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Collection Holdings native to Somalia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Saniculoideae
      Tribe Steganotaenieae

      • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

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

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

        • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

            • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Combreteae

                  • Combretum molle - Africa

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Ebenaceae

                    • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                    Equisetaceae

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

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                      Tribe Acalypheae

                      • Ricinus communis - northeast Africa

                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                      • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia
                      • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Cassieae

                        • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Detarieae

                        • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Podalyrieae

                        • Calpurnia aurea - South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia

                        Geraniaceae

                        • Pelargonium quinquelobatum - eastern Africa

                        Lentibulariaceae

                        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                        Malpighiaceae

                        • Acridocarpus zanzibaricus - Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region W/C

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

                          • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                          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

                                Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                Rubiaceae

                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                  Tribe Psychotrieae

                                  • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                  Salvadoraceae

                                  • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                  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

                                      Xanthorrhoeaceae

                                        Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                                        • Aloe cremnophila - Somalia - northern region
                                        • Aloe jucunda - Somalia
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 37 accessions native to Somalia

                                        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 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:08:25 -0500

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