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Collection Holdings native to Ivory Coast:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia erecta - Trop. Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

      • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

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

        Araceae

          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 Asparagoideae

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

            Subfamily Nolinoideae
            Tribe Dracaeneae

            • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
            • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

            Begoniaceae

            • Begonia prismatocarpa Variegated - Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia

            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.

              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 papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Eleocharideae

                      • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                      Dioscoreaceae

                      • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                      Fabaceae

                        Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                        Tribe Detarieae

                        • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                        Lecythidaceae

                          Subfamily Napoleonaeoideae

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

                          Lentibulariaceae

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

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Hibisceae

                            • Hibiscus tilliaceus - pantropical

                            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

                            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
                                • 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 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

                                    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

                                        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 58 accessions native to Ivory Coast

                                          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 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 02:08:18 -0500

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