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
- 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
- Sansevieria aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae
- Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae
- Schizobasis intricata
- South Africa
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 papyrus
- North & Tropical Africa
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
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
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
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
W/C = Wild Collected
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