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Collection Holdings native to Ethiopia:

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 Haemantheae

      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      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 obesum - Socotra

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

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

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

              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

              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 spectabilis - Trop. 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

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      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 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

                              Marantaceae

                              • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa

                              Menispermaceae

                                Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                Menyanthaceae

                                • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                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 Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                        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

                                              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

                                                Solanaceae

                                                  Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                  Tribe Physaleae

                                                  • 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
                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 67 accessions native to Ethiopia

                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
                                                      = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                      = accession added within past 90 days

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