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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

              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

                    Nymphaeaceae

                    • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                    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 24 accessions native to Guinea-Bissau

                        W/C = Wild Collected
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                        = accession added within past 90 days

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