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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

      • Aridaria serotina - South Africa, Namibia W/C
      • 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
      • Cerochlamys pachyphylla - Little Karoo, Western Cape Prov, South Africa W/C
      • Cheiridopsis peculiaris - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bachelorum - MRO 214, E Port Nolloth, NC, 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: west of Anenous W/C
      • Conophytum blandum - NE Concordia, NC, South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bruynsii - South Africa: Western Cape Prov. W/C
      • Conophytum burgeri - South Africa - Bushmanland W/C
      • Conophytum calculus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum calculus ssp. vanzylii - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum caroli - R&Y 1917, N Kliprand, NC, RSA W/C
      • Conophytum chauviniae - South Africa, Arondegas W/C
      • Conophytum cubicum - South Africa 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 khamiesbergense - Kamiesberg, NC, RSA. W/C
      • Conophytum lydiae - South Africa: SH 545, Grootberg, NC W/C
      • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum - South Africa: Areb, N. Cape W/C
      • Conophytum maughanii - South Africa - Smorenskadu, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum meyeri - South Africa: S. Komaggas, Northern Cape (MRO30) W/C
      • Conophytum minimum - Klein Spreeufontein, WC, RSA W/C
      • Conophytum pageae - South Africa - Kaitob, Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum pellucidum - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum regale - South Africa: SB 793, Namaqualand, NC W/C
      • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum - South Africa (MRO 66, Eksteenfontein) W/C
      • Conophytum subfenestratum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum subterraneum - South Africa: TJ 62, Eksteenfontein, Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum - PVB 9848, NE Clanwilliam, NC, RSA
      • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum uviforme - South Africa, Western Cape Province
      • Conophytum wettsteinii - South Africa: RR430, Anenous Pass, N. Cape W/C
      • Corpuscularia lehmannii - South Africa, Eastern Cape Province
      • Deilanthe thudichumii - Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
      • Delosperma pruinosum - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Didymaotus lapidiformis - South Africa: SB 627, Little Karoo, WC W/C
      • Esterhuysenia alpina - South Africa W/C
      • Faucaria bosscheana - South Africa, Aberdeen Road
      • Faucaria paucidens - South Africa: Graaff-Reinet, EC W/C
      • Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca - 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 gracilis - South Africa: Vrolyk, Sutherland, WC W/C
      • Lampranthus tenuifolius - South Africa
      • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops bromfieldii - South Africa: Blaauskloof, NC W/C
      • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis - South Africa
      • Lithops coleorum - South Africa (SH 1500, Transvaal)
      • Lithops comptonii var. weberi - South Africa: C 126, S Calvinia, WC
      • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici - South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
      • Lithops divergens - South Africa: SH 694, E Bitterfontein, WC W/C
      • Lithops divergens ssp. amethystina - South Africa
      • Lithops dorotheae - South Africa
      • Lithops fulviceps lactinea - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops geyeri - South Africa (MRO 58, Klein Helskloof) W/C
      • Lithops hallii - South Africa, Northern Cape Prov W/C
      • Lithops helmutii - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops hookeri - South Africa: C 336, SSW Prieska, NC 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 - Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops meyeri - South Africa: coastal Richtersveld, NC W/C
      • Lithops naureeniae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii - South Africa - Aggenys, Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops villetii - South Africa: C 195, 30K NNE Loeriesfontein, NC
      • Lithops viridis - South Africa: SH 388, NC, RSA W/C
      • Mitrophyllum grande - South Africa: MRO 226, W. Brakfontein W/C
      • Monilaria globosa - South Africa W/C
      • Monilaria scutata - South Africa - 3km ESE Klipbok, Northern Cape W/C
      • Oophytum oviforme - South Africa W/C
      • Pleiospilos bolusii - South Africa, Grootfontein near Willowmore
      • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Pleiospilos simulans - South Africa, Miller
      • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C
      • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
      • Stoeberia arborea - South Africa: Richtersveld, NC W/C
      • Titanopsis calcarea - South Africa: Majeng, N Kimberley, NC W/C
      • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
      • Trichodiadema mirabile - western Cape
      • Vlokia ater - Western Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Wooleya farinosa - South Africa: EVJ 13852, S. Kleinzee W/C
      • Zeuktophyllum calycinum - South Africa

      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

          • Amaryllis belladonna - South Africa
          • Crinum moorei - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Nerine bowdenii - South Africa
          • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
          • Nerine masoniorum - 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 carneus - eastern South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
          • Haemanthus humanii - South Africa (southern Namaqualand) W/C
          • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
          • Scadoxus membranaceus - eastern South Africa
          • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa

          Anacampserotaceae

          • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
          • Anacampseros lanigera - South Africa
          • Avonia albissima var. grisea - Namibia to Cape Prov.
          • Avonia 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 Ceropegieae

              • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
              • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
              • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
              • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
              • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
              • 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 - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
                  • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
                  • Chlorophytum saundersiae - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Swaziland

                  Subfamily Asparagoideae

                  • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India
                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. 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, W. Cape Prov.
                  • 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 setosa - South Africa 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
                    • Bulbine margarethae - South Africa: Knersvlakte W/C
                    • 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 gracilis var. tenera - South Africa
                    • 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.
                    • Haworthiopsis glauca - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthiopsis longiana - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthiopsis reinwardtii - S. Cape Prov.
                    • Haworthiopsis viscosa - Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa 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

                      • Othonna cf. retrofracta - South Africa: Clanwilliam W/C
                      • Othonna lobata - South Africa, Namibia
                      • Kleinia ficoides - South Africa - Swartberg Mts to Suurberg
                      • Senecio haworthii - South Africa
                      • Senecio rowleyanus - Namibia

                      Balsaminaceae

                      • Impatiens sodenii - east tropical Africa

                      Begoniaceae

                      • Begonia dregei - South 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 barbata - South 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 ovata 'Hobbit' - South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
                                • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province
                                • Crassula perforata - South Africa (Cape Province)
                                • Crassula rupestris - South Africa
                                • Crassula sladenii - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                                • 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 marianiae var. immaculata - South Africa, N Komaggas W/C
                                • Adromischus triflorus - South Africa - Cape Province
                                • Tylecodon opelii - South Africa W/C
                                • Tylecodon paniculatus - South Africa W/C
                                • Tylecodon ventricosus - South Africa: W Klein Smits Kraal W/C

                                Cucurbitaceae

                                  Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
                                  Tribe Melothrieae

                                  • Kedrostis africana - South Africa, Namibia

                                  Cunoniaceae

                                  • Cunonia capensis - South Africa

                                  Cupressaceae

                                    Subfamily Callitroideae

                                    • Widdringtonia cedarbergensis - Cederberg, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                    • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) 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 'Cork Bark' - 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 caerulescens - South Africa
                                        • Euphorbia globosa - South Africa W/C
                                        • Euphorbia mammillaris - South Africa - Oudtshoorn & Riversdale districts
                                        • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                        • Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa - South Africa - (Eastern Cape, Graaff-Reinet Distr.)
                                        • 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 Sophoreae

                                          • Baphia racemosa - eastern 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 cucullatum ssp. tabulare - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium denticulatum - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium desertorum - South Africa - northern Cape W/C
                                          • Pelargonium graveolens - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium laevigatum ssp. oxyphyllum - South Africa W/C
                                          • Pelargonium oblongatum - South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape) W/C
                                          • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa
                                          • Pelargonium scabrum - South Africa: Leipoldt's Grave, Clanwilliam, WC W/C
                                          • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium tetragonum - South Africa
                                          • Pelargonium tomentosum - South Africa - Cape Provinces
                                          • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                          Gesneriaceae

                                            Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                            Tribe Didymocarpeae

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

                                            Haemodoraceae

                                              Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                              • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - South Africa

                                              Hypoxidaceae

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

                                              Iridaceae

                                              • Lapeirousia jacquinii - South Africa

                                              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 alba - South Africa
                                              • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa
                                              • Freesia unidentified - South Africa

                                              Subfamily Ixioideae
                                              Tribe Ixieae

                                              • Geissorhiza radians - South Africa W/C

                                              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 - subtropical southern Africa
                                                • Utricularia bisquamata - southern Africa
                                                • 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

                                                  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 Orchidoideae
                                                        Tribe Diseae

                                                        • Satyrium membranaceum - South Africa

                                                        Osmundaceae

                                                        • Todea barbara - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

                                                        Oxalidaceae

                                                        • Oxalis palmifrons - South Africa - western Karoo

                                                        Passifloraceae

                                                          Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                          Tribe Passifloreae

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

                                                          Pedaliaceae

                                                          • Ceratotheca triloba - South Africa

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

                                                                      Pteridaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                        • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                        Restionaceae

                                                                        • Elegia elephantina - South Africa
                                                                        • Elegia tectorum - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                                        • Thamnochortus insignis - SW Cape Prov.

                                                                        Roridulaceae

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

                                                                                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 400 accessions native to Cape Provinces

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                                                                                  = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                                  = accession added within past 90 days

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