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Collection Holdings native to Namibia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
    • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
    • Fenestraria rhopalophylla - S.W. Africa
    • Jensenobotrya lossowiana - Dolphin Head, Namibia W/C
    • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
    • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops fulviceps - Namibia, South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
    • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella - Namibia
    • Lithops ruschiorum - Namibia (C 102) W/C
    • Lithops schwantesii - Namibia
    • Psammophora longifolia - Namibia W/C
    • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
    • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Chenopodioideae
      Tribe Atripliceae

      • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros albissima - Namibia to Cape Prov.
        • Anacampseros crinita - S. Namibia
        • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Anacampseros papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Subfamily Saniculoideae
          Tribe Steganotaenieae

          • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Malouetieae

            • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

            • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
            • Huernia plowesii - Namibia, near Aus
            • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
            • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Fockeeae

            • Fockea edulis - Namibia

            Subfamily Periplocoideae
            Tribe Periploceae

            • Mondia whitei - tropical western Africa

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Dracaeneae

                  • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Eriospermeae

                  • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Ornithogaleae

                  • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                  • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum hispidulum - Namibia W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Urgineeae

                  • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                  • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                    • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                    • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

                      • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

                      Celastraceae

                      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                      Combretaceae

                        Subfamily Combretoideae
                        Tribe Combreteae

                        • Combretum molle - Africa

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Ipomoeeae

                          • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                          Crassulaceae

                            Subfamily Crassuloideae

                            • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                            • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                            • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                            • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                            • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                            Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                            Tribe Kalanchoeae

                            • Tylecodon singularis - Namibia W/C

                            Cyperaceae

                              Subfamily Cyperoideae
                              Tribe Cypereae

                              • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                              • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                              Subfamily Cyperoideae
                              Tribe Eleocharideae

                              • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                              Didiereaceae

                              • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa

                              Equisetaceae

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

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                Tribe Euphorbieae

                                • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                                • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                  Tribe Detarieae

                                  • Schotia afra - South Africa

                                  Geraniaceae

                                  • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                  • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                  • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                  Lamiaceae

                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                    Tribe Ocimeae

                                    • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                    • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Lentibulariaceae

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

                                    Loganiaceae

                                    • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                    Malvaceae

                                      Subfamily Grewioideae
                                      Tribe Grewieae

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

                                      Menyanthaceae

                                      • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                      Montiniaceae

                                      • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                      Myrothamnaceae

                                      • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                      Nymphaeaceae

                                      • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                      Oleaceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Oleeae

                                        • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                        Orchidaceae

                                          Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                          Tribe Cymbidieae

                                          • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                          Passifloraceae

                                            Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                            Tribe Passifloreae

                                            • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                            Primulaceae

                                              Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                              • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                              Rutaceae

                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                Tribe Citreae

                                                • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                Salvadoraceae

                                                • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                Solanaceae

                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                                  • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                  Vitaceae

                                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                    • Cyphostemma currorii - Namibia, Angola
                                                    • Cyphostemma uter - Namibia, Angola

                                                    Welwitschiaceae

                                                    • Welwitschia mirabilis - Namib Desert
                                                    • Welwitschia mirabilis - Namib Desert
                                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 86 accessions native to Namibia

                                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                    = accession added within past 90 days

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