfamily Jasmineae

                                                  • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium - Himalaya to Thailand

                                                  Orchidaceae

                                                    Subfamily Cypripedioideae
                                                    Tribe Cypripedieae

                                                    • Paphiopedilum Delrosi - Thailand ?? (as labelled)

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                                    • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                                    • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                    • Coelogyne rochussenii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia
                                                    • Coelogyne tomentosa - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
                                                    • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                                                    • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                                                    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 aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                                                    • Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin' - Himalaya to S. Japan and Malesia
                                                    • Cymbidium finlaysonianum - Indo-China to Malesia
                                                    • Eulophia andamanensis - Indo-China to N. Sumatera

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                    • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                    • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                    • Bulbophyllum corolliferum - Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lasiochilum - India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lobbii - Arunachal Pradesh to Philippines
                                                    • Bulbophyllum longissimum - Thailand
                                                    • Bulbophyllum vaginatum - Thailand to western Malesia
                                                    • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                                                    • Dendrobium anosmum - Sri Lanka, Indo-China to New Guinea
                                                    • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia
                                                    • Dendrobium farmeri - C. Himalaya to Pen. Malaysia
                                                    • Dendrobium hymenanthum - Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines
                                                    • Dendrobium jenkinsii - China, Bhutan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
                                                    • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                                    • Dendrobium lindleyi - E. Himalaya to S. China
                                                    • Dendrobium nakaharae - N. Thailand, Taiwan
                                                    • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Epidendreae

                                                    • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Malaxideae

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

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Podochileae

                                                    • Campanulorchis globifera - Thailand, Vietnam
                                                    • Eria carinata - C. Nepal to Pen. Malaysia
                                                    • Eria javanica - Sikkim to C. Taiwan and New Guinea
                                                    • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia
                                                    • Trichotosia velutina - Arunachal Pradesh to W. Malesia

                                                    Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                    Tribe Cranichideae

                                                    • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                                    Pentaphylacaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Freziereae

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

                                                      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

                                                          Polypodiaceae

                                                          • Pseudodrynaria coronans - Phillipines

                                                          Subfamily Drynarioideae

                                                          • Drynaria bonii - Thailand, Vietnam, Laos

                                                          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

                                                            Rubiaceae

                                                              Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                              Tribe Naucleeae

                                                              • Nauclea orientalis - Trop. Asia to N. Australia
                                                              • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                              Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                              Tribe Gardenieae

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

                                                              Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                              Tribe Ixoreae

                                                              • Ixora javanica - E. Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                                              • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -
                                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa - Borneo - Bako National Park
                                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Malaya
                                                              • Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - New Guinea

                                                              Sapindaceae

                                                                Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                                Saururaceae

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

                                                                Selaginellaceae

                                                                • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia
                                                                • Selaginella willdenowii - Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas

                                                                Stemonaceae

                                                                • Stichoneuron caudatum - Thailand W/C

                                                                Taccaceae

                                                                • Tacca chantrieri - tropical Southeast Asia
                                                                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                                Urticaceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Boehmerieae

                                                                  • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                                                  Vitaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                                    • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                    • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                                                    • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                                    Zingiberaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                      Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                      • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                                                      • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                      • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                      • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                                                      • Elettariopsis aff. curtisii - Thailand to Malaya W/C
                                                                      • Elettariopsis smithiae - Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                      • Wurfbainia testacea - S. China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)

                                                                      Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                      Tribe Riedelieae

                                                                      • Siamanthus siliquosus - Thailand W/C

                                                                      Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                      Tribe Globbeae

                                                                      • Globba kerrii - Myanmar to Thailand W/C
                                                                      • 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
                                                                      • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                      • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                      • Globba schomburgkii - E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China W/C
                                                                      • Globba unifolia - Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
                                                                      • Globba winitii - Thailand

                                                                      Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                      Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                      • Boesenbergia kingii - NE. India to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                                      • Boesenbergia maxwellii - Myanmar to Laos W/C
                                                                      • Boesenbergia pulcherrima - Assam to Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                      • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma aeruginosa - Indo-China to W. Malesia W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma aff. elata - Indo-China
                                                                      • Curcuma attenuata - Myanmar to Thailand W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma longa - India to W. Malesia
                                                                      • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma petiolata - Indo-China, Jawa W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma rubrobracteata - Assam to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma singularis - Indo-China W/C
                                                                      • Curcuma viridiflora - Thailand to Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali) W/C
                                                                      • Haniffia albiflora - S. Pen. Thailand
                                                                      • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                      • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                                      • Hedychium longicornutum - Thailand, Naratiwat Province W/C
                                                                      • Kaempferia parviflora - SE. Bangladesh to Indo-China
                                                                      • Kaempferia Roscoeana - Myanmar to Thailand
                                                                      • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China W/C
                                                                      • Stahlianthus involucratus - Darjiling to S. China
                                                                      • Zingiber aff. roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber corallinum - SE. China to Indo-China W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber flavovirens - Thailand W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber longiligulatum - China (W. Yunnan) to Thailand W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                                                      • Zingiber spectabile - Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
                                                                      • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 208 accessions native to Thailand

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