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Collection Holdings native to Benin:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Saniculoideae
      Tribe Steganotaenieae

      • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
        • Adenium obesum - Socotra
        • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

            • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

              Celastraceae

              • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Colchicaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Colchiceae

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

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Combreteae

                  • Combretum molle - Africa

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Laguncularieae

                  • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                  Costaceae

                  • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                  • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

                    • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
                    • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Detarieae

                      • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                      Lecythidaceae

                        Subfamily Napoleonaeoideae

                        • Napoleonaea beninensis - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

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

                          Subfamily Sterculioideae
                          Tribe Sterculieae

                          • Cola acuminata - West Africa

                          Marantaceae

                          • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                          • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                          • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                          Moraceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Ficeae

                            • Ficus lyrata - Cameroon west to Sierra Leone

                            Nymphaeaceae

                            • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                              • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Dendrobieae

                              • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Vandeae

                              • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                              Poaceae

                                Subfamily Oryzoideae
                                Tribe Oryzeae

                                • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                Tribe Paniceae

                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                Polypodiaceae

                                  Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                  Primulaceae

                                    Subfamily Maesoideae

                                    • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                      Tribe Vanguerieae

                                      • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                      Sapotaceae

                                        Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                        • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                                        • Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania

                                        Taccaceae

                                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                        Vitaceae

                                          Subfamily Leeoideae

                                          • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                          Subfamily Vitoideae

                                          • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                          Zingiberaceae

                                            Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                            Tribe Alpinieae

                                            • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                            • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 44 accessions native to Benin

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

                                            data regenerated on Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:08:04 -0500

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