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Collection Holdings native to Socotra:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Apocynoideae
    Tribe Nerieae

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

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Ceropegieae

    • Edithcolea grandis - East Africa and Horn of Africa

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Colocasieae

      • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

        Cucurbitaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Coniandreae

          • Dendrosicyos socotranus - Socotra

          Cyperaceae

            Subfamily Cyperoideae
            Tribe Cypereae

            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
              Tribe Detarieae

              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

              Orchidaceae

                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                Tribe Cymbidieae

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

                Pteridaceae

                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                  • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia
                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                  Solanaceae

                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                    Tribe Physaleae

                    • Withania riebeckii - Socotra W/C
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 12 accessions native to Socotra

                    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 Thu, 08 May 2025 02:08:35 -0400

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