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Collection Holdings native to Burkina:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Ceropegieae

    • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

        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

          Costaceae

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

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Eleocharideae

            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Dioscoreaceae

            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
              Tribe Detarieae

              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

              Lentibulariaceae

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

              Marantaceae

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

              Poaceae

                Subfamily Oryzoideae
                Tribe Oryzeae

                • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                Subfamily Panicoideae
                Tribe Paniceae

                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                Taccaceae

                • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific
                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Burkina

                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 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:08:04 -0400

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