61 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
- Socotra
- Adenium obesum
- eastern Africa, northern Arabia
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
- Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae
- Sauromatum venosum
- Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae
- Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- 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
- Schizobasis intricata
- South Africa
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Kigelia africana - tropical 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
Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Trichosantheae
- Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa - Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
- Cyperus papyrus
- North & Tropical Africa
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
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 neoreflexa - Ethiopia to Kenya
- 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
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
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
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
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