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Collection Holdings native to Saudi Arabia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma sawdahense - Saudi Arabia W/C

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - Socotra
      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

      • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

      • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Asphodeloideae

            • Aloe rivierei - SW. Arabian Pen.
            • Aloe vacillans - SW. Arabian Pen. W/C
            • Aloe vera - SW. Arabian Pen.

            Burseraceae

            • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

            Caryophyllaceae

              Subfamily Paronychioideae
              Tribe Paronychieae

              • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

              Celastraceae

              • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Cypereae

                • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

                Equisetaceae

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

                Hypericaceae

                • Hypericum perforatum - temperate Europe & Asia

                Ixioliriaceae

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

                Lamiaceae

                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                  Tribe Ocimeae

                  • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                  Lythraceae

                    Subfamily Lythroideae
                    Tribe Nesaeeae

                    • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                    Malvaceae

                      Subfamily Grewioideae
                      Tribe Grewieae

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

                      Nitrariaceae

                      • Peganum harmala - Europe & 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.

                          Primulaceae

                            Subfamily Maesoideae

                            • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                            Pteridaceae

                              Subfamily Pteridoideae

                              • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                              Rubiaceae

                                Subfamily Rubioideae
                                Tribe Hedyotideae

                                • Pentas lanceolata - Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Pen.

                                Solanaceae

                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                  • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                  Vitaceae

                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

                                    • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                    • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 29 accessions native to Saudi Arabia

                                    W/C = Wild Collected
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