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Collection Holdings from Southern Africa:

Includes:

  1. BOT: Botswana
  2. CPP: Cape Provinces
  3. CPV: Caprivi Strip
  4. LES: Lesotho
  5. NAM: Namibia
  6. NAT: KwaZulu-Natal
  7. OFS: Free State
  8. SWZ: Swaziland
  9. TVL: Northern Provinces

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Barlerieae

    • Barleria obtusa - southern Africa - Northern Provinces to Eastern Cape

    Aizoaceae

      Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

      • Aptenia cordifolia - South Africa
      • Aptenia lancifolia - South Africa
      • Aridaria serotina - South Africa, Namibia W/C
      • Phyllobolus tenuiflorus - South Africa (Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape)
      • Sceletium joubertii - South Africa - Bloutoring, Little Karoo

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Dorotheantheae

      • Aethephyllum pinnatifidum - South Africa

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Ruschieae

      • Aloinopsis schooneesii - South Africa - Bushmanland
      • Antegibbaeum fissoides - South Africa: Springfontein W/C
      • Argyroderma fissum - South Africa: Liebendal, Western Cape W/C
      • Argyroderma patens - HBG 5182, Kliprand Road; Western Cape; S. Africa
      • Astridia longifolia - South Africa W/C
      • Bergeranthus vespertinus - South Africa W/C
      • Braunsia geminata - South Africa W/C
      • Carruanthus ringens - South Africa: Georgida, Western Cape W/C
      • Cerochlamys pachyphylla - Little Karoo, Western Cape Prov, South Africa W/C
      • Cheiridopsis peculiaris - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bachelorum - MRO 214, E Port Nolloth, NC, South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum - South Africa
      • Conophytum bilobum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. bilobum - South Africa, Rietkloof, S.E. corner of farm W/C
      • Conophytum bilobum ssp. claviferens - South Africa: west of Anenous W/C
      • Conophytum blandum - NE Concordia, NC, South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum bruynsii - South Africa: Western Cape Prov. W/C
      • Conophytum burgeri - South Africa - Bushmanland W/C
      • Conophytum calculus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum calculus ssp. vanzylii - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum caroli - R&Y 1917, N Kliprand, NC, RSA W/C
      • Conophytum chauviniae - South Africa, Arondegas W/C
      • Conophytum cubicum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum ectypum -
      • Conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii - South Africa, Klipfontein W/C
      • Conophytum ernstii - South Africa - Sandberg; Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum frutescens - South Africa, S. Komaggas W/C
      • Conophytum globosum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum hammeri - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum herreanthus - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum irmae - South Africa, W. Anenous W/C
      • Conophytum khamiesbergense - Kamiesberg, NC, RSA. W/C
      • Conophytum lydiae - South Africa: SH 545, Grootberg, NC W/C
      • Conophytum marginatum ssp. marginatum - South Africa: Areb, N. Cape W/C
      • Conophytum maughanii - South Africa - Smorenskadu, Cape W/C
      • Conophytum meyeri - South Africa: S. Komaggas, Northern Cape (MRO30) W/C
      • Conophytum minimum - Klein Spreeufontein, WC, RSA W/C
      • Conophytum pageae - South Africa - Kaitob, Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum pellucidum - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum regale - South Africa: SB 793, Namaqualand, NC W/C
      • Conophytum stevens-jonesianum - South Africa (MRO 66, Eksteenfontein) W/C
      • Conophytum subfenestratum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum subterraneum - South Africa: TJ 62, Eksteenfontein, Northern Cape W/C
      • Conophytum swanepoelianum ssp. rubrolineatum - PVB 9848, NE Clanwilliam, NC, RSA
      • Conophytum tantillum ssp. inexpectatum - South Africa W/C
      • Conophytum uviforme - South Africa, Western Cape Province
      • Conophytum wettsteinii - South Africa: RR430, Anenous Pass, N. Cape W/C
      • Corpuscularia lehmannii - South Africa, Eastern Cape Province
      • Cylindrophyllum comptonii - South Africa W/C
      • Cylindrophyllum hallii - South Africa
      • Deilanthe thudichumii - Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Delosperma nubigenum - South Africa
      • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
      • Delosperma pruinosum - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Didymaotus lapidiformis - South Africa: SB 627, Little Karoo, WC W/C
      • Diplosoma luckhoffii - South Africa W/C
      • Drosanthemum speciosum - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Esterhuysenia alpina - South Africa W/C
      • Faucaria bosscheana - South Africa, Aberdeen Road
      • Faucaria nemorosa - South Africa, Swartwaterpoort
      • Faucaria paucidens - South Africa: Graaff-Reinet, EC W/C
      • Faucaria tigrina - South Africa - Little Karoo
      • Fenestraria rhopalophylla - S.W. Africa
      • Frithia pulchra - South Africa W/C
      • Gibbaeum album - Springfontein, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Glottiphyllum depressum - South Africa
      • Glottiphyllum nelii - South Africa, Teasdale
      • Glottiphyllum oligocarpum - South Africa, 30 km E Steytlerville W/C
      • Jacobsenia kolbei - South Africa, Nieuwhoudts Naauwte, E. Bitterfontein W/C
      • Jensenobotrya lossowiana - Dolphin Head, Namibia W/C
      • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
      • Lampranthus deltoides - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lampranthus godmaniae - South Africa - Northern Cape (endemic) W/C
      • Lampranthus gracilis - South Africa: Vrolyk, Sutherland, WC W/C
      • Lampranthus tenuifolius - South Africa
      • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops aucampiae - South Africa
      • Lithops bromfieldii - South Africa: Blaauskloof, NC W/C
      • Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis - South Africa
      • Lithops coleorum - South Africa (SH 1500, Transvaal)
      • Lithops comptonii var. weberi - South Africa: C 126, S Calvinia, WC
      • Lithops dinteri ssp. frederici - South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
      • Lithops divergens - South Africa: SH 694, E Bitterfontein, WC W/C
      • Lithops divergens ssp. amethystina - South Africa
      • Lithops dorotheae - South Africa
      • Lithops fulviceps lactinea - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops geyeri - South Africa (MRO 58, Klein Helskloof) W/C
      • Lithops hallii - South Africa, Northern Cape Prov W/C
      • Lithops helmutii - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops herrei - Namibia: SH 723, Sperrgebiet W/C
      • Lithops hookeri - South Africa: C 336, SSW Prieska, NC W/C
      • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
      • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella - Namibia
      • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Lithops lesliei var. mariae - South Africa - Orange Free State
      • Lithops marmorata - South Africa - Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops meyeri - South Africa: coastal Richtersveld, NC W/C
      • Lithops naureeniae - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops olivacea var. nebrownii - South Africa - Aggenys, Northern Cape W/C
      • Lithops optica - Namibia (SB 2180, Agate Beach, Luderitz) W/C
      • Lithops salicola - South Africa W/C
      • Lithops schwantesii - Namibia
      • Lithops villetii - South Africa: C 195, 30K NNE Loeriesfontein, NC
      • Lithops viridis - South Africa: SH 388, NC, RSA W/C
      • Lithops werneri - Namibia (C 188, Erongo Mountains) W/C
      • Marlothistella stenophylla - South Africa (Little Karoo)
      • Meyerophytum meyeri - South Africa W/C
      • Mitrophyllum grande - South Africa: MRO 226, W. Brakfontein W/C
      • Monilaria globosa - South Africa W/C
      • Monilaria scutata - South Africa - 3km ESE Klipbok, Northern Cape W/C
      • Neohenricia sibbettii - South Africa, Great Karoo
      • Oophytum oviforme - South Africa W/C
      • Pleiospilos bolusii - South Africa, Grootfontein near Willowmore
      • Pleiospilos compactus subsp. canus - South Africa - Cape Province
      • Pleiospilos simulans - South Africa, Miller
      • Psammophora longifolia - Namibia W/C
      • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C
      • Rhombophyllum dolabriforme - South Africa W/C
      • Ruschia crassa - South Africa W/C
      • Ruschia gemina - South Africa W/C
      • Ruschia marianae - South Africa
      • Schlechteranthus hallii - South Africa W/C
      • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
      • Stoeberia arborea - South Africa: Richtersveld, NC W/C
      • Titanopsis calcarea - South Africa: Majeng, N Kimberley, NC W/C
      • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
      • Trichodiadema densum - South Africa: Adamskraal W/C
      • Trichodiadema densum - South Africa
      • Trichodiadema mirabile - western Cape
      • Vlokia ater - Western Cape, South Africa W/C
      • Wooleya farinosa - South Africa: EVJ 13852, S. Kleinzee W/C
      • Zeuktophyllum calycinum - South Africa

      Amaranthaceae

        Subfamily Chenopodioideae
        Tribe Atripliceae

        • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

        Amaryllidaceae

          Subfamily Agapanthoideae

          • Agapanthus africanus - SW. Cape Prov.
          • Agapanthus caulescens - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal

          Subfamily Allioideae
          Tribe Tulbaghieae

          • Tulbaghia simmleri - South Africa - Northern Prov.
          • Tulbaghia violacea - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Amaryllideae

          • Amaryllis belladonna - South Africa
          • Crinum moorei - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Brunsvigia striata - South Africa W/C
          • Nerine bowdenii - South Africa
          • Nerine krigei - Zimbabwe to Northern Prov. W/C
          • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C
          • Nerine masoniorum - E. Cape Prov. W/C
          • Nerine rehmannii - Northern Prov. to Swaziland
          • Strumaria sp. - South Africa (Pakhuis Pass, Western Cape) W/C

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Cyrtantheae

          • Cyrtanthus falcatus - KwaZulu-Natal
          • Cyrtanthus mackenii - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Cyrtanthus sanguineus - South Sudan to Tanzania, E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

          Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
          Tribe Haemantheae

          • Clivia miniata - South Africa
          • Clivia miniata - South Africa
          • Haemanthus albiflos - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
          • Haemanthus carneus - eastern South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
          • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C
          • Scadoxus membranaceus - eastern South Africa
          • Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae - South Africa

          Anacampserotaceae

          • Anacampseros crinita - S. Namibia
          • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
          • Anacampseros lanigera - South Africa
          • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg
          • Avonia albissima var. grisea - Namibia to Cape Prov.
          • Avonia papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

          Anacardiaceae

            Subfamily Spondiadoideae

            • Harpephyllum caffrum - South Africa

            Apiaceae

              Subfamily Apioideae
              Tribe Heteromorpheae

              • Anginon fruticosum - South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)
              • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

              Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

              • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

              Subfamily Saniculoideae
              Tribe Saniculeae

              • Arctopus echinatus - South Africa W/C

              Subfamily Saniculoideae
              Tribe Steganotaenieae

              • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

              Apocynaceae

                Subfamily Apocynoideae
                Tribe Malouetieae

                • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

                Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
                Tribe Ceropegieae

                • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
                • Ceropegia ampliata - eastern Cape
                • Ceropegia cimiciodora - Transvaal, S. Africa
                • Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii - South Africa
                • Ceropegia stapeliiformis - Mozambique to S. Africa
                • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
                • Huernia piersii - E. Cape Prov.
                • Huernia plowesii - Namibia, near Aus
                • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
                • Huernia zebrina -
                • Larryleachia cactiformis - South Africa
                • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.
                • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa
                • Stapelia grandiflora - South Africa

                Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
                Tribe Fockeeae

                • Fockea edulis - Namibia

                Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
                Tribe Carisseae

                • Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa
                • Carissa macrocarpa - Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.

                Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
                Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

                • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

                Araceae

                  Subfamily Aroideae
                  Tribe Pisteae

                  • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

                  Subfamily Aroideae
                  Tribe Zantedeschieae

                  • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

                  Subfamily Lemnoideae

                  • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

                  Subfamily Zamioculcadoideae

                  • Gonatopus boivinii - Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
                  • Zamioculcas zamiifolia Raven - East Africa, Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal

                  Araliaceae

                    Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                    • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                    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
                      • Chlorophytum saundersiae - South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Swaziland

                      Subfamily Asparagoideae

                      • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India
                      • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa
                      • Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa

                      Subfamily Nolinoideae
                      Tribe Dracaeneae

                      • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
                      • Dracaena spathulata - SE. Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
                      • Dracaena spathulata - SE. Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal W/C

                      Subfamily Nolinoideae
                      Tribe Eriospermeae

                      • Eriospermum cf. dregei - S. Africa
                      • Eriospermum cooperi - South Africa W/C
                      • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C
                      • Eriospermum paradoxum - W. & S. Cape Prov.

                      Subfamily Scilloideae
                      Tribe Hyacintheae

                      • Drimiopsis maculata - Tanzania to S. Africa
                      • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa
                      • Eucomis vandermerwei - Mpumalanga, South Africa W/C
                      • Lachenalia aloides - South Africa
                      • Lachenalia bulbifera - South Africa - Cape Province
                      • Lachenalia cf. longituba - SW. Cape Prov. (Roggeveld Plateau) W/C
                      • Lachenalia ensifolia - South Africa
                      • Lachenalia rubida - South Africa
                      • Lachenalia unifolia - South Africa W/C
                      • Lachenalia viridiflora - South Africa - near Friedenberg, Cape Province
                      • Ledebouria socialis - South Africa
                      • Massonia depressa - South Africa: Kamieskroon W/C
                      • Massonia pygmaea - South Africa, Northern Cape Province
                      • Veltheimia bracteata - South Africa

                      Subfamily Scilloideae
                      Tribe Ornithogaleae

                      • Albuca bracteata - E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                      • Albuca bracteata - South Africa to tropical East Africa W/C
                      • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                      • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                      • Albuca setosa - South Africa W/C
                      • Albuca spiralis - W. Cape Prov. W/C
                      • Albuca tortuosa - South Africa
                      • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                      • Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum - SW. Cape Prov.
                      • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C
                      • Ornithogalum hispidulum - Namibia W/C
                      • Ornithogalum sardienii - South Africa W/C
                      • Ornithogalum thyrsoides - South Africa - northern and western Cape

                      Subfamily Scilloideae
                      Tribe Urgineeae

                      • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                      • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                      • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                      • Drimia haworthioides - South Africa
                      • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                      • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
                      • Drimia sp. - South Africa W/C
                      • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

                      Asphodelaceae

                        Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                        • Aloe alooides - Mpumalanga
                        • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                        • Aloe branddraaiensis - Branddraai, Limpopo, SA W/C
                        • Aloe burgersfortensis - Mpumalanga
                        • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
                        • Aloe ferox - South Africa
                        • Aloe globuligemma - Zimbabwe to Mpumalanga W/C
                        • Aloe krapohliana - Vredendal, Western Cape, SA
                        • Aloe longistyla - South Africa
                        • Aloe maculata - South Africa
                        • Aloe marlothii - SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
                        • Aloe melanacantha - W. Cape Prov.
                        • Aloe nobilis - South Africa
                        • Aloe polyphylla - Lesotho (Maluti Mts.)
                        • Aloe spicata - SE. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
                        • Aloe thraskii - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                        • Aloe vogtsii - Limpopo (Soutpansberg)
                        • Aloiampelos ciliaris - S. Cape Prov.
                        • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
                        • Astroloba congesta - South Africa - Eastern Cape
                        • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                        • Bulbine margarethae - South Africa: Knersvlakte W/C
                        • Gasteria batesiana - Northern Prov. to N. KwaZulu-Natal
                        • Gasteria brachyphylla - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo) W/C
                        • Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri - S. Cape Prov. (Little Karoo)
                        • Gasteria disticha - SW. & SC. Cape Prov. W/C
                        • Gasteria ellaphieae - S. Cape Prov. (Konga Dam Reg.)
                        • Gasteria glauca - South Africa - Eastern Cape W/C
                        • Gasteria glomerata - South Africa, Paul Sauer Dam
                        • Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii - South Africa, Humansdorp
                        • Gasteria obliqua - SE. Cape Prov.
                        • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State
                        • Haworthia attenuata var. radula - S. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthia blackburniae - South Africa
                        • Haworthia cf. aristata - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                        • Haworthia cooperi - S. Cape Prov. W/C
                        • Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana - South Africa
                        • Haworthia cooperi var. truncata - South Africa W/C
                        • Haworthia cymbiformis - South Africa - Eastern Cape (endemic)
                        • Haworthia cymbiformis - S. & SE. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthia gracilis var. tenera - South Africa
                        • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                        • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                        • Haworthia marumiana var. batesiana - South Africa
                        • Haworthia mirabilis - SW Cape Province W/C
                        • Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.)
                        • Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana - South Africa
                        • Haworthia pygmaea var. acuminata - SW. Cape Prov. (Riversdale Div.) W/C
                        • Haworthia retusa - South Africa
                        • Haworthia retusa - South Africa W/C
                        • Haworthia truncata - South Africa
                        • Haworthia truncata - Dysselsdorp dump, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                        • Haworthia turgida - SW. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthia venosa subsp. tessellata - South Africa
                        • Haworthiopsis glauca - S. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C
                        • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalang W/C
                        • Haworthiopsis limifolia - S. Mozambique to S. Mpumalanga W/C
                        • Haworthiopsis longiana - S. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthiopsis reinwardtii - S. Cape Prov.
                        • Haworthiopsis viscosa - Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa W/C
                        • Kumara plicatilis - South Africa

                        Asteraceae

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Anthemideae

                          • Athanasia pinnata - Langekloof in the Western Cape to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape; endem

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Astereae

                          • Felicia amelloides - South Africa - eastern & western Cape

                          Subfamily Asteroideae
                          Tribe Senecioneae

                          • Othonna amplexifolia - South Africa
                          • Othonna capensis - western Cape, South Africa
                          • Othonna cf. retrofracta - South Africa: Clanwilliam W/C
                          • Kleinia ficoides - South Africa - Swartberg Mts to Suurberg
                          • Senecio articulatus - South Africa
                          • Senecio haworthii - South Africa
                          • Senecio mandraliscae - South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
                          • Senecio radicans - South Africa - Cape Province
                          • Senecio rowleyanus - Namibia
                          • Senecio stapeliformis v. minor - South Africa (Transvaal)

                          Subfamily Carduoideae
                          Tribe Tarchonantheae

                          • Brachylaena neriifolia - South Africa

                          Balsaminaceae

                          • Impatiens sodenii - east tropical Africa

                          Begoniaceae

                          • Begonia dregei - South Africa

                          Bignoniaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Tecomeae

                            • Podranea ricasoliana - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                            • Tecoma capensis - Tanzania to S. Africa

                            Capparaceae

                            • Cadaba aphylla - South Africa

                            Caryophyllaceae

                              Subfamily Paronychioideae
                              Tribe Paronychieae

                              • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                              Celastraceae

                              • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                              Ceratophyllaceae

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

                              Colchicaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Anguillarieae

                                • Wurmbea stricta - South Africa

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Colchiceae

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

                                Combretaceae

                                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                                  Tribe Combreteae

                                  • Combretum molle - Africa

                                  Convolvulaceae

                                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                    Tribe Convolvuleae

                                    • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                                    Tribe Ipomoeeae

                                    • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                                    Crassulaceae

                                      Subfamily Crassuloideae

                                      • Crassula arborescens - east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                      • Crassula barbata - South Africa W/C
                                      • Crassula barklyi - South Africa - eastern Cape
                                      • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                                      • Crassula cremnophila - South Africa W/C
                                      • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                                      • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                                      • Crassula fragarioides - South Africa W/C
                                      • Crassula lactea - South Africa - Natal, Transvaal
                                      • Crassula lanuginosa - South Africa
                                      • Crassula multicava - South Africa
                                      • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                                      • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                      • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                      • Crassula ovata - South Africa
                                      • Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' - South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
                                      • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata - South Africa - Cape Province
                                      • Crassula perforata - South Africa (Cape Province)
                                      • Crassula rupestris - South Africa
                                      • Crassula sladenii - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                                      • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape
                                      • Crassula tetragona - South Africa (Cape Province)

                                      Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                                      Tribe Kalanchoeae

                                      • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa W/C
                                      • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa W/C
                                      • Adromischus cristatus - South Africa - eastern Cape Province
                                      • Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius - South Africa
                                      • Adromischus leucophyllus - South Africa, near Montagu
                                      • Adromischus maculatus - South Africa, Worcester east to Uniondale
                                      • Adromischus mammillaris - South Africa - SW Cape Province
                                      • Adromischus marianae - South Africa W/C
                                      • Adromischus marianae - South Africa W/C
                                      • Adromischus marianiae var. immaculata - South Africa, N Komaggas W/C
                                      • Adromischus triflorus - South Africa - Cape Province
                                      • Adromischus umbraticola - Transvaal
                                      • Cotyledon teretifolia - South Africa - common in eastern Karoo
                                      • Kalanchoe rotundifolia - South Africa, Zimbabwe to East Africa W/C
                                      • Kalanchoe rotundifolia - South Africa, Socotra
                                      • Tylecodon buchholzianus - South Africa - Cape, Richtersveld
                                      • Tylecodon opelii - South Africa W/C
                                      • Tylecodon paniculatus - South Africa W/C
                                      • Tylecodon singularis - Namibia W/C
                                      • Tylecodon ventricosus - South Africa: W Klein Smits Kraal W/C

                                      Cunoniaceae

                                      • Cunonia capensis - South Africa

                                      Cupressaceae

                                        Subfamily Callitroideae

                                        • Widdringtonia cedarbergensis - Cederberg, Western Cape, S. Africa W/C
                                        • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. 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

                                          Didiereaceae

                                          • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa
                                          • Portulacaria afra - South Africa
                                          • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark' - South Africa
                                          • Portulacaria afra 'variegata' -

                                          Dioscoreaceae

                                          • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia
                                          • Dioscorea elephantipes - South Africa
                                          • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                          Droseraceae

                                          • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C
                                          • Drosera aliciae - Constantia Nek, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa W/C
                                          • Drosera capensis - Vogelgat, near Hermanus, South Africa W/C
                                          • Drosera cuneifolia - South Africa
                                          • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                          • Drosera regia - South Africa, Bainskloof W/C

                                          Ebenaceae

                                          • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                                          Equisetaceae

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

                                          Euphorbiaceae

                                            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                            Tribe Euphorbieae

                                            • Euphorbia aeruginosa - South Africa - Northern Province
                                            • Euphorbia bupleurifolia - South Africa
                                            • Euphorbia caerulescens - South Africa
                                            • Euphorbia caput-medusae - South Africa - Western Cape
                                            • Euphorbia clandestina - South Africa - Western Cape
                                            • Euphorbia globosa - South Africa W/C
                                            • Euphorbia mammillaris - South Africa - Oudtshoorn & Riversdale districts
                                            • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                            • Euphorbia obesa - South Africa - Great Karoo (endemic)
                                            • Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa - South Africa - (Eastern Cape, Graaff-Reinet Distr.)
                                            • Euphorbia polygona cv. 'Snowflake' - South Africa - Uitenhage to Albany (species)
                                            • Euphorbia pseudoglobosa - S. Cape Prov.
                                            • Euphorbia susannae - Western Cape, South Africa
                                            • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                                            • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                                            Fabaceae

                                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                              Tribe Detarieae

                                              • Schotia afra - South Africa
                                              • Schotia brachypetala - Africa to India / Pakistan

                                              Subfamily Faboideae
                                              Tribe Sophoreae

                                              • Baphia racemosa - eastern Cape

                                              Geraniaceae

                                              • Pelargonium alternans - South Africa - Western Cape
                                              • Pelargonium appendiculatum - South Africa - Western Cape
                                              • Pelargonium citronellum - South Africa - Ladismith
                                              • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                              • Pelargonium cucullatum ssp. tabulare - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium denticulatum - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium desertorum - South Africa - northern Cape W/C
                                              • Pelargonium echinatum - South Africa, Richtersveld
                                              • Pelargonium fragrans - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium gibbosum - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium graveolens - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium laevigatum ssp. oxyphyllum - South Africa W/C
                                              • Pelargonium nervosum - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium oblongatum - South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape) W/C
                                              • Pelargonium odoratissimum - southern Africa
                                              • Pelargonium scabrum - South Africa: Leipoldt's Grave, Clanwilliam, WC W/C
                                              • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium tetragonum - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium tomentosum - South Africa - Cape Provinces
                                              • Pelargonium x hortorum - South Africa
                                              • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                              Gesneriaceae

                                                Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
                                                Tribe Didymocarpeae

                                                • Streptocarpus dunnii - South Africa, Swaziland
                                                • Streptocarpus prolixus - eastern Cape
                                                • Streptocarpus pusillus - South Africa
                                                • Streptocarpus roseoalbus - South Africa
                                                • Streptocarpus vandeleurii - Kloofmine, Gauteng, S. Africa
                                                • Streptocarpus wendlandii - South Africa

                                                Grubbiaceae

                                                • Grubbia tomentosa - South Africa W/C

                                                Haemodoraceae

                                                  Subfamily Haemodoroideae

                                                  • Dilatris pillansii - Hermanus, Western Cape, SA
                                                  • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - South Africa

                                                  Hypoxidaceae

                                                  • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa
                                                  • Hypoxis villosa - South Africa
                                                  • Spiloxene canaliculata - South Africa, vicinity of Darling

                                                  Iridaceae

                                                  • Lapeirousia jacquinii - South Africa

                                                  Subfamily Aristeoideae

                                                  • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                                                  Subfamily Crocoideae

                                                  • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal
                                                  • Ixia amethystina - South Africa

                                                  Subfamily Crocoideae
                                                  Tribe Gladioleae

                                                  • Gladiolus alatus - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                  • Gladiolus kamiesbergensis - South Africa

                                                  Subfamily Crocoideae
                                                  Tribe Ixieae

                                                  • Babiana blanda - South Africa
                                                  • Tritonia deusta - South Africa

                                                  Subfamily Iridoideae
                                                  Tribe Irideae

                                                  • Ferraria crispa - South Africa
                                                  • Moraea vegeta - SW. Cape Prov.

                                                  Subfamily Ixioideae
                                                  Tribe Freesieae

                                                  • Freesia alba - South Africa
                                                  • Freesia fucata - South Africa W/C
                                                  • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa
                                                  • Freesia occidentalis - South Africa
                                                  • Freesia refracta - South Africa W/C
                                                  • Freesia unidentified - South Africa

                                                  Subfamily Ixioideae
                                                  Tribe Ixieae

                                                  • Dierama galpinii - South Africa
                                                  • Geissorhiza radians - South Africa W/C

                                                  Subfamily Ixioideae
                                                  Tribe Watsonieae

                                                  • Watsonia aletroides - Drayton Siding, S. Africa W/C
                                                  • Watsonia sp. - South Africa

                                                  Kirkiaceae

                                                  • Kirkia wilmsii - South Africa

                                                  Lamiaceae

                                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                                    Tribe Ocimeae

                                                    • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India
                                                    • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                                    • Plectranthus saccatus - SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
                                                    • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                                    Lanariaceae

                                                    • Lanaria lanata - Cape Prov.

                                                    Lecythidaceae

                                                      Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                                                      • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                                                      Lentibulariaceae

                                                      • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                                                      • Utricularia bisquamata - southern Africa
                                                      • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                                      • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                                      Loganiaceae

                                                      • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                                      Malpighiaceae

                                                      • Acridocarpus natalitius - southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique

                                                      Malvaceae

                                                        Subfamily Bombacoideae
                                                        Tribe Adansonieae

                                                        • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                                                        Subfamily Byttneroideae
                                                        Tribe Hermannieae

                                                        • Hermannia verticillata - South Africa

                                                        Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                        Tribe Grewieae

                                                        • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                                                        Subfamily Grewioideae
                                                        Tribe Sparrmannieae

                                                        • Sparmannia africana - southern Africa

                                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                                        Tribe Hibisceae

                                                        • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                                                        Meliaceae

                                                          Subfamily Melioideae
                                                          Tribe Turraeeae

                                                          • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                                                          Melianthaceae

                                                          • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte
                                                          • Melianthus major - South Africa

                                                          Menyanthaceae

                                                          • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                                          Montiniaceae

                                                          • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                                          Myrothamnaceae

                                                          • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                                          Myrtaceae

                                                            Subfamily Psiloxyloideae
                                                            Tribe Heteropyxideae

                                                            • Heteropyxis natalensis - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                                            Nymphaeaceae

                                                            • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                                            Ochnaceae

                                                              Subfamily Ochnoideae
                                                              Tribe Ochneae

                                                              • Ochna serrulata - subtropical (east) coast of 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
                                                                  • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                                                  Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                                  Tribe Dendrobieae

                                                                  • Bulbophyllum longiflorum - Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Malesia to Pacific

                                                                  Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                                                  Tribe Vanilleae

                                                                  • Vanilla roscheri - Mozambique

                                                                  Osmundaceae

                                                                  • Todea barbara - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

                                                                  Oxalidaceae

                                                                  • Oxalis palmifrons - South Africa - western Karoo

                                                                  Passifloraceae

                                                                    Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                                                    Tribe Passifloreae

                                                                    • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                                    Pedaliaceae

                                                                    • Ceratotheca triloba - South Africa
                                                                    • Pterodiscus sp. - South Africa
                                                                    • Sesamothamnus lugardii - central & southern Africa W/C

                                                                    Plumbaginaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                                                      • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                                                      Poaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                                        Polygalaceae

                                                                          Subfamily
                                                                          Tribe Polygaleae

                                                                          • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                                                          Polypodiaceae

                                                                            Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                                            Primulaceae

                                                                              Subfamily Maesoideae

                                                                              • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                                                              Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                                              • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                                              Proteaceae

                                                                                Subfamily Proteoideae
                                                                                Tribe Proteeae

                                                                                • Protea cryophila - western Cape
                                                                                • Protea scolymocephala - Western Cape
                                                                                • Protea cynaroides - South Africa - Cederberg to Port Elizabeth
                                                                                • Protea cynaroides - South Africa
                                                                                • Protea neriifolia - South Africa
                                                                                • Protea repens - South Africa
                                                                                • Protea venusta - South Africa - Western Cape W/C

                                                                                Pteridaceae

                                                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                                  • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                                  Restionaceae

                                                                                  • Elegia tectorum - SW. Cape Prov.
                                                                                  • Thamnochortus insignis - SW Cape Prov.

                                                                                  Roridulaceae

                                                                                  • Roridula dentata - Heuningvlei, Cederberg (Western Cape, S. Africa)
                                                                                  • Roridula gorgonias - South Africa

                                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                                    Tribe Gardenieae

                                                                                    • Burchellia bubalina - South Africa, Natal
                                                                                    • Mitriostigma axillare - Mozambique to NE. Cape Prov.

                                                                                    Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                                                                    Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                                                                                    Rutaceae

                                                                                      Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                                      Tribe Citreae

                                                                                      • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                                                      Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                                                      • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                                                      Salicaceae

                                                                                      • Dovyalis caffra - southern & eastern Africa

                                                                                      Salvadoraceae

                                                                                      • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                                                      Santalaceae

                                                                                      • Viscum minimum - South Africa

                                                                                      Scrophulariaceae

                                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                                        Tribe Limoselleae

                                                                                        • Hebenstretia dura - Eastern Cape to the Northern Province

                                                                                        Subfamily
                                                                                        Tribe Teedieae

                                                                                        • Dermatobotrys saundersii - South Africa

                                                                                        Solanaceae

                                                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                                                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                                                          Stilbaceae

                                                                                          • Halleria lucida - South Africa, Natal

                                                                                          Strelitziaceae

                                                                                          • Strelitzia nicolai - E. Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, E. Botswana
                                                                                          • Strelitzia reginae - Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

                                                                                          Tecophilaeaceae

                                                                                          • Cyanella lutea - South Africa - southwestern Cape Province

                                                                                          Tectariaceae

                                                                                          • Tectaria gemmifera - tropical east Africa

                                                                                          Velloziaceae

                                                                                            Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                                                                            • Xerophyta elegans - South Africa - Drakensberg, Kwazulu Natal
                                                                                            • Xerophyta retinervis - Botswana to Swaziland
                                                                                            • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa

                                                                                            Vitaceae

                                                                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                                                              • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                                                                              • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                                                                              • Cyphostemma currorii - Namibia, Angola
                                                                                              • Cyphostemma juttae - Namibia
                                                                                              • Cyphostemma uter - Namibia, Angola
                                                                                              • Rhoicissus capensis - South Africa

                                                                                              Welwitschiaceae

                                                                                              • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert
                                                                                              • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert

                                                                                              Zamiaceae

                                                                                              • Stangeria eriopus - South Africa: East Cape to Natal

                                                                                              Subfamily Encephalartoideae
                                                                                              Tribe Encephalarteae

                                                                                              • Encephalartos altensteinii - E. Cape Prov.
                                                                                              • Encephalartos nubimontanus - Limpopo (Wolkberg Mts.)

                                                                                              Zingiberaceae

                                                                                                Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                                                                                Tribe Siphonochileae

                                                                                                • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip

                                                                                                Zygophyllaceae

                                                                                                  Subfamily Tribuloideae

                                                                                                  • Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
                                                                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 563 accessions native to Southern Africa

                                                                                                  W/C = Wild Collected
                                                                                                  = Currently Flowering
                                                                                                  = Image(s) Available
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