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Collection Holdings native to Lesotho:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma nubigenum - South Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Apioideae
      Tribe Heteromorpheae

      • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Zantedeschieae

        • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

        Subfamily Lemnoideae

        • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

          • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Eriospermeae

          • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C

          Subfamily Scilloideae
          Tribe Hyacintheae

          • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa

          Subfamily Scilloideae
          Tribe Ornithogaleae

          • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
          • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Asphodeloideae

            • Aloe ferox - South Africa
            • Aloe maculata - South Africa
            • Aloe polyphylla - Lesotho (Maluti Mts.)
            • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
            • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa

            Caryophyllaceae

              Subfamily Paronychioideae
              Tribe Paronychieae

              • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

              Crassulaceae

                Subfamily Crassuloideae

                • Crassula lanuginosa - South Africa

                Cupressaceae

                  Subfamily Callitroideae

                  • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa

                  Equisetaceae

                  • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                  Geraniaceae

                  • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa

                  Gesneriaceae

                    Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                    Tribe Didymocarpeae

                    • Streptocarpus pusillus - South Africa

                    Hypoxidaceae

                    • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa
                    • Hypoxis villosa - South Africa

                    Iridaceae

                      Subfamily Crocoideae

                      • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                      Lentibulariaceae

                      • Utricularia bisquamata - southern Africa
                      • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Grewioideae
                        Tribe Grewieae

                        • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                        Ochnaceae

                          Subfamily Ochnoideae
                          Tribe Ochneae

                          • Ochna serrulata - subtropical (east) coast of southern Africa

                          Oleaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Oleeae

                            • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                            Pteridaceae

                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                              • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                              Solanaceae

                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                Tribe Physaleae

                                • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                Stilbaceae

                                • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                Velloziaceae

                                  Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                  • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa
                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 34 accessions native to Lesotho

                                  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

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