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Collection Holdings native to Free State:

Aizoaceae

  • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C

Subfamily Ruschioideae
Tribe Ruschieae

  • Delosperma nubigenum - South Africa
  • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

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

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Haemantheae

    • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
    • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

    Anacampserotaceae

    • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
    • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Apioideae
      Tribe Heteromorpheae

      • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Zantedeschieae

        • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

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

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Eriospermeae

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

          Subfamily Scilloideae
          Tribe Hyacintheae

          • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa

          Subfamily Scilloideae
          Tribe Ornithogaleae

          • Albuca tortuosa - South Africa
          • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
          • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C

          Subfamily Scilloideae
          Tribe Urgineeae

          • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
          • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
          • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
          • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
          • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

          Asphodelaceae

            Subfamily Asphodeloideae

            • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
            • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
            • Aloe ferox - South Africa
            • Aloe maculata - South Africa
            • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
            • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
            • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

            Caryophyllaceae

              Subfamily Paronychioideae
              Tribe Paronychieae

              • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

              Colchicaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Colchiceae

                • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                Convolvulaceae

                  Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                  Tribe Ipomoeeae

                  • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                  Crassulaceae

                    Subfamily Crassuloideae

                    • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                    • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                    Cupressaceae

                      Subfamily Callitroideae

                      • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                      Droseraceae

                      • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                        Tribe Euphorbieae

                        • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia

                        Geraniaceae

                        • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa

                        Iridaceae

                          Subfamily Crocoideae

                          • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Grewioideae
                            Tribe Grewieae

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

                            Melianthaceae

                            • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte

                            Nymphaeaceae

                            • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                            Oleaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Oleeae

                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                              Plumbaginaceae

                                Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                Polygalaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Polygaleae

                                  • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                  Pteridaceae

                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                    Solanaceae

                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                      Tribe Physaleae

                                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                      Velloziaceae

                                        Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                        • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa
                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 53 accessions native to Free State

                                        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 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 02:08:30 -0500

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