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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 - Socotra
        • 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 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
            • Dracaena fragrans - 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.

              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

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Laguncularieae

                  • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                  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 - Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa W/C
                            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                            Malvaceae

                              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

                              • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                              • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                              • 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

                              Menyanthaceae

                              • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                              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
                                    • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. 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
                                                • Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania

                                                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 82 accessions native to West Tropical Africa

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

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