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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

          • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

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

          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 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

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Kigelia africana - tropical 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

                            Subfamily Faboideae
                            Tribe Podalyrieae

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

                            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 68 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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