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Collection Holdings native to Saudi Arabia:

Aizoaceae

    Subfamily Ruschioideae
    Tribe Ruschieae

    • Delosperma sawdahense - Saudi Arabia W/C

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia

      Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
      Tribe Ceropegieae

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

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Coryphoideae
          Tribe Phoeniceae

          • Phoenix dactylifera - w. Asia, n. Africa

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe rivierei - SW. Arabian Pen.
              • Aloe vera - SW. Arabian Pen.

              Burseraceae

              • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

                  • Cyperus alternifolius - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Pen.

                  Equisetaceae

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

                  Ixioliriaceae

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

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Ocimeae

                    • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.

                    Lythraceae

                      Subfamily Lythroideae
                      Tribe Nesaeeae

                      • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Grewioideae
                        Tribe Grewieae

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

                        Nitrariaceae

                        • Peganum harmala - Europe & 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.

                            Primulaceae

                              Subfamily Maesoideae

                              • Maesa lanceolata - widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar

                              Pteridaceae

                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                                Rubiaceae

                                  Subfamily Rubioideae
                                  Tribe Hedyotideae

                                  • Pentas lanceolata - Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Pen.

                                  Solanaceae

                                    Subfamily Solanoideae
                                    Tribe Physaleae

                                    • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                    Vitaceae

                                      Subfamily Vitoideae

                                      • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                      • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa
                                      The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 26 accessions native to Saudi Arabia

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

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