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Collection Holdings native to Guinea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - Socotra
      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
      • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Culcasieae

        • Culcasia striolata - W. & WC. Trop. Africa W/C

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Colchiceae

              • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

              Combretaceae

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Combreteae

                • Combretum molle - Africa

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Commelinaceae

                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                  Tribe Tradescantieae

                  • Palisota barteri - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                  Costaceae

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

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Lentibulariaceae

                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                    Marantaceae

                    • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                    • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                    • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                    • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                    • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
                    • Thaumatococcus daniellii - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                    Menyanthaceae

                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                    Nymphaeaceae

                    • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                    Orchidaceae

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                      • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Vandeae

                      • Diaphananthe pellucida - w Africa to Zaire and Uganda
                      • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Oryzoideae
                        Tribe Oryzeae

                        • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Paniceae

                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                        Polypodiaceae

                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                          Primulaceae

                            Subfamily Maesoideae

                            • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                            Rhizophoraceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Rhizophoreae

                              • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                              Taccaceae

                              • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                              Vitaceae

                                Subfamily Leeoideae

                                • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                Zingiberaceae

                                  Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                  Tribe Alpinieae

                                  • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                  • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 41 accessions native to Guinea

                                  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 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:08:17 -0500

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