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Collection Holdings native to Vietnam:

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
        • Trachelospermum jasminoides - China

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Marsdenieae

        • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland
        • Hoya carnosa - S. China, Japan, Taiwan
        • 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 Colocasieae

          • 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 paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
          • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou) to N. Indo-China
          • Amorphophallus yunnanensis - N. Thailand, Laos, N. Vietnam, China:Yunnan

          Subfamily Lasioideae

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

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora sulcata - S. Vietnam

          Subfamily Pothoideae
          Tribe Potheae

          • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Convallarieae

            • Aspidistra grandiflora - Vietnam W/C
            • Aspidistra tonkinensis - S. China to N. Vietnam W/C

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Ophiopogoneae

            • Ophiopogon japonicus - Japan & Korea
            • Peliosanthes macrostegia - Assam to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

              • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

              Basellaceae

                Subfamily Baselleae

                • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                Blechnaceae

                  Subfamily Woodwardioideae

                  • Woodwardia japonica - Southeast Asia to Japan W/C

                  Boraginaceae

                    Subfamily Cordioideae

                    • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                    Caryophyllaceae

                      Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                      Tribe Sileneae

                      • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                      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
                        • Costus tonkinensis - S. China to N. Vietnam

                        Cucurbitaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Gomphogyneae

                          • Neoalsomitra sarcophylla - Burma, Thailand, Philippines

                          Cupressaceae

                            Subfamily Cupressoideae

                            • Cupressus vietnamensis - N. Vietnam to China (N. Guangxi)

                            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

                              Ebenaceae

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

                              Equisetaceae

                              • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                                Tribe Aleuritideae

                                • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                                Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                Tribe Euphorbieae

                                • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                  Tribe Desmodieae

                                  • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                  Flagellariaceae

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

                                  Gesneriaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                    Tribe Trichosporeae

                                    • Aeschynanthus micranthus - Himilayas, Sikkim to Burma

                                    Gnetaceae

                                    • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                                    • Gnetum gnemon - SE. Tibet to W. Pacific
                                    • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-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

                                      Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                      • Scutellaria javanica - Hainan, Indo-China to New Guinea

                                      Subfamily Symphorematoideae

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

                                      Subfamily Viticoideae

                                      • Gmelina philippensis - Indo-China to Philippines

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Linaceae

                                      • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                      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

                                            Meliaceae

                                              Subfamily Melioideae
                                              Tribe Melieae

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

                                              Moraceae

                                                Subfamily
                                                Tribe Ficeae

                                                • 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

                                                Myrtaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                                  Tribe Syzygieae

                                                  • Syzygium jambos - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                  Orchidaceae

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Coelogyneae

                                                    • Coelogyne flaccida - Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
                                                    • Coelogyne lawrenceana - S. Vietnam
                                                    • Coelogyne ovalis - Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                    • 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 annamense - Vietnam
                                                    • 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 lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                                                    • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                                    • 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 brunneum - Vietnam
                                                    • 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 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 Podochileae

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

                                                    Subfamily Orchidoideae
                                                    Tribe Cranichideae

                                                    • Ludisia discolor - S. China to Sumatera and Philippines

                                                    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

                                                        Polypodiaceae

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

                                                              Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                              Tribe Ixoreae

                                                              • Ixora javanica - E. Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

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

                                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                              Tribe Rubieae

                                                              • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)

                                                              Rutaceae

                                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                Tribe Citreae

                                                                • Citrus japonica Nagami - China

                                                                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

                                                                  Stachyuraceae

                                                                  • Stachyurus chinensis - China

                                                                  Taccaceae

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

                                                                  Urticaceae

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Boehmerieae

                                                                    • Boehmeria nivea - eastern Asia - China

                                                                    Subfamily
                                                                    Tribe Lecantheae

                                                                    • Pellionia repens - Vietnam, Malay Arch.
                                                                    • Pilea cadierei - China & Vietnam

                                                                    Vitaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                                      • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                      • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                                                      • Tetrastigma voinierianum - Vietnam

                                                                      Zingiberaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                        Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                        • Alpinia galanga - S. China to W. & C. Malesia W/C
                                                                        • Alpinia latilabris - Indo-China to W. Malesia
                                                                        • Alpinia maclurei - S. China to Vietnam
                                                                        • Alpinia malaccensis - Assam to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                                        • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                        • Alpinia zerumbet - southeast Asia
                                                                        • Wurfbainia testacea - S. China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah)

                                                                        Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                        Tribe Globbeae

                                                                        • Gagnepainia thoreliana - N. Vietnam
                                                                        • Globba annamensis - Indo-China
                                                                        • 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

                                                                        Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                        Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                        • 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 longa - India to W. Malesia
                                                                        • Curcuma phaeocaulis - China (Yunnan) to Jawa W/C
                                                                        • Curcuma singularis - Indo-China W/C
                                                                        • Distichochlamys rubrostriata - Vietnam W/C
                                                                        • Hedychium aff. flavescens - E. Nepal to China (Sichuan)
                                                                        • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                        • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                                        • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                                                        • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 172 accessions native to Vietnam

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