Collection Holdings native to Egypt:
Amaranthaceae
Subfamily Chenopodioideae
- Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant'
- cultivated, originally Mediterranean
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Narcisseae
- Narcissus tazetta
- Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Pancratieae
- Pancratium maritimum
- Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae
- Scilla peruviana
- W. & C. Medit.
Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia senegalensis
- southern Africa
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus papyrus
- North & Tropical Africa
Ebenaceae
- Euclea racemosa
- tropical eastern Africa
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
- Rosmarinus officinalis
- Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia
Subfamily Viticoideae
- Vitex agnus-castus
- Medit. to Pakistan
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba
- Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Nitrariaceae
- Peganum harmala
- Europe & Asia
Nymphaeaceae
- Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
- tropical to southern Africa
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Actiniopteris semiflabellata
- eastern tropical Africa, Arabia
Resedaceae
- Reseda lutea
- Eurasia, north Africa
Solanaceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae
- Withania somnifera
- Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus quadrangularis
- Tropical Africa & Asia
W/C = Wild Collected
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