Collection Holdings from Northeast Tropical Africa:
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Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Acantheae
- Crossandra nilotica
- tropical east Africa, Mozambique
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Whitfieldieae
- Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa
Achariaceae
Subfamily Erythrospermeae
- Rawsonia lucida - tropical Africa
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Haemantheae
- Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa
Apocynaceae
Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Nerieae
- Adenium obesum
- eastern Africa, northern Arabia
- Adenium obesum
- Socotra
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
- Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae
- Tabernaemontana elegans
- S. Somalia to S. Africa
Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae
- Sauromatum venosum
- Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae
- Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India
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 fragrans
- Upper Guinea
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
Burseraceae
- Boswellia dalzielii - western 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
Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Trichosantheae
- Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa - Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
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 Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae
- Ricinus communis
- northeast Africa
Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae
- Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia
- Euphorbia balsamifera ssp. adenensis - Arabian peninsula, Sudan, Somalia
- Euphorbia neoreflexa - Ethiopia to Kenya
- Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Podalyrieae
- Calpurnia aurea
- South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia
Gentianaceae
Subfamily
Tribe Exaceae
- Exacum affine
- Socotra
Geraniaceae
- Pelargonium quinquelobatum
- eastern Africa
Malpighiaceae
- Acridocarpus zanzibaricus
- Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region
W/C
Malvaceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
- Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World
Marantaceae
- Marantachloa leucantha
- Trop. Africa
- Thalia geniculata
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Myrtaceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
- Myrtus communis `Microphylla'
- S. Europe to W. Asia.
Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
- Ansellia africana
- South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
- Eulophia petersii
- Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.
Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae
- Vanilla roscheri - Mozambique
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
Pteridaceae
Subfamily Pteridoideae
- Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa
Rubiaceae
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Coffeeae
- Coffea arabica
- Tropical Africa
- Coffea arabica 'Laurina' - SE. Sudan, SW. Ethiopia, N. Kenya (Mt. Marsibit)
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Vanguerieae
- Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
- Psychotria cf. kirkii
- tropical Africa
Solanaceae
Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae
- Withania riebeckii
- Socotra
W/C
- Withania somnifera
- Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
Taccaceae
- Tacca leontopetaloides
- Trop. Old World to Pacific
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily Asphodeloideae
- Aloe cremnophila - Somalia - northern region
- Aloe jucunda - Somalia
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily Alpinioideae
Tribe Alpinieae
- Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania
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