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26 Collection Holdings native to Guinea:

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 - 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

                  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

                      Taccaceae

                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Leeoideae

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

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