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Collection Holdings native to Gabon:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
      • Strophanthus preussii - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Anubiadeae

        • Anubias barteri - tropical West Africa

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

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

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Culcasieae

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

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

          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 susaniae - Cameroon, Gabon

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

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

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

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                      Tribe Euphorbieae

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

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      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

                      Moraceae

                        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 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 Rubioideae
                                Tribe Psychotrieae

                                • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                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

                                    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 56 accessions native to Gabon

                                      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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