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Collection Holdings native to Free State:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma nubigenum - South Africa
    • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province
    • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

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

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      Anacampserotaceae

      • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
      • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Zantedeschieae

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

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Eriospermeae

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

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Urgineeae

            • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
            • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
            • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
            • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
            • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
              • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
              • Aloe ferox - South Africa
              • Aloe maculata - South Africa
              • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
              • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
              • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Colchiceae

                  • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Ipomoeeae

                    • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                    Crassulaceae

                      Subfamily Crassuloideae

                      • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                      • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                      Cupressaceae

                        Subfamily Callitroideae

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

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                        Droseraceae

                        • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                        Equisetaceae

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

                        Euphorbiaceae

                          Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                          Tribe Euphorbieae

                          • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia

                          Geraniaceae

                          • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa

                          Iridaceae

                            Subfamily Crocoideae

                            • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Grewioideae
                              Tribe Grewieae

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

                              Melianthaceae

                              • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte

                              Nymphaeaceae

                              • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                              Oleaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Oleeae

                                • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                Plumbaginaceae

                                  Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                  • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                  Polygalaceae

                                    Subfamily
                                    Tribe Polygaleae

                                    • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                    Pteridaceae

                                      Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                      • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                      Solanaceae

                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                        Tribe Physaleae

                                        • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                        Velloziaceae

                                          Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                          • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 53 accessions native to Free State

                                          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 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:08:30 -0400

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