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Collection Holdings native to Guinea-Bissau:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe 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

                Costaceae

                • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
                • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Eleocharideae

                  • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                  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

                    Malvaceae

                      Subfamily Bombacoideae
                      Tribe Adansonieae

                      • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                      Marantaceae

                      • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                      • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                      Menyanthaceae

                      • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                      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
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 27 accessions native to Guinea-Bissau

                            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

                            data regenerated on Sat, 09 Dec 2023 02:08:16 -0500

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