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Collection Holdings native to Oman:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - Socotra
      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Burseraceae

          • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

          Celastraceae

          • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

          Ceratophyllaceae

          • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

          Ebenaceae

          • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

          Equisetaceae

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

          Fabaceae

            Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
            Tribe Cassieae

            • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

            Ixioliriaceae

            • Ixiolirion tataricum - E. Turkey to Kashmir W/C

            Lythraceae

              Subfamily Lythroideae
              Tribe Nesaeeae

              • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

              Oleaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Oleeae

                • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                Orchidaceae

                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                  Tribe Cymbidieae

                  • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                  Solanaceae

                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                    Tribe Physaleae

                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                    Vitaceae

                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 18 accessions native to Oman

                      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 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:08:30 -0500

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