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Collection Holdings native to Niger:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Acanthus montanus - western tropical Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Asparagaceae

          Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

          Celastraceae

          • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

          Combretaceae

            Subfamily Combretoideae
            Tribe Combreteae

            • Combretum molle - Africa

            Costaceae

            • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
              Tribe Detarieae

              • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

              Lentibulariaceae

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

              Malvaceae

                Subfamily Bombacoideae
                Tribe Adansonieae

                • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                Oleaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Oleeae

                  • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                  Poaceae

                    Subfamily Oryzoideae
                    Tribe Oryzeae

                    • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                    Taccaceae

                    • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific
                    The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 15 accessions native to Niger

                    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 Fri, 09 May 2025 02:08:29 -0400

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