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21 Collection Holdings native to Saudi Arabia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma sawdahense - Saudi Arabia W/C

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

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

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

      • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

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

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Burseraceae

            • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

            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

              Euphorbiaceae

                Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                Tribe Euphorbieae

                • Euphorbia balsamifera ssp. adenensis - Arabian peninsula, Sudan, Somalia

                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

                      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

                            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
                                  W/C = Wild Collected

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