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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 - Socotra
        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

        Subfamily Periplocoideae
        Tribe Periploceae

        • Mondia whitei - tropical western Africa

        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

                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

                    Marantaceae

                    • 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 24 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 Sun, 19 May 2019 02:08:11 -0400

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