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Collection Holdings from West Tropical Africa:

Includes:

  1. BEN: Benin
  2. BKN: Burkina
  3. GAM: Gambia, The
  4. GHA: Ghana
  5. GNB: Guinea-Bissau
  6. GUI: Guinea
  7. IVO: Ivory Coast
  8. LBR: Liberia
  9. MLI: Mali
  10. MTN: Mauritania
  11. NGA: Nigeria
  12. NGR: Niger
  13. SEN: Senegal
  14. SIE: Sierra Leone
  15. TOG: Togo

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Subfamily Saniculoideae
      Tribe Steganotaenieae

      • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
        • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China
        • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Anubiadeae

          • Anubias barteri - tropical West Africa

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Culcasieae

          • Culcasia striolata - W. & WC. Trop. Africa W/C

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Agavoideae
            Tribe Anthericeae

            • Chlorophytum comosum - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
            • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa

            Balsaminaceae

            • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

            Begoniaceae

            • Begonia prismatocarpa Variegated - Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia
            • Begonia staudtii - Nigeria, Cameroon

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

              Celastraceae

              • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily Clusioideae
                Tribe Garcinieae

                • Garcinia kola - tropical West Africa

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Colchiceae

                  • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                  Combretaceae

                    Subfamily Combretoideae
                    Tribe Combreteae

                    • Combretum molle - Africa

                    Commelinaceae

                      Subfamily Commelinoideae
                      Tribe Tradescantieae

                      • Palisota barteri - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                      Costaceae

                      • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                      • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
                      • Costus lateriflorus - SE. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa
                      • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                      Cyperaceae

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Cypereae

                        • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
                        • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                        • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                        Subfamily Cyperoideae
                        Tribe Eleocharideae

                        • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                        Dioscoreaceae

                        • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                        Droseraceae

                        • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                        Equisetaceae

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

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Detarieae

                          • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Ajugoideae

                            • Clerodendrum thomsoniae - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                            Lecythidaceae

                              Subfamily Napoleonaeoideae

                              • Napoleonaea beninensis - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                Tribe Adansonieae

                                • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                Tribe Gossypieae

                                • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                Tribe Hibisceae

                                • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                                Subfamily Sterculioideae
                                Tribe Sterculieae

                                • Cola acuminata - West Africa

                                Marantaceae

                                • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                                • Marantochloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                                • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                                • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                                • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                                • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
                                • Thaumatococcus daniellii - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                                Moraceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                  • Ficus lyrata - Cameroon west to Sierra Leone

                                  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

                                    Orchidaceae

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Cymbidieae

                                      • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Dendrobieae

                                      • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                                      • Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis - Ivory Coast, WC. Trop. Africa

                                      Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                      Tribe Vandeae

                                      • Diaphananthe pellucida - w Africa to Zaire and Uganda
                                      • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                                      Oxalidaceae

                                      • Biophytum zenkeri - tropical West Africa

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Oryzoideae
                                        Tribe Oryzeae

                                        • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                                        • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                                        Polypodiaceae

                                          Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                          • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                          Primulaceae

                                            Subfamily Maesoideae

                                            • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                            Rhizophoraceae

                                              Subfamily
                                              Tribe Rhizophoreae

                                              • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                                              Rubiaceae

                                                Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                Tribe Vanguerieae

                                                • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                                Sapotaceae

                                                  Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                  • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa

                                                  Solanaceae

                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                    Taccaceae

                                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                    Tecophilaeaceae

                                                    • Cyanastrum cordifolium - Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

                                                    Vitaceae

                                                      Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                      • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                                      Zingiberaceae

                                                        Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                        Tribe Alpinieae

                                                        • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                                        • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 79 accessions native to West Tropical Africa

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

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