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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
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Egypt

                    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

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