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Collection Holdings native to Ethiopia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Subfamily Saniculoideae
        Tribe Steganotaenieae

        • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Apocynoideae
          Tribe Nerieae

          • Adenium obesum - Socotra
          • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

          • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

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

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Lemnoideae

            • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Agavoideae
              Tribe Anthericeae

              • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa

              Subfamily Asparagoideae

              • Asparagus setaceus - southern Africa

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Hyacintheae

              • Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Urgineeae

              • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Kigelia africana - tropical 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 Colchiceae

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

                    Combretaceae

                      Subfamily Combretoideae
                      Tribe Combreteae

                      • Combretum molle - Africa

                      Costaceae

                      • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                      • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                      Cucurbitaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Benincaseae

                        • 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

                          Ebenaceae

                          • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                          Equisetaceae

                          • 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 neoreflexa - Ethiopia to Kenya
                            • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                            Fabaceae

                              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                              Tribe Detarieae

                              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                              Subfamily Faboideae
                              Tribe Podalyrieae

                              • Calpurnia aurea - South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia

                              Geraniaceae

                              • Pelargonium quinquelobatum - eastern Africa

                              Iridaceae

                                Subfamily Crocoideae
                                Tribe Gladioleae

                                • Gladiolus murielae - East Africa

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                  • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                                  Lentibulariaceae

                                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                  • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                  Marantaceae

                                  • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa

                                  Menispermaceae

                                    Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                    Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                    • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                    Menyanthaceae

                                    • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                    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.

                                          Subfamily Vanilloideae
                                          Tribe Vanilleae

                                          • Vanilla roscheri - Mozambique

                                          Poaceae

                                            Subfamily Panicoideae
                                            Tribe Paniceae

                                            • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                            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

                                                Pteridaceae

                                                  Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                  • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                                                  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 Hedyotideae

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

                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                    Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                    • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                                    Solanaceae

                                                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                      Tribe Physaleae

                                                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                      Taccaceae

                                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                      Vitaceae

                                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

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

                                                        Zingiberaceae

                                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                                          • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 69 accessions native to Ethiopia

                                                          W/C = Wild Collected
                                                          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                                          = images available for this accession
                                                          = map available for this accession
                                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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