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Collection Holdings native to Eritrea:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

      • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Scilloideae
        Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

        Bignoniaceae

          Subfamily
          Tribe Tecomeae

          • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Boraginoideae
            Tribe Boragineae

            • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

            Caryophyllaceae

              Subfamily Paronychioideae
              Tribe Paronychieae

              • Pollichia campestris - eastern 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
                                    • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 23 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 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:08:13 -0500

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