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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
        • 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

            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.

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily Clusioideae
                Tribe Garcinieae

                • Garcinia kola - tropical West Africa

                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

                    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 Bombacoideae
                            Tribe Adansonieae

                            • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                            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

                                          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 42 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

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