Collection Holdings native to Kenya:
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 Cyrtantheae
- Cyrtanthus sanguineus
- South Sudan to Tanzania, E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
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 Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae
- Mondia whitei
- tropical western Africa
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae
- Acokanthera oppositifolia
- Kenya to S. Africa
- Carissa macrocarpa
- Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae
- Tabernaemontana elegans
- S. Somalia to S. Africa
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae
- Sauromatum venosum
- Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zamioculcadeae
- Gonatopus boivinii
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
- Zamioculcas zamiifolia
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
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
- Sansevieria parva - East 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
- Bowiea volubilis
- Uganda to S. Africa
- Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
Balsaminaceae
- Impatiens niamniamensis
- tropical east Africa
- Impatiens sodenii
- east tropical 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
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Sempervivoideae
Tribe Kalanchoeae
- Kalanchoe nyikae
- SE Kenya, NE Tanzania
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 baioensis - Kenya
- Euphorbia bicompacta - S Kenya
- Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra - C Kenya
- Euphorbia neoreflexa - Ethiopia to Kenya
- Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. ritchiei - Kenya (Meru Distr.)
- 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
Goodeniaceae
- Scaevola taccada
- Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands
Iridaceae
Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Freesieae
- Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae
- Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India
Lecythidaceae
Subfamily Barringtonioideae
- Barringtonia racemosa
- Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific
Lentibulariaceae
- Genlisea hispidula
- Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa
W/C
- Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
- Utricularia livida
- South Africa and Mexico
Malpighiaceae
- Acridocarpus zanzibaricus
- Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region
W/C
Malvaceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
- Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical
Meliaceae
Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Turraeeae
- Turraea floribunda
- eastern Africa
Menispermaceae
Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae
- Stephania cyanantha
- tropical Africa
W/C
Myrothamnaceae
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius
- southern Africa
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
- Ansellia africana
- South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
- Eulophia petersii
- Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Podochilaeae
- Bulbophyllum falcatum
- W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
- Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
- Vanilla roscheri - Mozambique
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
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
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
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
Salvadoraceae
- Azima tetracantha
- central, eastern and southern Africa
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Chrysophylloideae
- Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania
Solanaceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae
- Withania somnifera
- Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
Taccaceae
- Tacca leontopetaloides
- Trop. Old World to Pacific
Tectariaceae
- Tectaria gemmifera
- tropical east Africa
Vitaceae
Subfamily Leeoideae
- Leea guineensis
- Asia, Burma
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus quadrangularis
- Tropical Africa & Asia
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily Asphodeloideae
- Aloe juvenna - eastern tropical Africa - Kenya
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae
- Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania
W/C = Wild Collected
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