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Collection Holdings from Southwestern Pacific:

Includes:

  1. FIJ: Fiji
  2. GIL: Gilbert Is.
  3. HBI: Howland-Baker Is.
  4. NRU: Nauru
  5. NUE: Niue
  6. NWC: New Caledonia
  7. PHX: Phoenix Is.
  8. SAM: Samoa
  9. SCZ: Santa Cruz Is.
  10. TOK: Tokelau-Manihiki
  11. TON: Tonga
  12. TUV: Tuvalu
  13. VAN: Vanuatu
  14. WAL: Wallis-Futuna Is.

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum - Fiji

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Amborellaceae

      • Amborella trichopoda - New Caledonia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Vinceae

        • Ochrosia elliptica - coastal New Caledonia to Australia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Monsteroideae
          Tribe Monstereae

          • Rhaphidophora korthalsii - Pen. Thailand to Malesia and W. Pacific

          Araucariaceae

          • Agathis moorei - New Caledonia
          • Araucaria nemorosa - SE. New Caledonia (near Port Boisé)

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Lomandroideae

            • Cordyline fruticosa - Papuasia to W. Pacific
            • Eustrephus latifolius - New Guinea to New Caledonia, E. & SE. Australia

            Casuarinaceae

            • Gymnostoma deplancheanum - New Caledonia

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Eleocharideae

              • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

              Davalliaceae

              • Davallia fejeensis - Fiji

              Elaeocarpaceae

              • Elaeocarpus angustifolius - New Caledonia W/C

              Euphorbiaceae

                Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                Tribe Acalypheae

                • Acalypha wilkesiana `Macafeana' - Bismarck Arch. to SW. Pacific

                Subfamily Crotonoideae
                Tribe Codiaeae

                • Codiaeum variegatum - southern Asia, Indonesia and Eastern Pacific islands

                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

                Goodeniaceae

                • Scaevola taccada - Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

                Lecythidaceae

                  Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                  Lentibulariaceae

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

                  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

                    Orchidaceae

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Coelogyneae

                      • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Collabieae

                      • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Malaxideae

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

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Podochilaeae

                      • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                      • Dendrobium gracilicaule - S. Queensland to New South Wales and SW. Pacific

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Paniceae

                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                        Podocarpaceae

                        • Dacrycarpus vieillardii - New Caledonia W/C
                        • Podocarpus novae-caledoniae - New Caledonia (endemic) W/C
                        • Podocarpus sylvestris - New Caledonia - Isle of Pines W/C

                        Polypodiaceae

                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                          Taccaceae

                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                          Xeronemataceae

                          • Xeronema moorei - New Caledonia (endemic)
                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 37 accessions native to Southwestern Pacific

                          W/C = Wild Collected
                          = Currently Flowering
                          = Image(s) Available
                          = map available for this accession

                          data regenerated on Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:09:06 -0500

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