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Collection Holdings from Arabian Peninsula:

Includes:

  1. GST: Gulf States
  2. KUW: Kuwait
  3. OMA: Oman
  4. SAU: Saudi Arabia
  5. YEM: Yemen

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Aizoaceae

      Subfamily Ruschioideae
      Tribe Ruschieae

      • Delosperma sawdahense - Saudi Arabia W/C

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Nerieae

          • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
          • Adenium obesum - Socotra
          • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

          • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Himalayas and India

            Arecaceae

              Subfamily Coryphoideae
              Tribe Phoeniceae

              • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Hyacintheae

                • Leopoldia longipes - C. Turkey to Sinai and Iran

                Burseraceae

                • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

                Caryophyllaceae

                  Subfamily Paronychioideae
                  Tribe Paronychieae

                  • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                  Celastraceae

                  • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                  Ceratophyllaceae

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

                  Combretaceae

                    Subfamily Combretoideae
                    Tribe Combreteae

                    • Combretum molle - Africa

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

                      • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

                      Ebenaceae

                      • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Cassieae

                        • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Detarieae

                        • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                        Lamiaceae

                          Subfamily Nepetoideae
                          Tribe Ocimeae

                          • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.
                          • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India

                          Subfamily Viticoideae

                          • Vitex Agnus-castus - Medit. to Pakistan

                          Lythraceae

                            Subfamily Lythroideae
                            Tribe Nesaeeae

                            • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Grewioideae
                              Tribe Grewieae

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

                              Myrtaceae

                                Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                Tribe Myrteae

                                • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. 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

                                    • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                    Poaceae

                                      Subfamily Panicoideae
                                      Tribe Paniceae

                                      • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                      Primulaceae

                                        Subfamily Maesoideae

                                        • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                                        Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                        • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                        Pteridaceae

                                          Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                          • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                          Rubiaceae

                                            Subfamily Rubioideae
                                            Tribe Hedyotideae

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

                                            Solanaceae

                                              Subfamily Solanoideae
                                              Tribe Physaleae

                                              • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                              Vitaceae

                                                Subfamily Vitoideae

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

                                                Xanthorrhoeaceae

                                                  Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                                                  • Aloe rivierei - Yemen (LAV15995)
                                                  The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 39 accessions native to Arabian Peninsula

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

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