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227 Collection Holdings native to Cape Provinces:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Barlerieae

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

    Aizoaceae

      Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

      • Phyllobolus tenuiflorus - South Africa (Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape)

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Ruschieae

      • Bergeranthus vespertinus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum - South Africa
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. bilobum - South Africa, Rietkloof, S.E. corner of farm W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. claviferens - South Africa, Rietkloof - Hoekraal W/C
      • Conophytum burgeri - South Africa - Bushmanland W/C
      • Conophytum chauviniae - South Africa, Arondegas W/C
      • Conophytum ectypum -
      • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii - South Africa, Klipfontein W/C
      • Conophytum ernstii - South Africa - Sandberg; Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum frutescens - South Africa, S. Komaggas W/C
      • Conophytum globosum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum hammeri - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum herreanthus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum irmae - South Africa, W. Anenous W/C
      • Conophytum maughanii - South Africa - Smorenskadu, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum meyeri - South Africa: S. Komaggas, Northern Cape (MRO30) W/C
      • Conophytum minimum - Klein Spreevfontein, SA W/C
      • Conophytum pageae - South Africa - Kaitob, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum pellucidum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum subfenestratum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum uviforme - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Conophytum wettsteinii - South Africa: RR430, Anenous Pass, N. Cape W/C
      • Corpuscularia lehmannii - South Africa, Eastern Cape Province
      • Delosperma pruinosum - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Faucaria bosscheana - South Africa, Aberdeen Road
      • Frithia pulchra - South Africa W/C
      • Gibbaeum album - Springfontein, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Glottiphyllum nelii - South Africa, Teasdale
      • Jacobsenia vaginata - South Africa W/C
      • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa, near Kuruman
      • Lithops bromfieldii - South Africa - Northern Cape
      • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis - South Africa
      • Lithops coleorum - South Africa
      • Lithops dorotheae - South Africa: Pofadder, N. Cape W/C
      • Lithops fulviceps lactinea - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lithops lesliei var. mariae - South Africa - Orange Free State
      • Lithops marmorata - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops marmorata - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lithops naureeniae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii - South Africa - Aggenys, Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa - Orange Free State
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops verruculosa - South Africa W/C
      • Pleiospilos bolusii - South Africa, Grootfontein near Willowmore
      • Pleiospilos compactus ssp. sororius - south of Laingsburg, Western Cape Province, S. Africa
      • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Pleiospilos nelii - Seekoeigat, Prince Albert, Eastern Cape Province, S. Africa
      • Pleiospilos simulans - South Africa, Miller
      • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
      • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
      • Trichodiadema mirabile - western Cape
      • Vlokia ater - Western Cape, South Africa W/C

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Agapanthoideae

        • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

        Subfamily Allioideae
        Tribe Tulbaghieae

        • Tulbaghia violacea - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
        • Nerine masonorum - E. Cape Prov. W/C

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Cyrtantheae

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

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Haemantheae

        • Clivia miniata - South Africa
        • Haemanthus albiflos - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
        • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
        • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa
        • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros albissima - Namibia to Cape Prov.
        • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Anacampseros papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Apioideae
          Tribe Heteromorpheae

          • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Asclepiadeae

            • Gomphocarpus physocarpus - southern Africa

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

            • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
            • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
            • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
            • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
            • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
            • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Carisseae

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

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Zantedeschieae

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

              Subfamily Lemnoideae

              • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

              Subfamily Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Agavoideae

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

                Subfamily Asparagoideae

                • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa

                Subfamily Nolinoideae

                • Eriospermum cf. dregei - S. Africa
                • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Dracaeneae

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

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Hyacintheae

                • Drimiopsis maculata - eastern Cape Province
                • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa
                • Lachenalia ensifolia - South Africa
                • Ledebouria socialis - South Africa
                • Veltheimia bracteata - South Africa

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Ornithogaleae

                • Albuca bracteata - South Africa to tropical East Africa W/C
                • Albuca bracteata - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                • Albuca canadensis - South Africa W/C
                • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                • Ornithogalum sardienii - South Africa W/C
                • Ornithogalum thyrsoides - South Africa - northern and western Cape

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Urgineeae

                • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov. W/C
                • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
                • Schizobasis intricata - South Africa

                Asteraceae

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Anthemideae

                  • Athanasia pinnata - Langekloof in the Western Cape to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape; endem

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Astereae

                  • Felicia amelloides - South Africa - eastern & western Cape

                  Subfamily Asteroideae
                  Tribe Senecioneae

                  • Kleinia ficoides - South Africa - Swartberg Mts to Suurberg

                  Balsaminaceae

                  • Impatiens flanaganae - eastern Cape - KwaZulu-Natal & Pondoland
                  • Impatiens sodenii - east tropical Africa

                  Bignoniaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Tecomeae

                    • Podranea ricasoliana - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                    • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

                    Colchicaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Anguillarieae

                      • Wurmbea stricta - South Africa

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Colchiceae

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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Convolvuleae

                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                        Crassulaceae

                          Subfamily Crassuloideae

                          • Crassula arborescens - east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                          • Crassula barklyi - South Africa - eastern Cape
                          • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                          • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                          • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape
                          • Crassula tetragona - South Africa (Cape Province)

                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                          Tribe Kalanchoeae

                          • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa - eastern Cape Province
                          • Adromischus mammillaris - South Africa - SW Cape Province
                          • Adromischus triflorus - South Africa - Cape Province

                          Cunoniaceae

                          • Cunonia capensis - South Africa

                          Cupressaceae

                            Subfamily Callitroideae

                            • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa
                            • Widdringtonia wallichii - Cederberg, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C

                            Curtisiaceae

                            • Curtisia dentata - E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                            Cyperaceae

                              Subfamily Cyperoideae
                              Tribe Cypereae

                              • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                              Didiereaceae

                              • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa
                              • Portulacaria afra - South Africa
                              • Portulacaria afra 'variegata' -

                              Dioscoreaceae

                              • Dioscorea elephantipes - South Africa

                              Droseraceae

                              • Drosera aliciae - Constantia Nek, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa W/C
                              • Drosera capensis - Vogelgat, near Hermanus, South Africa W/C
                              • Drosera cuneifolia - South Africa
                              • Drosera regia - South Africa, Bainskloof W/C

                              Ebenaceae

                              • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                              Equisetaceae

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

                              Euphorbiaceae

                                Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                Tribe Euphorbieae

                                • Euphorbia globosa - South Africa W/C
                                • Euphorbia mammillaris - South Africa - Oudtshoorn & Riversdale districts
                                • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                                • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                                Fabaceae

                                  Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                  Tribe Detarieae

                                  • Schotia afra - South Africa
                                  • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan

                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                  Tribe Podalyrieae

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

                                  Subfamily Faboideae
                                  Tribe Sophoreae

                                  • Baphia racemosa - eastern Cape

                                  Geraniaceae

                                  • Pelargonium oblongatum - South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape) W/C
                                  • Pelargonium barklyi - South Africa
                                  • Pelargonium denticulatum - South Africa
                                  • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                  • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa
                                  • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa
                                  • Pelargonium tomentosum - South Africa - Cape Provinces

                                  Gesneriaceae

                                    Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                    Tribe Didymocarpeae

                                    • Streptocarpus prolixus - eastern Cape
                                    • Streptocarpus pusillus - South Africa

                                    Haemodoraceae

                                      Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                      • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - South Africa

                                      Hypoxidaceae

                                      • Hypoxis villosa - South Africa
                                      • Spiloxene canaliculata - South Africa, vicinity of Darling

                                      Iridaceae

                                      • Babiana blanda - South Africa

                                      Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                      • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                      Subfamily Crocoideae

                                      • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                                      Subfamily Iridoideae
                                      Tribe Irideae

                                      • Moraea vegeta - SW. Cape Prov.

                                      Subfamily Ixioideae
                                      Tribe Freesieae

                                      • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                                      Subfamily Ixioideae
                                      Tribe Watsonieae

                                      • Watsonia aletroides - Drayton Siding, S. Africa W/C

                                      Lamiaceae

                                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                        Tribe Ocimeae

                                        • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                        • Plectranthus saccatus - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

                                        Loganiaceae

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

                                        Malvaceae

                                          Subfamily Grewioideae
                                          Tribe Grewieae

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

                                          Subfamily Grewioideae
                                          Tribe Sparrmannieae

                                          • Sparmannia africana - southern Africa

                                          Marsileaceae

                                          • Marsilea schelpeana - Eastern and Western Cape (endemic)

                                          Meliaceae

                                            Subfamily Melioideae
                                            Tribe Turraeeae

                                            • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                            Melianthaceae

                                            • Melianthus major - South Africa

                                            Montiniaceae

                                            • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                            Nymphaeaceae

                                            • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                            Orchidaceae

                                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                              Tribe Podochilaeae

                                              • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                                              Poaceae

                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                Polygalaceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Polygaleae

                                                  • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                                  Primulaceae

                                                    Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                    • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                    Proteaceae

                                                      Subfamily Proteoideae
                                                      Tribe Proteeae

                                                      • Protea cynaroides - South Africa - Cederberg to Port Elizabeth

                                                      Pteridaceae

                                                        Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                        • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                        Restionaceae

                                                        • Elegia tectorum - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                        • Thamnochortus insignis - SW Cape Prov.

                                                        Roridulaceae

                                                        • Roridula dentata - Heuningvlei, Cederberg (Western Cape, S. Africa)
                                                        • Roridula gorgonias -

                                                        Rubiaceae

                                                          Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                          Tribe Gardenieae

                                                          • Burchellia bubalina - South Africa, Natal
                                                          • Mitriostigma axillare - Mozambique to NE. Cape Prov.

                                                          Scrophulariaceae

                                                            Subfamily
                                                            Tribe Limoselleae

                                                            • Hebenstretia dura - Eastern Cape to the Northern Province

                                                            Subfamily
                                                            Tribe Teedieae

                                                            • Dermatobotrys saundersii - South Africa
                                                            • Phygelius capensis Magenta - South Africa

                                                            Solanaceae

                                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                              Tribe Physaleae

                                                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                              Stilbaceae

                                                              • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                                              Strelitziaceae

                                                              • Strelitzia reginae - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

                                                              Thymelaeaceae

                                                              • Dais cotinifolia - Madagascar to southern Africa - Eastern Cape

                                                              Velloziaceae

                                                                Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                                • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa

                                                                Xanthorrhoeaceae

                                                                • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa

                                                                Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                                                                • Aloe krapohliana - Vredendal, Western Cape, SA
                                                                • Aloe longistyla - South Africa
                                                                • Aloe maculata - South Africa
                                                                • Astroloba congesta - South Africa - Eastern Cape
                                                                • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                                                                • Gasteria glomerata - South Africa, Paul Sauer Dam
                                                                • Gasteria obliqua - SE. Cape Prov.
                                                                • Haworthia attenuata var. radula - S. Cape Prov.
                                                                • Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia cooperi var. truncata - South Africa W/C
                                                                • Haworthia cymbiformis - South Africa - Eastern Cape (endemic)
                                                                • Haworthia gracilis var. tenera - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia marumiana var. batesiana - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia mirabilis - SW Cape Province W/C
                                                                • Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.)
                                                                • Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia retusa - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia retusa - South Africa W/C
                                                                • Haworthia truncata - Dysselsdorp dump, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                                                • Haworthia truncata - South Africa
                                                                • Haworthia viscosa - Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                                                • Kumara haemanthifolia - Western Cape - Hottentots Holland Mountains to Cold Bokkeveld Mountains. W/C
                                                                • Kumara plicatilis - South Africa

                                                                Zamiaceae

                                                                • Stangeria eriopus - South Africa: East Cape to Natal

                                                                Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                • Encephalartos altensteinii - E. Cape Prov.
                                                                W/C = Wild Collected

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