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Collection Holdings native to Senegal:

Apiaceae

    Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

    • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Apocynoideae
      Tribe Nerieae

      • Adenium obesum - eastern Africa, northern Arabia
      • Adenium obesum - Socotra
      • Strophanthus gratus - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

      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

          Bignoniaceae

            Subfamily
            Tribe Tecomeae

            • Spathodea campanulata - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola

            Celastraceae

            • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

            Ceratophyllaceae

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

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Colchiceae

              • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

              Combretaceae

                Subfamily Combretoideae
                Tribe Laguncularieae

                • Laguncularia racemosa - Both coasts of tropical America

                Costaceae

                • Costus afer - Trop. Africa
                • Costus dubius - Trop. Africa
                • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                Cyperaceae

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Cypereae

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

                  Subfamily Cyperoideae
                  Tribe Eleocharideae

                  • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                  Dioscoreaceae

                  • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                  Fabaceae

                    Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                    Tribe Detarieae

                    • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                    Lamiaceae

                      Subfamily Ajugoideae

                      • Clerodendrum thomsoniae - W. & WC. Trop. Africa

                      Lentibulariaceae

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

                      Malvaceae

                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                        Tribe Gossypieae

                        • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                        Marantaceae

                        • Sarcophrynium brachystachyum - W. & WC. Trop. Africa
                        • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                        Menyanthaceae

                        • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                        Poaceae

                          Subfamily Oryzoideae
                          Tribe Oryzeae

                          • Oryza glaberrima - W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                          Tribe Paniceae

                          • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics
                          • Stenotaphrum secundatum - SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad

                          Rhizophoraceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Rhizophoreae

                            • Rhizophora mangle - tropical America

                            Taccaceae

                            • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                            Vitaceae

                              Subfamily Leeoideae

                              • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                              Subfamily Vitoideae

                              • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                              The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 33 accessions native to Senegal

                              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, 03 Feb 2023 02:08:35 -0500

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