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29 Collection Holdings native to Guinea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India

        Subfamily Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa
            • 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

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Marantaceae

                    • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                    • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
                    • Thaumatococcus daniellii - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                    Nymphaeaceae

                    • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                    Orchidaceae

                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                      Tribe Podochilaeae

                      • 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

                        Primulaceae

                          Subfamily Maesoideae

                          • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                          Taccaceae

                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                          Vitaceae

                            Subfamily Leeoideae

                            • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                            W/C = Wild Collected

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