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Collection Holdings native to Zimbabwe:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

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

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Apioideae
      Tribe Heteromorpheae

      • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Subfamily Saniculoideae
      Tribe Steganotaenieae

      • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South 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 Zamioculcadoideae

          • Gonatopus boivinii - Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Zamioculcas zamiifolia Raven - East Africa, Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal

          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

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
              • Dracaena angolensis - Angola
              • Dracaena angolensis - Angola, Zambia
              • Dracaena spathulata - SE. Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
              • Dracaena spathulata - SE. Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal 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 arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                • Aloe globuligemma - Zimbabwe to Mpumalanga W/C
                • Aloe spicata - SE. Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

                • Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar

                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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Ipomoeeae

                        • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                        Costaceae

                        • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                        • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                        Crassulaceae

                          Subfamily Crassuloideae

                          • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province

                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                          Tribe Kalanchoeae

                          • Kalanchoe luciae - eastern South Africa to Mozambique

                          Cucurbitaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Benincaseae

                            • Lagenaria siceraria - Zimbabwe

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Callitroideae

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

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

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

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Eleocharideae

                                • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                                Dioscoreaceae

                                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia
                                • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                Droseraceae

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

                                Ebenaceae

                                • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                                Equisetaceae

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

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                  Tribe Euphorbieae

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

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                    Tribe Detarieae

                                    • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan
                                    • Tamarindus indica - tropical 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

                                      Lamiaceae

                                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                        Tribe Ocimeae

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

                                        Lentibulariaceae

                                        • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                                        • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                        Loganiaceae

                                        • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                        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

                                          Marantaceae

                                          • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                          Meliaceae

                                            Subfamily Melioideae
                                            Tribe Turraeeae

                                            • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                            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

                                              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.

                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                  Tribe Dendrobieae

                                                  • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific

                                                  Passifloraceae

                                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                                    • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                    Poaceae

                                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                      Tribe Paniceae

                                                      • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                      Polypodiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                                        • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                                        Primulaceae

                                                          Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                          • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                          Pteridaceae

                                                            Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                            • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                            Rubiaceae

                                                              Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                              Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                              • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                                              Rutaceae

                                                                Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                Tribe Citreae

                                                                • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                                Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                                • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                                Salicaceae

                                                                • Dovyalis caffra - southern & eastern Africa

                                                                Salvadoraceae

                                                                • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                                Solanaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                                                  • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                                  Strelitziaceae

                                                                  • Strelitzia nicolai - E. Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, E. Botswana

                                                                  Taccaceae

                                                                  • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                                  Tectariaceae

                                                                  • Tectaria gemmifera - tropical east Africa

                                                                  Vitaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Vitoideae

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

                                                                    Zingiberaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                                      Tribe Alpinieae

                                                                      • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C

                                                                      Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                                                      Tribe Siphonochileae

                                                                      • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip

                                                                      Zygophyllaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Tribuloideae

                                                                        • Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
                                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 93 accessions native to Zimbabwe

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