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Collection Holdings native to Cape Provinces:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Barlerieae

    • Barleria obtusa - southern Africa - Northern Provinces to Eastern Cape

    Aizoaceae

      Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

      • Phyllobolus tenuiflorus - South Africa (Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape)

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Dorotheantheae

      • Aethephyllum pinnatifidum - South Africa

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Ruschieae

      • Aloinopsis schooneesii - South Africa - Bushmanland
      • Bergeranthus vespertinus - South Africa W/C
      • Cheiridopsis peculiaris - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum - South Africa
      • Conophytum bilobum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. bilobum - South Africa, Rietkloof, S.E. corner of farm W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. claviferens - South Africa, Rietkloof - Hoekraal W/C
      • Conophytum burgeri - South Africa - Bushmanland W/C
      • Conophytum calculus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum chauviniae - South Africa, Arondegas W/C
      • Conophytum ectypum -
      • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii - South Africa, Klipfontein W/C
      • Conophytum ernstii - South Africa - Sandberg; Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum frutescens - South Africa, S. Komaggas W/C
      • Conophytum globosum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum hammeri - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum herreanthus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum irmae - South Africa, W. Anenous W/C
      • Conophytum maughanii - South Africa - Smorenskadu, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum meyeri - South Africa: S. Komaggas, Northern Cape (MRO30) W/C
      • Conophytum minimum - Klein Spreevfontein, SA W/C
      • Conophytum pageae - South Africa - Kaitob, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum pellucidum - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum subfenestratum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum uviforme - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Conophytum wettsteinii - South Africa: RR430, Anenous Pass, N. Cape W/C
      • Corpuscularia lehmannii - South Africa, Eastern Cape Province
      • Delosperma pruinosum - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Faucaria bosscheana - South Africa, Aberdeen Road
      • Fenestraria rhopalophylla - S.W. Africa
      • Frithia pulchra - South Africa W/C
      • Gibbaeum album - Springfontein, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Glottiphyllum depressum - South Africa
      • Glottiphyllum nelii - South Africa, Teasdale
      • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
      • Lampranthus godmaniae - South Africa - Northern Cape (endemic) W/C
      • Lampranthus tenuifolius - South Africa
      • Lapidaria margarethae - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa, near Kuruman
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa
      • Lithops bromfieldii - South Africa - Northern Cape
      • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis - South Africa
      • Lithops coleorum - South Africa (SH 1500, Transvaal)
      • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici - South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
      • Lithops dorotheae - South Africa
      • Lithops fulviceps - Namibia, South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
      • Lithops fulviceps lactinea - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lithops lesliei var. mariae - South Africa - Orange Free State
      • Lithops marmorata - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lithops marmorata - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops naureeniae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii - South Africa - Aggenys, Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa - Orange Free State
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops verruculosa - South Africa W/C
      • Monilaria globosa - South Africa W/C
      • Monilaria scutata - South Africa - 3km ESE Klipbok, Northern Cape W/C
      • Pleiospilos bolusii - South Africa, Grootfontein near Willowmore
      • Pleiospilos compactus ssp. sororius - south of Laingsburg, Western Cape Province, S. Africa
      • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Pleiospilos simulans - South Africa, Miller
      • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
      • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
      • Trichodiadema mirabile - western Cape
      • Vlokia ater - Western Cape, South Africa W/C

      Amaranthaceae

        Subfamily Chenopodioideae
        Tribe Atripliceae

        • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

        Amaryllidaceae

          Subfamily Agapanthoideae

          • Agapanthus africanus - SW. Cape Prov.
          • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

          Subfamily Allioideae
          Tribe Tulbaghieae

          • Tulbaghia violacea - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Amaryllideae

          • Crinum moorei - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
          • Nerine masonorum - E. Cape Prov. W/C

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Cyrtantheae

          • Cyrtanthus mackenii - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Cyrtanthus sanguineus - South Sudan to Tanzania, E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Haemantheae

          • Clivia miniata - South Africa
          • Clivia miniata - South Africa
          • Haemanthus albiflos - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
          • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa
          • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

          Anacampserotaceae

          • Anacampseros albissima - Namibia to Cape Prov.
          • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
          • Anacampseros papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

          Apiaceae

            Subfamily Apioideae
            Tribe Heteromorpheae

            • Anginon fruticosum - South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)
            • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

            Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

            • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

            Apocynaceae

              Subfamily Apocynoideae
              Tribe Malouetieae

              • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

              Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
              Tribe Asclepiadeae

              • Gomphocarpus physocarpus - southern Africa

              Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
              Tribe Ceropegieae

              • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
              • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
              • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
              • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
              • Huernia piersii - E. Cape Prov.
              • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
              • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.

              Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
              Tribe Fockeeae

              • Fockea edulis - Namibia

              Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
              Tribe Carisseae

              • Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa
              • Carissa macrocarpa - Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.

              Araceae

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Pisteae

                • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

                Subfamily Aroideae
                Tribe Zantedeschieae

                • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

                Subfamily Lemnoideae

                • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Agavoideae
                  Tribe Anthericeae

                  • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa

                  Subfamily Asparagoideae

                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
                  • Asparagus setaceus - southern Africa

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Dracaeneae

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

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Eriospermeae

                  • Eriospermum cf. dregei - S. Africa
                  • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C
                  • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C
                  • Eriospermum paradoxum - W. & S. Cape Prov.

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Hyacintheae

                  • Drimiopsis maculata - Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa
                  • Lachenalia aloides - South Africa
                  • Lachenalia bulbifera - South Africa - Cape Province
                  • Lachenalia cf. longituba - SW. Cape Prov. (Roggeveld Plateau) W/C
                  • Lachenalia ensifolia - South Africa
                  • Lachenalia rubida - South Africa
                  • Lachenalia unifolia - South Africa W/C
                  • Lachenalia viridiflora - South Africa - near Friedenberg, Cape Province
                  • Ledebouria socialis - South Africa
                  • Massonia depressa - South Africa: Kamieskroon W/C
                  • Massonia pygmaea - South Africa, Northern Cape Province
                  • Veltheimia bracteata - South Africa

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Ornithogaleae

                  • Albuca bracteata - South Africa to tropical East Africa W/C
                  • Albuca bracteata - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                  • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                  • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Albuca spiralis - W. Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Albuca tortuosa - South Africa
                  • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum - SW. Cape Prov.
                  • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum sardienii - South Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum thyrsoides - South Africa - northern and western Cape

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Urgineeae

                  • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Drimia haworthioides - South Africa
                  • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
                  • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                    • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                    • Aloe ferox - South Africa
                    • Aloe krapohliana - Vredendal, Western Cape, SA
                    • Aloe longistyla - South Africa
                    • Aloe maculata - South Africa
                    • Aloe melanacantha - W. Cape Prov.
                    • Aloe thraskii - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                    • Aloiampelos ciliaris - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
                    • Astroloba congesta - South Africa - Eastern Cape
                    • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                    • Gasteria brachyphylla - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo) W/C
                    • Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo)
                    • Gasteria disticha - SW. & SC. Cape Prov. W/C
                    • Gasteria ellaphieae - S. Cape Prov. (Konga Dam Reg.)
                    • Gasteria glauca - South Africa - Eastern Cape W/C
                    • Gasteria glomerata - South Africa, Paul Sauer Dam
                    • Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii - South Africa, Humansdorp
                    • Gasteria obliqua - SE. Cape Prov.
                    • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State
                    • Haworthia attenuata var. radula - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthia blackburniae - South Africa
                    • Haworthia cf. aristata - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                    • Haworthia cooperi - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                    • Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana - South Africa
                    • Haworthia cooperi var. truncata - South Africa W/C
                    • Haworthia cymbiformis - South Africa - Eastern Cape (endemic)
                    • Haworthia cymbiformis - S. & SE. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthia decipiens - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                    • Haworthia gracilis var. tenera - South Africa
                    • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                    • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                    • Haworthia marumiana var. batesiana - South Africa
                    • Haworthia mirabilis - SW Cape Province W/C
                    • Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.)
                    • Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana - South Africa
                    • Haworthia pygmaea var. acuminata - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                    • Haworthia retusa - South Africa W/C
                    • Haworthia retusa - South Africa
                    • Haworthia truncata - Dysselsdorp dump, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                    • Haworthia truncata - South Africa
                    • Haworthia turgida - SW. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthia viscosa - Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa W/C
                    • Haworthiopsis glauca - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthiopsis longiana - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthiopsis reinwardtii - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Kumara haemanthifolia - Western Cape - Hottentots Holland Mountains to Cold Bokkeveld Mountains. W/C
                    • Kumara plicatilis - South Africa

                    Asteraceae

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Anthemideae

                      • Athanasia pinnata - Langekloof in the Western Cape to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape; endem

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Astereae

                      • Felicia amelloides - South Africa - eastern & western Cape

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Senecioneae

                      • Kleinia ficoides - South Africa - Swartberg Mts to Suurberg
                      • Senecio haworthii - South Africa
                      • Senecio rowleyanus - Namibia

                      Balsaminaceae

                      • Impatiens sodenii - east tropical Africa

                      Bignoniaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Tecomeae

                        • Podranea ricasoliana - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                        • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

                        Caryophyllaceae

                          Subfamily Paronychioideae
                          Tribe Paronychieae

                          • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                          Colchicaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Anguillarieae

                            • Wurmbea stricta - South Africa

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Colchiceae

                            • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa
                            • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                            Convolvulaceae

                              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                              Tribe Convolvuleae

                              • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                              Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                              Tribe Ipomoeeae

                              • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                              Crassulaceae

                                Subfamily Crassuloideae

                                • Crassula arborescens - east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                • Crassula barklyi - South Africa - eastern Cape
                                • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                                • Crassula cremnophila - South Africa W/C
                                • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                                • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                                • Crassula fragarioides - South Africa W/C
                                • Crassula lactea - South Africa - Natal, Transvaal
                                • Crassula lanuginosa - South Africa
                                • Crassula multicava - South Africa
                                • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                                • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province
                                • Crassula perforata - South Africa (Cape Province)
                                • Crassula rupestris - South Africa
                                • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape
                                • Crassula tetragona - South Africa (Cape Province)

                                Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                                Tribe Kalanchoeae

                                • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa W/C
                                • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa - eastern Cape Province
                                • Adromischus mammillaris - South Africa - SW Cape Province
                                • Adromischus triflorus - South Africa - Cape Province
                                • Tylecodon opelii - South Africa W/C

                                Cunoniaceae

                                • Cunonia capensis - South Africa

                                Cupressaceae

                                  Subfamily Callitroideae

                                  • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa
                                  • Widdringtonia wallichii - Cederberg, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C

                                  Curtisiaceae

                                  • Curtisia dentata - E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                                  Cyperaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Cypereae

                                    • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                                    Didiereaceae

                                    • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa
                                    • Portulacaria afra - South Africa
                                    • Portulacaria afra 'variegata' -

                                    Dioscoreaceae

                                    • Dioscorea elephantipes - South Africa
                                    • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Droseraceae

                                    • Drosera aliciae - Constantia Nek, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa W/C
                                    • Drosera capensis - Vogelgat, near Hermanus, South Africa W/C
                                    • Drosera cuneifolia - South Africa
                                    • Drosera regia - South Africa, Bainskloof W/C

                                    Ebenaceae

                                    • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                                    Equisetaceae

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

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                                      • Euphorbia globosa - South Africa W/C
                                      • Euphorbia mammillaris - South Africa - Oudtshoorn & Riversdale districts
                                      • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                      • Euphorbia pseudoglobosa - S. Cape Prov.
                                      • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                                      • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                        Tribe Detarieae

                                        • Schotia afra - South Africa
                                        • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Galegeae

                                        • Sutherlandia frutescens - South Africa

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Podalyrieae

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

                                        Subfamily Faboideae
                                        Tribe Sophoreae

                                        • Baphia racemosa - eastern Cape

                                        Gentianaceae

                                          Subfamily
                                          Tribe Chironieae

                                          • Chironia jasminoides - eastern & westrn Cape

                                          Geraniaceae

                                          • Pelargonium alternans - South Africa - Western Cape
                                          • Pelargonium appendiculatum - South Africa - Western Cape
                                          • Pelargonium citronellum - South Africa - Ladismith
                                          • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                          • Pelargonium denticulatum - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium desertorum - South Africa - northern Cape W/C
                                          • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium oblongatum - South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape) W/C
                                          • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa
                                          • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium tomentosum - South Africa - Cape Provinces
                                          • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa - nr. the Achab SE Berge W/C

                                          Gesneriaceae

                                            Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                            Tribe Didymocarpeae

                                            • Streptocarpus prolixus - eastern Cape
                                            • Streptocarpus pusillus - South Africa

                                            Goodeniaceae

                                            • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                                            Haemodoraceae

                                              Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                              • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - South Africa

                                              Hypoxidaceae

                                              • Hypoxis villosa - South Africa
                                              • Spiloxene canaliculata - South Africa, vicinity of Darling

                                              Iridaceae

                                                Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                                • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                                Subfamily Crocoideae

                                                • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                                                Subfamily Crocoideae
                                                Tribe Gladioleae

                                                • Gladiolus alatus - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                • Gladiolus kamiesbergensis - South Africa

                                                Subfamily Crocoideae
                                                Tribe Ixieae

                                                • Babiana blanda - South Africa
                                                • Tritonia deusta - South Africa

                                                Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                Tribe Irideae

                                                • Ferraria crispa - South Africa
                                                • Moraea vegeta - SW. Cape Prov.

                                                Subfamily Ixioideae
                                                Tribe Freesieae

                                                • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                                                Subfamily Ixioideae
                                                Tribe Watsonieae

                                                • Watsonia aletroides - Drayton Siding, S. Africa W/C

                                                Lamiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                                  • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                                  • Plectranthus saccatus - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

                                                  Lanariaceae

                                                  • Lanaria lanata - Cape Prov.

                                                  Lentibulariaceae

                                                  • Genlisea hispidula - Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa W/C
                                                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                                  • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                                  Loganiaceae

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

                                                  Malpighiaceae

                                                  • Acridocarpus natalitius - southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique

                                                  Malvaceae

                                                    Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                                    Tribe Hermannieae

                                                    • Hermannia verticillata - South Africa

                                                    Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                    Tribe Grewieae

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

                                                    Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                    Tribe Sparrmannieae

                                                    • Sparmannia africana - southern Africa

                                                    Marsileaceae

                                                    • Marsilea schelpeana - Eastern and Western Cape (endemic)

                                                    Meliaceae

                                                      Subfamily Melioideae
                                                      Tribe Turraeeae

                                                      • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                                      Melianthaceae

                                                      • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte
                                                      • Melianthus major - South Africa

                                                      Montiniaceae

                                                      • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                                      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 Dendrobieae

                                                          • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                          Tribe Vandeae

                                                          • Mystacidium capense - Southern Africa

                                                          Oxalidaceae

                                                          • Oxalis palmifrons - South Africa - western Karoo

                                                          Passifloraceae

                                                            Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                            Tribe Passifloreae

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

                                                            Penaeaceae

                                                            • Saltera sarcocolla - South Africa W/C

                                                            Plumbaginaceae

                                                              Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                                              • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                                              Poaceae

                                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                                Polygalaceae

                                                                  Subfamily
                                                                  Tribe Polygaleae

                                                                  • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                                                  Polypodiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                                    • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                                                    Primulaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                                      • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                                      Proteaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Proteoideae
                                                                        Tribe Proteeae

                                                                        • Protea cryophila - western Cape
                                                                        • Protea scolymocephala - Western Cape
                                                                        • Protea burchellii - South Africa
                                                                        • Protea cynaroides - South Africa - Cederberg to Port Elizabeth
                                                                        • Protea cynaroides - South Africa
                                                                        • Protea repens - South Africa
                                                                        • Protea venusta - South Africa - Western Cape W/C

                                                                        Pteridaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                          • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                          Restionaceae

                                                                          • Elegia tectorum - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                                          • Thamnochortus insignis - SW Cape Prov.

                                                                          Roridulaceae

                                                                          • Roridula dentata - Heuningvlei, Cederberg (Western Cape, S. Africa)

                                                                          Rubiaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                            Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                            • Burchellia bubalina - South Africa, Natal
                                                                            • Mitriostigma axillare - Mozambique to NE. Cape Prov.

                                                                            Rutaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                                              • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                                              Santalaceae

                                                                              • Viscum minimum - South Africa

                                                                              Scrophulariaceae

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Limoselleae

                                                                                • Hebenstretia dura - Eastern Cape to the Northern Province

                                                                                Subfamily
                                                                                Tribe Teedieae

                                                                                • Dermatobotrys saundersii - South Africa

                                                                                Solanaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                                                                  • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                                                  Stilbaceae

                                                                                  • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                                                                  Strelitziaceae

                                                                                  • Strelitzia reginae - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

                                                                                  Thymelaeaceae

                                                                                  • Dais cotinifolia - Madagascar to southern Africa - Eastern Cape

                                                                                  Velloziaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                                                    • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa

                                                                                    Zamiaceae

                                                                                    • Stangeria eriopus - South Africa: East Cape to Natal

                                                                                    Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                    Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                                    • Encephalartos altensteinii - E. Cape Prov.
                                                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 344 accessions native to Cape Provinces

                                                                                    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, 18 Jan 2020 18:14:27 -0500

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