Collection Holdings native to Guinea-Bissau:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily Thunbergioideae
- Thunbergia erecta
- Trop. Africa
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Nerieae
- Adenium obesum
- Socotra
- Adenium obesum
- eastern Africa, northern Arabia
Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae
- Mondia whitei
- tropical western Africa
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae
- Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Spathodea campanulata
- W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola
Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa
Ceratophyllaceae
- Ceratophyllum demersum
- cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
Colchicaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Colchiceae
- Gloriosa superba
- Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Laguncularieae
- Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America
Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea bulbifera
- tropical east Africa to Asia
Fabaceae
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Tribe Detarieae
- Tamarindus indica
- tropical Africa
Lentibulariaceae
- Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
Marantaceae
- Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Nymphaeaceae
- Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
- tropical to southern Africa
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Ansellia africana
- South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
Poaceae
Subfamily Oryzoideae
Tribe Oryzeae
- Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad
Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae
- Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
Taccaceae
- Tacca leontopetaloides
- Trop. Old World to Pacific
Vitaceae
Subfamily Leeoideae
- Leea guineensis
- Asia, Burma
W/C = Wild Collected
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