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35 Collection Holdings native to Central African Republic:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
      • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India

        Subfamily Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
          • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa
          • Sansevieria trifasciata - tropical west Africa
          • Sansevieria trifasciata - tropical west Africa

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa
            • 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

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Cypereae

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

                Dioscoreaceae

                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Faboideae
                  Tribe Podalyrieae

                  • Calpurnia aurea - South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia

                  Marantaceae

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

                  Orchidaceae

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                    • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Podochilaeae

                    • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                    • Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis - Ivory Coast, WC. Trop. Africa
                    • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Vandeae

                    • Diaphananthe pellucida - w Africa to Zaire and Uganda
                    • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                    Poaceae

                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                      Tribe Paniceae

                      • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                      Rubiaceae

                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                        Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                        Sapotaceae

                          Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                          • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                          • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa

                          Taccaceae

                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                          Vitaceae

                            Subfamily Leeoideae

                            • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                            W/C = Wild Collected

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