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Collection Holdings from West-Central Tropical Africa:

Includes:

  1. BUR: Burundi
  2. CAB: Cabinda
  3. CAF: Central African Republic
  4. CMN: Cameroon
  5. CON: Congo
  6. EQG: Equatorial Guinea
  7. GAB: Gabon
  8. GGI: Gulf of Guinea Is.
  9. RWA: Rwanda
  10. ZAI: Zaire

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa
    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Ruellieae

    • Brillantaisia ulugurica - eastern tropical Africa - Tanzania, Uganda, Congo

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. 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 Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
        • Adenium obesum - Socotra
        • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
        • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

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

        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.

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

          • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

          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

          Subfamily Lasiodeae
          Tribe Nephthytideae

          • Anchomanes giganteus - WC. Trop. Africa

          Subfamily Lemnoideae

          • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

          Subfamily Zamioculcadoideae

          • Gonatopus boivinii - Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Agavoideae
            Tribe Anthericeae

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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
            • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa
            • Dracaena masoniana - DR Congo
            • Dracaena parva - W. Kenya to Rwanda
            • Dracaena pethera var. pulchra - Tanzania (Pemba, Zanzibar), S. DR Congo to Zambia
            • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa
            • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

            • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

            Balsaminaceae

            • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa
              • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola
              • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

              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 phaeotrichus - WC. Trop. Africa W/C
                    • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa
                    • Costus tappenbeckianus - WC. Trop. Africa

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

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

                      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

                      Ebenaceae

                      • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                        Tribe Euphorbieae

                        • Euphorbia bicompacta - S Kenya
                        • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                        • Euphorbia trigona - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Detarieae

                          • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                          Subfamily Faboideae
                          Tribe Podalyrieae

                          • Calpurnia aurea - South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia

                          Goodeniaceae

                          • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                          Iridaceae

                            Subfamily Aristeoideae

                            • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                            Subfamily Crocoideae
                            Tribe Gladioleae

                            • Gladiolus murielae - East Africa

                            Subfamily Ixioideae
                            Tribe Freesieae

                            • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                            Lamiaceae

                              Subfamily Ajugoideae

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

                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                              Tribe Ocimeae

                              • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Genlisea hispidula - Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa W/C
                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                              • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Malvoideae
                                Tribe Hibisceae

                                • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                Subfamily Sterculioideae
                                Tribe Sterculieae

                                • Cola acuminata - West Africa

                                Marantaceae

                                • Hypselodelphys hirsuta - WC. Trop. Africa
                                • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                                • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan and 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

                                Meliaceae

                                  Subfamily Melioideae
                                  Tribe Turraeeae

                                  • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                  Menispermaceae

                                    Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                    Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                    • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                    Moraceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Dorstenieae

                                      • Dorstenia psilurus - Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Ficeae

                                      • Ficus lyrata - Cameroon west to Sierra Leone

                                      Myrothamnaceae

                                      • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                      Nymphaeaceae

                                      • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa
                                      • Nymphaea thermarum - Rwanda W/C

                                      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 Dendrobieae

                                          • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                                          • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific
                                          • 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

                                          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

                                              Subfamily Platycerioideae

                                              • Platycerium stemaria - central and western tropical Africa

                                              Pteridaceae

                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                Rubiaceae

                                                  Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                  Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                  Tribe Hedyotideae

                                                  • Pentas lanceolata - Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Pen.

                                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                  Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                  • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                                  Salvadoraceae

                                                  • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                  Sapotaceae

                                                    Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                                    • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                                                    • Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania

                                                    Taccaceae

                                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                    Tecophilaeaceae

                                                    • Cyanastrum cordifolium - Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

                                                    Tectariaceae

                                                    • Tectaria gemmifera - tropical east Africa

                                                    Vitaceae

                                                      Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                      • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                                      • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa

                                                      Zingiberaceae

                                                        Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                        Tribe Alpinieae

                                                        • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                                        • Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania
                                                        • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                                                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 118 accessions native to West-Central Tropical Africa

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

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