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Collection Holdings from Northern Africa:

Includes:

  1. ALG: Algeria
  2. EGY: Egypt
  3. LBY: Libya
  4. MOR: Morocco
  5. TUN: Tunisia
  6. WSA: Western Sahara

Adoxaceae

  • Viburnum tinus - Canary Islands

Amaranthaceae

    Subfamily Chenopodioideae

    • Beta vulgaris 'Fordhook Giant' - cultivated, originally Mediterranean

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Narcisseae

      • Narcissus tazetta - Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Pancratieae

      • Pancratium maritimum - Canary Is. (Fuerteventura), Medit. to Black Sea coast

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Caralluma hesperidum - Morocco

        Aquifoliaceae

        • Ilex aquifolium - Europe, western Asia

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Arecaceae

            Subfamily Coryphoideae
            Tribe Trachycarpeae

            • Chamaerops humilis - Europe - Mediterranean.

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena draco - Canary Islands, Azores

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Rusceae

              • Ruscus aculeatus - Azores, w Europe, to Iran

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Scilla peruviana - W. & C. Medit.

              Asteraceae

                Subfamily Asteroideae
                Tribe Senecioneae

                • Jacobaea maritima - Mediterranean region
                • Senecio petraeus -

                Boraginaceae

                  Subfamily Boraginoideae
                  Tribe Boragineae

                  • Anchusa azurea - Europe and western Asia

                  Campanulaceae

                    Subfamily Campanuloideae

                    • Trachelium caeruleum - Macaronesia, W. Medit.

                    Cannabaceae

                    • Celtis australis - southern Europe
                    • Humulus lupulus - northern Temperate regions

                    Caprifoliaceae

                      Subfamily Valerianoideae

                      • Centranthus ruber - Europe and northern Africa to Asia Minor; escaped & naturalized locally

                      Celastraceae

                      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                      Ceratophyllaceae

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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Convolvuleae

                        • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                        Crassulaceae

                          Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                          Tribe Sedeae

                          • Aeonium arboreum - Morroco

                          Cucurbitaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Bryonieae

                            • Ecballium elaterium - Mediterranean and Macaronesia

                            Cupressaceae

                              Subfamily Cupressoideae

                              • Cupressus dupreziana - SE. Algeria (Tassili Plateau)

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cariceae

                                • Carex pendula - Europe, North Africa, western Asia
                                • Carex sylvatica - Europe to Iran, NW. Africa

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

                                • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                                Davalliaceae

                                • Davallia canariensis - western Mediterranean, Macaronesia

                                Drosophyllaceae

                                • Drosophyllum lusitanicum - C. & S. Portugal to SC. & S. Spain (incl. Gibraltar), N. Morocco

                                Ebenaceae

                                • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                  Tribe Euphorbieae

                                  • Euphorbia resinifera - Morocco

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                    Tribe Cassieae

                                    • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean basin to Iran
                                    • Ceratonia siliqua - Mediterranean region

                                    Juncaginaceae

                                    • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                                    Lamiaceae

                                      Subfamily Ajugoideae

                                      • Teucrium chamaedrys - Europe to Caucasus
                                      • Teucrium fruticans - Western Mediterranean

                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                      Tribe Mentheae

                                      • Lycopus europaeus - Azores, Europe to China
                                      • Rosmarinus officinalis - Mediterranean, southern Europe to western Asia

                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                      Tribe Ocimeae

                                      • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                                      Subfamily Viticoideae

                                      • Vitex agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                                      Lauraceae

                                      • Laurus nobilis - Mediterranean

                                      Lentibulariaceae

                                      • Pinguicula lusitanica - W. Europe to NW. Africa
                                      • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                      Moraceae

                                        Subfamily
                                        Tribe Ficeae

                                        • Ficus carica - Mediterranean region

                                        Myrtaceae

                                          Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                          Tribe Myrteae

                                          • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                                          Nitrariaceae

                                          • Peganum harmala - Europe & Asia

                                          Nymphaeaceae

                                          • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                          Oleaceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Oleeae

                                            • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                            Papaveraceae

                                              Subfamily Papaveroideae
                                              Tribe Chelidonieae

                                              • Chelidonium majus - Europe & Asia

                                              Pteridaceae

                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia
                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                Resedaceae

                                                • Reseda lutea - Eurasia, north Africa

                                                Rosaceae

                                                  Subfamily Rosoideae
                                                  Tribe Sanguisorbeae

                                                  • Agrimonia eupatoria - Europe

                                                  Solanaceae

                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                    Tamaricaceae

                                                    • Tamarix ramosissima 'Rubra' - southern Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia

                                                    Urticaceae

                                                      Subfamily
                                                      Tribe Urticeae

                                                      • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 59 accessions native to Northern Africa

                                                        W/C = Wild Collected
                                                        = Currently Flowering
                                                        = Image(s) Available
                                                        = map available for this accession

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