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Collection Holdings from Northeast Tropical Africa:

Includes:

  1. CHA: Chad
  2. DJI: Djibouti
  3. ERI: Eritrea
  4. ETH: Ethiopia
  5. SOC: Socotra
  6. SOM: Somalia
  7. SUD: Sudan

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Cyrtantheae

      • Cyrtanthus sanguineus - South Sudan to Tanzania, E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Subfamily Saniculoideae
        Tribe Steganotaenieae

        • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Nerieae

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

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

          • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.
          • Edithcolea grandis - East Africa and Horn of Africa

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

          • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Lemna minor - 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 Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Urgineeae

              • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa

              Asphodelaceae

                Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                • Aloe cremnophila - Somalia - northern region
                • Aloe jucunda - Somalia

                Balsaminaceae

                • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

                Caryophyllaceae

                  Subfamily Paronychioideae
                  Tribe Paronychieae

                  • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                  Celastraceae

                  • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                  Ceratophyllaceae

                  • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                  Colchicaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Colchiceae

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

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Combreteae

                      • Combretum molle - Africa

                      Costaceae

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

                      Cucurbitaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Coniandreae

                        • Dendrosicyos socotranus - Socotra

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Momordiceae

                        • Momordica rostrata - East Africa

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cypereae

                          • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
                          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                          • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Eleocharideae

                          • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                          Dioscoreaceae

                          • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                          Droseraceae

                          • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                          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

                              Geraniaceae

                              • Pelargonium quinquelobatum - eastern Africa

                              Iridaceae

                                Subfamily Crocoideae
                                Tribe Gladioleae

                                • Gladiolus murielae - East Africa

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                  • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                                  Lentibulariaceae

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

                                  Malpighiaceae

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

                                  Malvaceae

                                    Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                    Tribe Adansonieae

                                    • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                                    Subfamily Malvoideae
                                    Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                    Marantaceae

                                    • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                                    • Marantochloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                                    • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                                    • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                                    • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                    Meliaceae

                                      Subfamily Melioideae
                                      Tribe Turraeeae

                                      • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                      Menispermaceae

                                        Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                        Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                        • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                        Myrtaceae

                                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                          Tribe Myrteae

                                          • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                                          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

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

                                              Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                              Tribe Vanilleae

                                              • Vanilla roscheri - Mozambique

                                              Poaceae

                                                Subfamily Oryzoideae
                                                Tribe Oryzeae

                                                • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                                • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                                Polypodiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                  Primulaceae

                                                    Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                    • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                    Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                    • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                    Pteridaceae

                                                      Subfamily Pteridoideae

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

                                                      Rubiaceae

                                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                        Tribe Coffeeae

                                                        • Coffea arabica - Tropical Africa
                                                        • Coffea arabica 'Laurina' - SE. Sudan, SW. Ethiopia, N. Kenya (Mt. Marsibit)

                                                        Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                        Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                        Tribe Hedyotideae

                                                        • Pentas lanceolata - Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Pen.

                                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                        Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                        • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                                        Salvadoraceae

                                                        • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                        Solanaceae

                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                                          • Withania riebeckii - Socotra W/C
                                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                          Taccaceae

                                                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                          Vitaceae

                                                            Subfamily Vitoideae

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

                                                            Zingiberaceae

                                                              Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                              Tribe Alpinieae

                                                              • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                                              • Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania

                                                              Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                                              Tribe Siphonochileae

                                                              • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip
                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 89 accessions native to Northeast Tropical Africa

                                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                                              = Currently Flowering
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