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Collection Holdings native to Mauritania:

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Apocynoideae
    Tribe Nerieae

    • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

    Araceae

      Subfamily Aroideae
      Tribe Pisteae

      • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

      Celastraceae

      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

      Ceratophyllaceae

      • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

      Cyperaceae

        Subfamily Cyperoideae
        Tribe Cypereae

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

        Equisetaceae

        • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

        Malvaceae

          Subfamily Bombacoideae
          Tribe Adansonieae

          • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

          Nitrariaceae

          • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia
          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 8 accessions native to Mauritania

          W/C = Wild Collected
          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
          = images available for this accession
          = map available for this accession
          = accession added within past 90 days

          data regenerated on Mon, 23 Dec 2024 02:08:25 -0500

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