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Collection Holdings native to Cape Provinces:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Barlerieae

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

    Aizoaceae

    • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C

    Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

    • Aridaria serotina - South Africa, Namibia W/C
    • Phyllobolus tenuiflorus - South Africa (Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape)

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Dorotheantheae

    • Aethephyllum pinnatifidum - South Africa

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Aloinopsis schooneesii - South Africa - Bushmanland
    • Bergeranthus vespertinus - South Africa W/C
    • Cerochlamys pachyphylla - Little Karoo, Western Cape Prov, South Africa W/C
    • Cheiridopsis peculiaris - South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum bachelorum - MRO 214, E Port Nolloth, NC, South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum bilobum - 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: west of Anenous W/C
    • Conophytum blandum - NE Concordia, NC, South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum bruynsii - South Africa: Western Cape Prov. W/C
    • Conophytum burgeri - South Africa - Bushmanland W/C
    • Conophytum calculus - South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum caroli - R&Y 1917, N Kliprand, NC, RSA W/C
    • Conophytum chauviniae - South Africa, Arondegas W/C
    • Conophytum cubicum - South Africa 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 khamiesbergense - Kamiesberg, NC, RSA. W/C
    • Conophytum lydiae - South Africa: SH 545, Grootberg, NC W/C
    • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum - South Africa: Areb, N. Cape W/C
    • Conophytum maughanii - South Africa - Smorenskadu, Cape W/C
    • Conophytum meyeri - South Africa: S. Komaggas, Northern Cape (MRO30) W/C
    • Conophytum minimum - Klein Spreeufontein, WC, RSA W/C
    • Conophytum pageae - South Africa - Kaitob, Northern Cape W/C
    • Conophytum pellucidum - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
    • Conophytum regale - South Africa: SB 793, Namaqualand, NC W/C
    • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum - South Africa (MRO 66, Eksteenfontein) W/C
    • Conophytum subfenestratum - South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum subterraneum - South Africa: TJ 62, Eksteenfontein, Northern Cape W/C
    • Conophytum swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum - PVB 9848, NE Clanwilliam, NC, RSA
    • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum - South Africa W/C
    • Conophytum uviforme - South Africa, Western Cape Province
    • Conophytum wettsteinii - South Africa: RR430, Anenous Pass, N. Cape W/C
    • Corpuscularia lehmannii - South Africa, Eastern Cape Province
    • Deilanthe thudichumii - Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa W/C
    • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
    • Delosperma pruinosum - South Africa - Cape Province
    • Didymaotus lapidiformis - South Africa: SB 627, Little Karoo, WC W/C
    • Esterhuysenia alpina - South Africa W/C
    • Faucaria bosscheana - South Africa, Aberdeen Road
    • Faucaria paucidens - South Africa: Graaff-Reinet, EC W/C
    • Fenestraria rhopalophylla - S.W. Africa
    • Frithia pulchra - South Africa W/C
    • Gibbaeum album - Springfontein, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa W/C
    • Glottiphyllum depressum - South Africa
    • Glottiphyllum nelii - South Africa, Teasdale
    • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
    • Lampranthus godmaniae - South Africa - Northern Cape (endemic) W/C
    • Lampranthus gracilis - South Africa: Vrolyk, Sutherland, WC W/C
    • Lampranthus tenuifolius - South Africa
    • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa W/C
    • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa
    • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa, near Kuruman
    • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis - South Africa
    • Lithops coleorum - South Africa (SH 1500, Transvaal)
    • Lithops comptonii var. weberi - South Africa: C 126, S Calvinia, WC
    • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici - South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
    • Lithops divergens - South Africa: SH 694, E Bitterfontein, WC W/C
    • Lithops divergens ssp. amethystina - South Africa
    • Lithops dorotheae - South Africa
    • Lithops fulviceps - Namibia, South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
    • Lithops fulviceps lactinea - South Africa W/C
    • Lithops geyeri - South Africa (MRO 58, Klein Helskloof) W/C
    • Lithops hallii - South Africa, Northern Cape Prov W/C
    • Lithops helmutii - South Africa W/C
    • Lithops hookeri - South Africa: C 336, SSW Prieska, NC 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 meyeri - South Africa: coastal Richtersveld, NC W/C
    • 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 villetii - South Africa: C 195, 30K NNE Loeriesfontein, NC
    • Lithops viridis - South Africa: SH 388, NC, RSA W/C
    • Mitrophyllum grande - South Africa: MRO 226, W. Brakfontein W/C
    • Monilaria globosa - South Africa W/C
    • Monilaria scutata - South Africa - 3km ESE Klipbok, Northern Cape W/C
    • Oophytum oviforme - South Africa W/C
    • Pleiospilos bolusii - South Africa, Grootfontein near Willowmore
    • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus - South Africa - Cape Province
    • Pleiospilos simulans - South Africa, Miller
    • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
    • Stoeberia arborea - South Africa: Richtersveld, NC W/C
    • Titanopsis calcarea - South Africa: Majeng, N Kimberley, NC W/C
    • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
    • Trichodiadema mirabile - western Cape
    • Vlokia ater - Western Cape, South Africa W/C
    • Wooleya farinosa - South Africa: EVJ 13852, S. Kleinzee W/C
    • Zeuktophyllum calycinum - South Africa

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Chenopodioideae
      Tribe Atripliceae

      • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Agapanthoideae

        • Agapanthus africanus - SW. Cape Prov.
        • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

        Subfamily Allioideae
        Tribe Tulbaghieae

        • Tulbaghia violacea - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Amaryllis belladonna - South Africa
        • Crinum moorei - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
        • 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
        • 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 filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Anacampseros lanigera - South Africa
        • Avonia albissima var. grisea - Namibia to Cape Prov.
        • Avonia papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Apioideae
          Tribe Heteromorpheae

          • Anginon fruticosum - South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)
          • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Malouetieae

            • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

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

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Fockeeae

            • Fockea edulis - Namibia

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Carisseae

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

            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

              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
                • Chlorophytum saundersiae - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Swaziland

                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
                • Asparagus setaceus - southern Africa

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Dracaeneae

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

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Eriospermeae

                • Eriospermum cf. dregei - S. Africa
                • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C
                • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C
                • Eriospermum paradoxum - W. & S. Cape Prov.

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Hyacintheae

                • Drimiopsis maculata - Tanzania to S. Africa
                • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa
                • Lachenalia aloides - South Africa
                • Lachenalia bulbifera - South Africa - Cape Province
                • Lachenalia cf. longituba - SW. Cape Prov. (Roggeveld Plateau) W/C
                • Lachenalia ensifolia - South Africa
                • Lachenalia rubida - South Africa
                • Lachenalia unifolia - South Africa W/C
                • Lachenalia viridiflora - South Africa - near Friedenberg, Cape Province
                • Ledebouria socialis - South Africa
                • Massonia depressa - South Africa: Kamieskroon W/C
                • Massonia pygmaea - South Africa, Northern Cape Province
                • Veltheimia bracteata - South Africa

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Ornithogaleae

                • Albuca bracteata - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                • Albuca bracteata - South Africa to tropical East Africa W/C
                • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                • Albuca setosa - South Africa W/C
                • Albuca spiralis - W. Cape Prov. W/C
                • Albuca tortuosa - South Africa
                • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                • Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum - SW. Cape Prov.
                • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C
                • Ornithogalum sardienii - South Africa W/C
                • Ornithogalum thyrsoides - South Africa - northern and western Cape

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Urgineeae

                • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                • Drimia haworthioides - South Africa
                • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
                • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                  • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                  • Aloe ferox - South Africa
                  • Aloe krapohliana - Vredendal, Western Cape, SA
                  • Aloe longistyla - South Africa
                  • Aloe maculata - South Africa
                  • Aloe melanacantha - W. Cape Prov.
                  • Aloe thraskii - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                  • Aloiampelos ciliaris - S. Cape Prov.
                  • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
                  • Astroloba congesta - South Africa - Eastern Cape
                  • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                  • Bulbine margarethae - South Africa: Knersvlakte W/C
                  • Gasteria brachyphylla - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo) W/C
                  • Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo)
                  • Gasteria disticha - SW. & SC. Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Gasteria ellaphieae - S. Cape Prov. (Konga Dam Reg.)
                  • Gasteria glauca - South Africa - Eastern Cape W/C
                  • Gasteria glomerata - South Africa, Paul Sauer Dam
                  • Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii - South Africa, Humansdorp
                  • Gasteria obliqua - SE. Cape Prov.
                  • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State
                  • Haworthia attenuata var. radula - S. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthia blackburniae - South Africa
                  • Haworthia cf. aristata - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Haworthia cooperi - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana - South Africa
                  • Haworthia cooperi var. truncata - South Africa W/C
                  • Haworthia cymbiformis - South Africa - Eastern Cape (endemic)
                  • Haworthia cymbiformis - S. & SE. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthia decipiens - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Haworthia gracilis var. tenera - South Africa
                  • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                  • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                  • 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 pygmaea var. acuminata - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                  • 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 turgida - SW. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthiopsis glauca - S. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthiopsis longiana - S. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthiopsis reinwardtii - S. Cape Prov.
                  • Haworthiopsis 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

                  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

                    • Othonna cf. retrofracta - South Africa: Clanwilliam W/C
                    • Kleinia ficoides - South Africa - Swartberg Mts to Suurberg
                    • Senecio haworthii - South Africa
                    • Senecio rowleyanus - Namibia

                    Balsaminaceae

                    • Impatiens sodenii - east tropical Africa

                    Begoniaceae

                    • Begonia dregei - South Africa

                    Bignoniaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Tecomeae

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

                      Caryophyllaceae

                        Subfamily Paronychioideae
                        Tribe Paronychieae

                        • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                        Colchicaceae

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Anguillarieae

                          • Wurmbea stricta - South Africa

                          Subfamily
                          Tribe Colchiceae

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

                          Convolvulaceae

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Convolvuleae

                            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                            Tribe Ipomoeeae

                            • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                            Crassulaceae

                              Subfamily Crassuloideae

                              • Crassula arborescens - east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                              • Crassula barbata - South Africa W/C
                              • Crassula barklyi - South Africa - eastern Cape
                              • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                              • Crassula cremnophila - South Africa W/C
                              • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                              • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                              • Crassula fragarioides - South Africa W/C
                              • Crassula lactea - South Africa - Natal, Transvaal
                              • Crassula lanuginosa - South Africa
                              • Crassula multicava - South Africa
                              • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                              • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                              • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                              • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                              • Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' - South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
                              • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province
                              • Crassula perforata - South Africa (Cape Province)
                              • Crassula rupestris - South Africa
                              • Crassula sladenii - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                              • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape
                              • Crassula tetragona - South Africa (Cape Province)
                              • Crassula umbella - South Africa

                              Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                              Tribe Kalanchoeae

                              • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa - eastern Cape Province
                              • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa W/C
                              • Adromischus mammillaris - South Africa - SW Cape Province
                              • Adromischus marianiae var. immaculata - South Africa, N Komaggas W/C
                              • Adromischus triflorus - South Africa - Cape Province
                              • Tylecodon opelii - South Africa W/C
                              • Tylecodon ventricosus - South Africa: W Klein Smits Kraal W/C

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

                                  Dioscoreaceae

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

                                  Euphorbiaceae

                                    Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                    Tribe Euphorbieae

                                    • Euphorbia globosa - South Africa W/C
                                    • Euphorbia mammillaris - South Africa - Oudtshoorn & Riversdale districts
                                    • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                    • Euphorbia pseudoglobosa - S. Cape Prov.
                                    • 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 Galegeae

                                      • Sutherlandia frutescens - South Africa

                                      Subfamily Faboideae
                                      Tribe Sophoreae

                                      • Baphia racemosa - eastern Cape

                                      Geraniaceae

                                      • Pelargonium alternans - South Africa - Western Cape
                                      • Pelargonium appendiculatum - South Africa - Western Cape
                                      • Pelargonium citronellum - South Africa - Ladismith
                                      • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                      • Pelargonium cucullatum ssp. tabulare - South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium denticulatum - South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium desertorum - South Africa - northern Cape W/C
                                      • Pelargonium graveolens - South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium laevigatum ssp. oxyphyllum - South Africa W/C
                                      • Pelargonium oblongatum - South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape) W/C
                                      • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa
                                      • Pelargonium scabrum - South Africa: Leipoldt's Grave, Clanwilliam, WC W/C
                                      • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium tetragonum - South Africa
                                      • Pelargonium tomentosum - South Africa - Cape Provinces
                                      • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                      Gesneriaceae

                                        Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                        Tribe Didymocarpeae

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

                                        Goodeniaceae

                                        • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                                        Haemodoraceae

                                          Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                          • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - South Africa

                                          Hypoxidaceae

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

                                          Iridaceae

                                          • Lapeirousia jacquinii - South Africa

                                          Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                          • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                          Subfamily Crocoideae

                                          • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                                          Subfamily Crocoideae
                                          Tribe Gladioleae

                                          • Gladiolus alatus - SW. Cape Prov.
                                          • Gladiolus kamiesbergensis - South Africa

                                          Subfamily Crocoideae
                                          Tribe Ixieae

                                          • Babiana blanda - South Africa
                                          • Tritonia deusta - South Africa

                                          Subfamily Iridoideae
                                          Tribe Irideae

                                          • Ferraria crispa - South Africa
                                          • 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

                                            Lanariaceae

                                            • Lanaria lanata - Cape Prov.

                                            Lentibulariaceae

                                            • Genlisea hispidula - Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa W/C
                                            • 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 Byttneroideae
                                              Tribe Hermannieae

                                              • Hermannia verticillata - South Africa

                                              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

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

                                                Montiniaceae

                                                • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                                Myrothamnaceae

                                                • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern 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 Dendrobieae

                                                    • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                    Tribe Vandeae

                                                    • Mystacidium capense - Southern Africa

                                                    Osmundaceae

                                                    • Todea barbara - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

                                                    Oxalidaceae

                                                    • Oxalis palmifrons - South Africa - western Karoo

                                                    Passifloraceae

                                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                      Tribe Passifloreae

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

                                                      Pedaliaceae

                                                      • Ceratotheca triloba - South Africa

                                                      Penaeaceae

                                                      • Saltera sarcocolla - South Africa W/C

                                                      Plumbaginaceae

                                                        Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                                        • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern 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.)

                                                            Polypodiaceae

                                                              Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                              Primulaceae

                                                                Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                                • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                                Proteaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Proteoideae
                                                                  Tribe Proteeae

                                                                  • Protea cryophila - western Cape
                                                                  • Protea scolymocephala - Western Cape
                                                                  • Protea burchellii - South Africa
                                                                  • Protea cynaroides - South Africa - Cederberg to Port Elizabeth
                                                                  • Protea cynaroides - South Africa
                                                                  • Protea repens - South Africa
                                                                  • Protea venusta - South Africa - Western Cape W/C

                                                                  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 - South Africa

                                                                    Rubiaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                      Tribe Gardenieae

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

                                                                      Rutaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                                        • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                                        Santalaceae

                                                                        • Viscum minimum - South Africa

                                                                        Scrophulariaceae

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Limoselleae

                                                                          • Hebenstretia dura - Eastern Cape to the Northern Province

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Teedieae

                                                                          • Dermatobotrys saundersii - 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

                                                                              Zamiaceae

                                                                              • Stangeria eriopus - South Africa: East Cape to Natal

                                                                              Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                              Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                              • Encephalartos altensteinii - E. Cape Prov.
                                                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 399 accessions native to Cape Provinces

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                                                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                                              = accession added within past 90 days

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