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Collection Holdings native to Namibia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae

    • Aridaria serotina - South Africa, Namibia W/C

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Conophytum angelicae - Pofadder; Bushmanland; South Africa W/C
    • Delosperma pergamentaceum - South Africa, Namibia W/C
    • Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca - S.W. Africa
    • Jensenobotrya lossowiana - Dolphin Head, Namibia W/C
    • Juttadinteria decumbens - Namibia
    • Lapidaria margaretae - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops herrei - Namibia: SH 723, Sperrgebiet W/C
    • Lithops julii - South Africa, Namibia
    • Lithops karasmontana ssp. bella - Namibia
    • Lithops optica - Namibia (SB 2180, Agate Beach, Luderitz) W/C
    • Lithops schwantesii - Namibia
    • Lithops werneri - Namibia (C 188, Erongo Mountains) W/C
    • Psammophora longifolia - Namibia W/C
    • Schwantesia ruedebuschii - Namibia
    • Trichodiadema cf. littlewoodii - Naib, Bushmanland, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa

    Amaranthaceae

      Subfamily Chenopodioideae
      Tribe Atripliceae

      • Manochlamys albicans - South Africa

      Amaryllidaceae

        Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
        Tribe Amaryllideae

        • Nerine laticoma - S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

        Anacampserotaceae

        • Anacampseros crinita - S. Namibia
        • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
        • Avonia albissima var. grisea - Namibia to Cape Prov.
        • Avonia papyracea - Namibia to Cape Prov.

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Subfamily Saniculoideae
          Tribe Steganotaenieae

          • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Malouetieae

            • Pachypodium namaquanum - northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Ceropegieae

            • Hoodia gordonii - Botswana, South Africa and Namibia
            • Huernia plowesii - Namibia, near Aus
            • Huernia thureti var. thureti - Namibia, South Africa
            • Stapelia flavopurpurea - SC. & S. Namibia to N. Cape Prov.

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Fockeeae

            • Fockea edulis - Namibia

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Araliaceae

                Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

                • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

                Asparagaceae

                  Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Dracaeneae

                  • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

                  Subfamily Nolinoideae
                  Tribe Eriospermeae

                  • Eriospermum corymbosum - Namibia to SW. Free State W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Ornithogaleae

                  • Albuca concordiana - South Africa W/C
                  • Albuca concordiana - Namibia to Cape Prov. W/C
                  • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
                  • Ornithogalum hispidulum - Namibia W/C

                  Subfamily Scilloideae
                  Tribe Urgineeae

                  • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
                  • Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis - Namibia to NW. Cape Prov.
                  • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
                  • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C

                  Asphodelaceae

                    Subfamily Asphodeloideae

                    • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
                    • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

                    Asteraceae

                      Subfamily Asteroideae
                      Tribe Senecioneae

                      • Othonna lobata - South Africa, Namibia

                      Celastraceae

                      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                      Combretaceae

                        Subfamily Combretoideae
                        Tribe Combreteae

                        • Combretum molle - Africa

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Ipomoeeae

                          • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                          Crassulaceae

                            Subfamily Crassuloideae

                            • Crassula columnaris - Coastal South Africa (Little Namaqualand)
                            • Crassula deceptor - South Africa
                            • Crassula deltoidea - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                            • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                            • Crassula sladenii - South Africa, Namibia W/C
                            • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                            Subfamily Sempervivoideae
                            Tribe Kalanchoeae

                            • Tylecodon paniculatus - South Africa W/C
                            • Tylecodon singularis - Namibia W/C

                            Cucurbitaceae

                              Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
                              Tribe Melothrieae

                              • Kedrostis africana - South Africa, Namibia

                              Cyperaceae

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Cypereae

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

                                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                                Tribe Eleocharideae

                                • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                                Didiereaceae

                                • Ceraria pygmaea - Namibia, South Africa

                                Equisetaceae

                                • Equisetum ramosissimum - warm-temperate to tropical, nearly cosmopolitan

                                Euphorbiaceae

                                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                                  Tribe Euphorbieae

                                  • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia
                                  • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas
                                  • Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa - S Angola, Namibia, N RSA

                                  Fabaceae

                                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                    Tribe Detarieae

                                    • Schotia afra - South Africa

                                    Geraniaceae

                                    • Pelargonium crithmifolium - Namibia, Western & Northern Cape
                                    • Pelargonium klinghardtense - southern Namibia and adjacent South Africa
                                    • Pelargonium xerophyton - South Africa: near Achab se Berge, NC W/C

                                    Lamiaceae

                                      Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                      Tribe Ocimeae

                                      • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa
                                      • Tetradenia riparia - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                                      Loganiaceae

                                      • Strychnos spinosa - Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique

                                      Malvaceae

                                        Subfamily Grewioideae
                                        Tribe Grewieae

                                        • Grewia occidentalis - South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique

                                        Montiniaceae

                                        • Montinia caryophyllacea - South Africa

                                        Myrothamnaceae

                                        • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                        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

                                            • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

                                            Passifloraceae

                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                              • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                              Primulaceae

                                                Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                Rutaceae

                                                  Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                  Tribe Citreae

                                                  • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                  Subfamily Spathelioideae

                                                  • Ptaeroxylon obliquum - eastern Cape to Tanzania

                                                  Salvadoraceae

                                                  • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                  Solanaceae

                                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                    Vitaceae

                                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                                      • Cyphostemma currorii - Namibia, Angola
                                                      • Cyphostemma juttae - Namibia
                                                      • Cyphostemma uter - Namibia, Angola

                                                      Welwitschiaceae

                                                      • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert
                                                      • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana - Namib Desert
                                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 92 accessions native to Namibia

                                                      W/C = Wild Collected
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