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Collection Holdings native to Oman:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Colocasieae

        • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Burseraceae

            • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

            Celastraceae

            • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

            Ceratophyllaceae

            • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

            Ebenaceae

            • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

            Equisetaceae

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

            Fabaceae

              Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
              Tribe Cassieae

              • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

              Ixioliriaceae

              • Ixiolirion tataricum - E. Turkey to Kashmir W/C

              Lythraceae

                Subfamily Lythroideae
                Tribe Nesaeeae

                • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                Oleaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Oleeae

                  • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                  Orchidaceae

                    Subfamily Epidendroideae
                    Tribe Cymbidieae

                    • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                    Solanaceae

                      Subfamily Solanoideae
                      Tribe Physaleae

                      • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                      Vitaceae

                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                        The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 19 accessions native to Oman

                        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 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:08:30 -0500

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