Collection Holdings native to Zimbabwe:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Amaryllideae
- Nerine krigei - Zimbabwe to Northern Prov. W/C
- Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Haemantheae
- Scadoxus puniceus
- Ethiopia to S. Africa
Apiaceae
Subfamily Apioideae
Tribe Heteromorpheae
- Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa
Subfamily Mackinlayoideae
- Centella asiatica
- Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia
Subfamily Saniculoideae
Tribe Steganotaenieae
- Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae
- Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
- Huernia zebrina -
- Stapelia gigantea
- South Africa
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 Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Subfamily Zamioculcadoideae
- Gonatopus boivinii
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
- Zamioculcas zamiifolia
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
Araliaceae
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
- Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
Subfamily Asparagoideae
- Asparagus setaceus
- southern Africa
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Dracaeneae
- Dracaena fragrans
- tropical Africa
- Sansevieria aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
- Sansevieria aff. concinna - Mozambique W/C
- Sansevieria concinna - Mozambique
- Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula - Angola
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae
- Bowiea volubilis
- Uganda to S. Africa
- Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
- Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
- Schizobasis intricata
- South Africa
Bignoniaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae
- Kigelia africana - tropical Africa
Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily Paronychioideae
Tribe Paronychieae
- Pollichia campestris
- eastern Africa
Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa
Colchicaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Colchiceae
- Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa
- Gloriosa superba
- Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda
Combretaceae
Subfamily Combretoideae
Tribe Combreteae
- Combretum molle
- Africa
Convolvulaceae
Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Ipomoeeae
- Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar
Costaceae
- Costus afer
- Trop. Africa
- Costus spectabilis
- Trop. Africa
Crassulaceae
Subfamily Crassuloideae
- Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province
Cucurbitaceae
- Lagenaria siceraria - Zimbabwe
Cupressaceae
Subfamily Callitroideae
- Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa
Curtisiaceae
- Curtisia dentata - E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Eleocharideae
- Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea bulbifera
- tropical east Africa to Asia
- Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa
Droseraceae
- Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa
Ebenaceae
- Euclea racemosa
- tropical eastern Africa
Equisetaceae
- Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae
- Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
Fabaceae
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Tribe Detarieae
- Schotia brachypetala
- Africa to India / Pakistan
- Tamarindus indica
- tropical Africa
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Podalyrieae
- Calpurnia aurea
- South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia
Iridaceae
Subfamily Aristeoideae
- Aristea ecklonii
- Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa
Subfamily Crocoideae
- Hesperantha coccinea
- South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae
- Plectranthus neochilus
- S. Trop. & S. Africa
- Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa
Lentibulariaceae
- Genlisea hispidula
- Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa
W/C
- Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
- Utricularia livida
- South Africa and Mexico
Loganiaceae
- Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique
Malpighiaceae
- Acridocarpus natalitius - southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique
Malvaceae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
- Grewia occidentalis
- South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique
Marantaceae
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Meliaceae
Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Turraeeae
- Turraea floribunda
- eastern Africa
Menyanthaceae
- Nymphoides indica
- tropical areas worldwide
Myrothamnaceae
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius
- southern Africa
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Psiloxyloideae
Tribe Heteropyxideae
- Heteropyxis natalensis - S. Trop. & S. 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 longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
- Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa
Passifloraceae
Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae
- Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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 Myrsinoideae
- Myrsine africana
- Africa, Himalayas & China
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Psychotria kirkii
- tropical Africa
Rutaceae
Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Citreae
- Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Subfamily Spathelioideae
- Ptaeroxylon obliquum
- eastern Cape to Tanzania
Salicaceae
- Dovyalis caffra - southern & eastern Africa
Salvadoraceae
- Azima tetracantha
- central, eastern and southern Africa
Solanaceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae
- Withania somnifera
- Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
Strelitziaceae
- Strelitzia nicolai
- E. Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, E. Botswana
Taccaceae
- Tacca leontopetaloides
- Trop. Old World to Pacific
Tectariaceae
- Tectaria gemmifera
- tropical east Africa
Thymelaeaceae
- Dais cotinifolia
- Madagascar to southern Africa - Eastern Cape
Vitaceae
Subfamily Vitoideae
- Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
- Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily Asphodeloideae
- Aloe spicata - SE. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae
- Dianella ensifolia - east tropical Africa, Madagascar
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae
- Aframomum angustifolium
- Trop. Africa, Madagascar
W/C
Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily Tribuloideae
- Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
W/C = Wild Collected
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