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Collection Holdings native to Eritrea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Asparagaceae

      Subfamily Asparagoideae

      • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

      Subfamily Scilloideae
      Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

      Bignoniaceae

        Subfamily
        Tribe Tecomeae

        • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

        Celastraceae

        • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

        Ceratophyllaceae

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

        Cyperaceae

          Subfamily Cyperoideae
          Tribe Cypereae

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

          Dioscoreaceae

          • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

          Ebenaceae

          • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

          Euphorbiaceae

            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
            Tribe Euphorbieae

            • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia

            Lamiaceae

              Subfamily Nepetoideae
              Tribe Ocimeae

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

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Malvoideae
                Tribe Gossypieae

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

                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.

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Paniceae

                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                        Primulaceae

                          Subfamily Maesoideae

                          • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                          Solanaceae

                            Subfamily Solanoideae
                            Tribe Physaleae

                            • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                            Vitaceae

                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                              • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 20 accessions native to Eritrea

                              W/C = Wild Collected
                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                              = images available for this accession
                              = map available for this accession
                              = accession added within past 90 days

                              data regenerated on Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:30:16 -0400

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