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Collection Holdings native to Free State:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma nubigenum - South Africa
    • Lithops lesliei v. venteri - South Africa - Cape Province
    • Rabiea albipuncta - South Africa: Bethulie, OFS W/C

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

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

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Haemanthus carneus - eastern South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
      • Haemanthus humilis - South Africa W/C

      Anacampserotaceae

      • Anacampseros filamentosa - southern Africa (Upper Karoo) up to Namibia
      • Anacampseros subnuda var. lubbersii - South Africa, TL, Middelburg

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Zantedeschieae

          • Zantedeschia aethiopica - South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe

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

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Eucomis bicolor - South Africa

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

            • Albuca tortuosa - South Africa
            • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C
            • Ornithogalum graminifolium - South Africa W/C

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Urgineeae

            • Bowiea volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
            • Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis - Uganda to S. Africa
            • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa
            • Drimia platyphylla - South Africa W/C
            • Drimia uniflora - Zimbabwe to S. Africa W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe arborescens - S. Trop. & S. Africa
              • Aloe cooperi - Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal W/C
              • Aloe ferox - South Africa
              • Aloe maculata - South Africa
              • Aristaloe aristata - South Africa
              • Bulbine frutescens - South Africa
              • Gonialoe variegata - SW. Namibia to Free State

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Colchicaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Colchiceae

                  • Gloriosa modesta - Zimbabwe to S. Africa

                  Convolvulaceae

                    Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                    Tribe Ipomoeeae

                    • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                    Crassulaceae

                      Subfamily Crassuloideae

                      • Crassula muscosa - Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province)
                      • Crassula tabularis - Namibia, Orange Free State, northeastern Cape

                      Cucurbitaceae

                        Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
                        Tribe Melothrieae

                        • Kedrostis africana - South Africa, Namibia

                        Cupressaceae

                          Subfamily Callitroideae

                          • Widdringtonia nodiflora - Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa

                          Dioscoreaceae

                          • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                          Droseraceae

                          • Drosera dielsiana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                          Equisetaceae

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

                          Euphorbiaceae

                            Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                            Tribe Euphorbieae

                            • Euphorbia mauritanica - Brandberg, Namibia

                            Geraniaceae

                            • Pelargonium sidoides - South Africa

                            Hypoxidaceae

                            • Hypoxis hemerocallidea - southern Africa

                            Iridaceae

                              Subfamily Crocoideae

                              • Hesperantha coccinea - South Africa - eastern Cape and Natal

                              Malvaceae

                                Subfamily Grewioideae
                                Tribe Grewieae

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

                                Melianthaceae

                                • Greyia sutherlandii - Eastern Cape, the eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and easte

                                Nymphaeaceae

                                • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                                Oleaceae

                                  Subfamily
                                  Tribe Oleeae

                                  • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                                  Plumbaginaceae

                                    Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                    • Plumbago auriculata f. alba - Southern Africa

                                    Polygalaceae

                                      Subfamily
                                      Tribe Polygaleae

                                      • Polygala myrtifolia - South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.)

                                      Pteridaceae

                                        Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                        • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                        Solanaceae

                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                          Velloziaceae

                                            Subfamily Vellozioideae

                                            • Xerophyta viscosa - South Africa
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 55 accessions native to Free State

                                            W/C = Wild Collected
                                            = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                                            = images available for this accession
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                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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