Collection Holdings from West-Central Tropical Africa:
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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
Achariaceae
Subfamily Erythrospermeae
- Rawsonia lucida - 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 Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae
- Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa
- Carissa marcrocarpa
- Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae
- Sauromatum venosum
- Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae
- Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zamioculcadeae
- Gonatopus boivinii
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
Subfamily Lemnoideae
- Lemna minor
- Cosmopolitan
Subfamily Pisteae
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pantropical
Asparagaceae
Subfamily Agavoideae
- Chlorophytum comosum cv.
- W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Dracaeneae
- Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
- Dracaena fragrans
- Upper Guinea
- Sansevieria masoniana - Zaire
- Sansevieria parva - East Africa
- Sansevieria trifasciata - tropical west Africa
- Sansevieria trifasciata - tropical west Africa
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae
- Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae
- Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
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
Cyperaceae
Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.
- Cyperus papyrus
- North & Tropical Africa
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Trop. & Subtrop.
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
- 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 Faboideae
Tribe Podalyrieae
- Calpurnia aurea
- South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia
Iridaceae
Subfamily Aristeoideae
- Aristea ecklonii
- Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa
Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Freesieae
- Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa
Lamiaceae
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae
- Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India
Malvaceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
- Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa
Marantaceae
- Marantachloa leucantha
- 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
Nymphaeaceae
- Nymphaea thermarum
- Rwanda
W/C
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 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 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 Psychotrieae
- Psychotria cf. kirkii
- tropical Africa
Sapotaceae
Subfamily Chrysophylloideae
- Synsepalum dulcificum
- tropical west Africa
- 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
Vitaceae
Subfamily Leeoideae
- Leea guineensis
- Asia, Burma
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae
- Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania
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