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Collection Holdings native to Northern Provinces:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Barlerieae

    • Barleria obtusa - southern Africa - Northern Provinces to Eastern Cape

    Aizoaceae

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Ruschieae

      • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Agapanthoideae

        • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

        Subfamily Allioideae
        Tribe Tulbaghieae

        • Tulbaghia simmleri - South Africa - Northern Prov.

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Nerine krigei - Zimbabwe to Northern Prov. W/C
        • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
        • Nerine rehmannii - Northern Prov. to Swaziland

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Haemantheae

        • Clivia miniata - South Africa
        • Clivia miniata - South Africa
        • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
        • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Apioideae
          Tribe Heteromorpheae

          • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

          Subfamily Saniculoideae
          Tribe Steganotaenieae

          • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

            • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
            • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
            • Huernia zebrina -
            • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Carisseae

            • Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa
            • Carissa macrocarpa - Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

            • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Zantedeschieae

              • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

              Subfamily Lemnoideae

              • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Agavoideae
                  Tribe Anthericeae

                  • Chlorophytum comosum - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
                  • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa

                  Subfamily Asparagoideae

                  • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India
                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
                  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Dracaeneae

                  • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Eriospermeae

                  • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Hyacintheae

                  • Drimiopsis maculata - Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa
                  • Eucomis vandermerwei - Mpumalanga, South Africa W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Urgineeae

                  • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                    • Aloe alooides - Mpumalanga
                    • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                    • Aloe branddraaiensis - Branddraai, Limpopo, SA W/C
                    • Aloe burgersfortensis - Mpumalanga
                    • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
                    • Aloe globuligemma - Zimbabwe to Mpumalanga W/C
                    • Aloe maculata - South Africa
                    • Aloe marlothii - SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
                    • Aloe spicata - SE. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
                    • Aloe vogtsii - Limpopo (Soutpansberg)
                    • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                    • Gasteria batesiana - Northern Prov. to N. KwaZulu-Natal
                    • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C
                    • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalang W/C
                    • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

                      • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

                      Caryophyllaceae

                        Subfamily Paronychioideae
                        Tribe Paronychieae

                        • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                        Celastraceae

                        • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                        Colchicaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Colchiceae

                          • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa
                          • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                          Combretaceae

                            Subfamily Combretoideae
                            Tribe Combreteae

                            • Combretum molle - Africa

                            Crassulaceae

                              Subfamily Crassuloideae

                              • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                              • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province

                              Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                              Tribe Kalanchoeae

                              • Adromischus umbraticola - Transvaal
                              • Kalanchoe luciae - eastern South Africa to Mozambique

                              Cucurbitaceae

                                Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
                                Tribe Melothrieae

                                • Kedrostis africana - South Africa, Namibia

                                Cupressaceae

                                  Subfamily Callitroideae

                                  • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa

                                  Cyperaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                    Tribe Cypereae

                                    • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                                    Didiereaceae

                                    • Portulacaria afra - South Africa
                                    • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark' - South Africa
                                    • Portulacaria afra 'variegata' -

                                    Dioscoreaceae

                                    • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Droseraceae

                                    • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Ebenaceae

                                    • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                                    Euphorbiaceae

                                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                      Tribe Euphorbieae

                                      • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                      • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                                      Fabaceae

                                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                        Tribe Detarieae

                                        • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan

                                        Geraniaceae

                                        • Pelargonium graveolens - South Africa
                                        • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa

                                        Gesneriaceae

                                          Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                          Tribe Didymocarpeae

                                          • Streptocarpus dunnii - South Africa, Swaziland
                                          • Streptocarpus pusillus - South Africa
                                          • Streptocarpus vandeleurii - Kloofmine, Gauteng, S. Africa

                                          Hypoxidaceae

                                          • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa

                                          Iridaceae

                                            Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                            • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                            Subfamily Crocoideae

                                            • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                                            Subfamily Ixioideae
                                            Tribe Freesieae

                                            • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                                            Kirkiaceae

                                            • Kirkia wilmsii - South Africa

                                            Lamiaceae

                                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                              Tribe Ocimeae

                                              • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                              • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                              Lentibulariaceae

                                              • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                                              • Utricularia bisquamata - southern Africa
                                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                              Malpighiaceae

                                              • Acridocarpus natalitius - southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique

                                              Malvaceae

                                                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                Tribe Adansonieae

                                                • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                                                Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                Tribe Grewieae

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

                                                Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                Tribe Sparrmannieae

                                                • Sparmannia africana - southern Africa

                                                Melianthaceae

                                                • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte

                                                Myrothamnaceae

                                                • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                                Myrtaceae

                                                  Subfamily Psiloxyloideae
                                                  Tribe Heteropyxideae

                                                  • Heteropyxis natalensis - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                                  Nymphaeaceae

                                                  • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                                  Ochnaceae

                                                    Subfamily Ochnoideae
                                                    Tribe Ochneae

                                                    • Ochna serrulata - subtropical (east) coast of southern Africa

                                                    Oleaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Oleeae

                                                      • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                                      Orchidaceae

                                                        Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                        Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                        • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
                                                        • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                                        Plumbaginaceae

                                                          Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                                          • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                                          Poaceae

                                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                            Primulaceae

                                                              Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                              • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                Rubiaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                  Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                  • Burchellia bubalina - South Africa, Natal

                                                                  Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                  Tribe Vanguerieae

                                                                  • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                                                  Salicaceae

                                                                  • Dovyalis caffra - southern & eastern Africa

                                                                  Solanaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                                    Stilbaceae

                                                                    • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                                                    Tectariaceae

                                                                    • Tectaria gemmifera - tropical east Africa

                                                                    Velloziaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                                      • Xerophyta elegans - South Africa - Drakensberg, Kwazulu Natal
                                                                      • Xerophyta retinervis - Botswana to Swaziland

                                                                      Vitaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                                                        • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa

                                                                        Zamiaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                          Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                          • Encephalartos nubimontanus - Limpopo (Wolkberg Mts.)

                                                                          Zygophyllaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Tribuloideae

                                                                            • Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
                                                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 121 accessions native to Northern Provinces

                                                                            W/C = Wild Collected
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                                                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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