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Collection Holdings native to Botswana:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C

      Anacampserotaceae

      • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

      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 Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

          • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
          • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Asparagoideae

                • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Dracaeneae

                • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Urgineeae

                • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa

                Asphodelaceae

                  Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                  • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                  • Aloe globuligemma - Zimbabwe to Mpumalanga W/C
                  • Aloe marlothii - SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal W/C

                  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

                      Convolvulaceae

                        Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                        Tribe Ipomoeeae

                        • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                        Cyperaceae

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Cypereae

                          • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                          • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                          Subfamily Cyperoideae
                          Tribe Eleocharideae

                          • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                          Droseraceae

                          • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                          Equisetaceae

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

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                            Tribe Euphorbieae

                            • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                            Hypoxidaceae

                            • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa

                            Lamiaceae

                              Subfamily Nepetoideae
                              Tribe Ocimeae

                              • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                              • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                              Lentibulariaceae

                              • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                              Loganiaceae

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

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Grewioideae
                                Tribe Grewieae

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

                                Myrothamnaceae

                                • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                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

                                    • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                    Passifloraceae

                                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                      Tribe Passifloreae

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

                                      Poaceae

                                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                                        Tribe Paniceae

                                        • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                        Rutaceae

                                          Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                          Tribe Citreae

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

                                          Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                          • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                          Solanaceae

                                            Subfamily Solanoideae
                                            Tribe Physaleae

                                            • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                            Strelitziaceae

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

                                            Velloziaceae

                                              Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                              • Xerophyta retinervis - Botswana to Swaziland
                                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 46 accessions native to Botswana

                                              W/C = Wild Collected
                                              = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                              = accession added within past 90 days

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