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Collection Holdings native to Namibia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

    • Aridaria serotina - South Africa, Namibia W/C

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
    • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
    • Fenestraria rhopalophylla - S.W. Africa
    • Jensenobotrya lossowiana - Dolphin Head, Namibia W/C
    • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
    • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops fulviceps - Namibia, South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
    • Lithops herrei - Namibia: SH 723, Sperrgebiet W/C
    • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella - Namibia
    • Lithops optica - Namibia (SB 2180, Agate Beach, Luderitz) W/C
    • Lithops schwantesii - Namibia
    • Lithops werneri - Namibia (C 188, Erongo Mountains) W/C
    • Psammophora longifolia - Namibia W/C
    • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
    • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Chenopodioideae
      Tribe Atripliceae

      • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros crinita - S. Namibia
        • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Avonia albissima var. grisea - Namibia to Cape Prov.
        • Avonia papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Subfamily Saniculoideae
          Tribe Steganotaenieae

          • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Malouetieae

            • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

            • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
            • Huernia plowesii - Namibia, near Aus
            • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
            • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Fockeeae

            • Fockea edulis - Namibia

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Dracaeneae

                  • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Eriospermeae

                  • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Ornithogaleae

                  • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                  • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum hispidulum - Namibia W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Urgineeae

                  • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                  • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                    • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                    • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

                    Celastraceae

                    • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Combreteae

                      • Combretum molle - Africa

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Ipomoeeae

                        • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                        Crassulaceae

                          Subfamily Crassuloideae

                          • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                          • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                          • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                          • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                          • Crassula sladenii - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                          • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                          Tribe Kalanchoeae

                          • Tylecodon singularis - Namibia W/C

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

                            • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                            • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Eleocharideae

                            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                            Didiereaceae

                            • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa

                            Equisetaceae

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

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                              Tribe Euphorbieae

                              • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                              • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                              • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                Tribe Detarieae

                                • Schotia afra - South Africa

                                Geraniaceae

                                • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                  • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                  • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                  Lentibulariaceae

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

                                  Loganiaceae

                                  • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                  Malvaceae

                                    Subfamily Grewioideae
                                    Tribe Grewieae

                                    • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                                    Menyanthaceae

                                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                    Montiniaceae

                                    • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                    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

                                        Passifloraceae

                                          Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                          Tribe Passifloreae

                                          • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                          Primulaceae

                                            Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                            • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                            Rutaceae

                                              Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                              Tribe Citreae

                                              • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                              Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                              • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                              Salvadoraceae

                                              • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                              Solanaceae

                                                Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                Tribe Physaleae

                                                • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                Vitaceae

                                                  Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                  • Cyphostemma currorii - Namibia, Angola
                                                  • Cyphostemma juttae - Namibia
                                                  • Cyphostemma uter - Namibia, Angola

                                                  Welwitschiaceae

                                                  • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert
                                                  • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert
                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 90 accessions native to Namibia

                                                  W/C = Wild Collected
                                                  = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                                  = accession added within past 90 days

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