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Collection Holdings native to Ghana:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

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

      Subfamily Periplocoideae
      Tribe Periploceae

      • Mondia whitei - tropical western Africa

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Culcasieae

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

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Nolinoideae
          Tribe Dracaeneae

          • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Kigelia africana - tropical 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

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Commelinaceae

                  Subfamily Commelinoideae
                  Tribe Tradescantieae

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

                  Costaceae

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

                  Cyperaceae

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Cypereae

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

                    Subfamily Cyperoideae
                    Tribe Eleocharideae

                    • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Droseraceae

                    • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Detarieae

                      • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Ajugoideae

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

                        Lecythidaceae

                          Subfamily Napoleonaeoideae

                          • Napoleonaea beninensis - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Gossypieae

                            • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                            Marantaceae

                            • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                            • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                            • 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

                            Menyanthaceae

                            • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                              • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Dendrobieae

                              • Bulbophyllum falcatum - W. Trop. Africa to SW. Kenya
                              • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Vandeae

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

                              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

                                Rubiaceae

                                  Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                  Tribe Vanguerieae

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

                                  Sapotaceae

                                    Subfamily Chrysophylloideae

                                    • Synsepalum dulcificum - tropical west Africa
                                    • Synsepalum msolo - W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania

                                    Taccaceae

                                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                    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 51 accessions native to Ghana

                                        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

                                        data regenerated on Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:08:15 -0400

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