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Collection Holdings native to Botswana:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      Anacampserotaceae

      • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Subfamily Saniculoideae
        Tribe Steganotaenieae

        • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

          • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
          • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Asparagoideae

                • Asparagus setaceus - southern Africa

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Dracaeneae

                • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Ornithogaleae

                • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Urgineeae

                • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                  • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                  • Aloe globuligemma - Zimbabwe to Mpumalanga W/C
                  • Aloe marlothii - SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal W/C

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Tecomeae

                    • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

                    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

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Ipomoeeae

                          • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                            • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Eleocharideae

                            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                            Droseraceae

                            • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                            Equisetaceae

                            • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                              Tribe Euphorbieae

                              • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                              Lamiaceae

                                Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                Tribe Ocimeae

                                • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                Lentibulariaceae

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

                                Loganiaceae

                                • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                Malvaceae

                                  Subfamily Grewioideae
                                  Tribe Grewieae

                                  • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                                  Menyanthaceae

                                  • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                  Myrothamnaceae

                                  • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                  Nymphaeaceae

                                  • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                  Oleaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Oleeae

                                    • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                      • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                      Passifloraceae

                                        Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                        Tribe Passifloreae

                                        • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                        Poaceae

                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                          Tribe Paniceae

                                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                          Rutaceae

                                            Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                            Tribe Citreae

                                            • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                            Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                            • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                            Solanaceae

                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                              Tribe Physaleae

                                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                              Strelitziaceae

                                              • Strelitzia nicolai - E. Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, E. Botswana

                                              Velloziaceae

                                                Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                • Xerophyta retinervis - Botswana to Swaziland
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 48 accessions native to Botswana

                                                W/C = Wild Collected
                                                = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                = accession added within past 90 days

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