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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

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

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

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Culcasieae

        • Culcasia striolata - W. & WC. Trop. Africa W/C

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
          • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa
          • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

          Balsaminaceae

          • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

          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

                Costaceae

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

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

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

                  Dioscoreaceae

                  • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                  Fabaceae

                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                    Tribe Detarieae

                    • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                    Lentibulariaceae

                    • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                    Malvaceae

                      Subfamily Bombacoideae
                      Tribe Adansonieae

                      • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                      Marantaceae

                      • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                      • Marantochloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                      • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                      • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                      • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. 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 Dendrobieae

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

                              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

                                  Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                  Tribe Siphonochileae

                                  • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 49 accessions native to Central African Republic

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

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