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Collection Holdings native to Eritrea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

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

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

        Subfamily Scilloideae
        Tribe Ornithogaleae

        • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

        Boraginaceae

          Subfamily Boraginoideae
          Tribe Boragineae

          • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

          Caryophyllaceae

            Subfamily Paronychioideae
            Tribe Paronychieae

            • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

            Celastraceae

            • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

            Ceratophyllaceae

            • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

            Cyperaceae

              Subfamily Cyperoideae
              Tribe Cypereae

              • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

              Dioscoreaceae

              • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

              Ebenaceae

              • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

              Euphorbiaceae

                Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                Tribe Euphorbieae

                • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Ocimeae

                  • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                  Malvaceae

                    Subfamily Bombacoideae
                    Tribe Adansonieae

                    • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                    Tribe Gossypieae

                    • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                    Myrtaceae

                      Subfamily Myrtoideae
                      Tribe Myrteae

                      • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                      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 Cymbidieae

                          • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                          Poaceae

                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                            Tribe Paniceae

                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                            Primulaceae

                              Subfamily Maesoideae

                              • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                              Solanaceae

                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                Tribe Physaleae

                                • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                Vitaceae

                                  Subfamily Vitoideae

                                  • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                  • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 24 accessions native to Eritrea

                                  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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