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Collection Holdings native to Cameroon:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
        • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
        • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

        Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
        Tribe Ceropegieae

        • Ceropegia aristolochioides - Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Pen.

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Anubiadeae

          • Anubias barteri - tropical West Africa

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

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

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Culcasieae

          • Culcasia striolata - W. & WC. Trop. Africa W/C

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
            • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa
            • Dracaena trifasciata - S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

            Balsaminaceae

            • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

            Begoniaceae

            • Begonia prismatocarpa Variegated - Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia
            • Begonia staudtii - Nigeria, Cameroon
            • Begonia susaniae - Cameroon, Gabon

            Bignoniaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Tecomeae

              • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

              Celastraceae

              • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

              Ceratophyllaceae

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

              Clusiaceae

                Subfamily Clusioideae
                Tribe Garcinieae

                • Garcinia kola - tropical West Africa

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Colchiceae

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

                  Commelinaceae

                    Subfamily Commelinoideae
                    Tribe Tradescantieae

                    • Palisota barteri - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                    Costaceae

                    • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                    • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
                    • Costus lateriflorus - SE. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa
                    • Costus phaeotrichus - WC. Trop. Africa W/C
                    • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa
                    • Costus tappenbeckianus - WC. Trop. Africa

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

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

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Droseraceae

                      • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Detarieae

                        • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                        Iridaceae

                          Subfamily Aristeoideae

                          • Aristea ecklonii - Cameroon, Uganda to S. Africa

                          Lamiaceae

                            Subfamily Ajugoideae

                            • Clerodendrum thomsoniae - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                            Lentibulariaceae

                            • Genlisea hispidula - subtropical southern Africa
                            • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                            Malvaceae

                              Subfamily Bombacoideae
                              Tribe Adansonieae

                              • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                              Subfamily Sterculioideae
                              Tribe Sterculieae

                              • Cola acuminata - West Africa

                              Marantaceae

                              • Hypselodelphys hirsuta - WC. Trop. Africa
                              • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                              • Marantochloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                              • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                              • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                              • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                              • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America
                              • Thaumatococcus daniellii - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                              Menispermaceae

                                Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                Moraceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Dorstenieae

                                  • Dorstenia psilurus - Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Ficeae

                                  • Ficus lyrata - Cameroon west to Sierra Leone

                                  Orchidaceae

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                                    • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Dendrobieae

                                    • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                                    • Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis - Ivory Coast, WC. Trop. Africa

                                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                    Tribe Vandeae

                                    • Diaphananthe pellucida - w Africa to Zaire and Uganda
                                    • Angraecum distichum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

                                    Oxalidaceae

                                    • Biophytum zenkeri - tropical West Africa

                                    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 Microsoroideae

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

                                        Rubiaceae

                                          Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                          Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                                          Sapotaceae

                                            Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                            • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa

                                            Taccaceae

                                            • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                            Tecophilaeaceae

                                            • Cyanastrum cordifolium - Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa

                                            Vitaceae

                                              Subfamily Leeoideae

                                              • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                                              • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                              Zingiberaceae

                                                Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                Tribe Alpinieae

                                                • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                                • Aframomum melegueta - W. Trop. Africa to Angola W/C
                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 74 accessions native to Cameroon

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

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