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42 Collection Holdings native to Ghana:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Adenium obesum - Socotra
      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
      • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

      Subfamily Periplocoideae
      Tribe Periploceae

      • Mondia whitei - tropical western Africa

      Araceae

        Subfamily Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

            Burseraceae

            • Boswellia dalzielii - western 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

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Commelinaceae

                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                  Tribe Tradescantieae

                  • Palisota barteri - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Droseraceae

                    • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Detarieae

                      • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                      Lecythidaceae

                        Subfamily Napoleonaeoideae

                        • Napoleonaea beninensis - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria

                        Lentibulariaceae

                        • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Bombacoideae
                          Tribe Adansonieae

                          • Adansonia digitata - South Africa W/C

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

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

                          Marantaceae

                          • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                          • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
                          • Thaumatococcus daniellii - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                          Orchidaceae

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Cymbidieae

                            • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Podochilaeae

                            • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                            • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                            Tribe Vandeae

                            • Diaphananthe pellucida - w Africa to Zaire and Uganda
                            • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                            Poaceae

                              Subfamily Panicoideae
                              Tribe Paniceae

                              • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                              • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                              Rubiaceae

                                Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                Tribe Vanguerieae

                                • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                Sapotaceae

                                  Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                  • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                                  • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                                  • Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania

                                  Taccaceae

                                  • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                  Vitaceae

                                    Subfamily Leeoideae

                                    • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma
                                    W/C = Wild Collected

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