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Collection Holdings native to Somalia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Saniculoideae
      Tribe Steganotaenieae

      • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

      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.
        • Edithcolea grandis - East Africa and Horn of Africa

        Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
        Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

        • Tabernaemontana elegans - S. Somalia to S. Africa

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Pisteae

          • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Hyacintheae

            • Drimiopsis botryoides - S. Ethiopia to Tanzania

            Subfamily Scilloideae
            Tribe Ornithogaleae

            • Albuca virens - Eritrea to S. Africa W/C

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe cremnophila - Somalia - northern region
              • Aloe jucunda - Somalia

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                Combretaceae

                  Subfamily Combretoideae
                  Tribe Combreteae

                  • Combretum molle - Africa

                  Cucurbitaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Momordiceae

                    • Momordica rostrata - East Africa

                    Cyperaceae

                      Subfamily Cyperoideae
                      Tribe Cypereae

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

                      Ebenaceae

                      • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                      Equisetaceae

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

                      Euphorbiaceae

                        Subfamily Acalyphoideae
                        Tribe Acalypheae

                        • Ricinus communis - northeast Africa

                        Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                        Tribe Euphorbieae

                        • Euphorbia abyssinica - E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia
                        • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                        Fabaceae

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Cassieae

                          • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

                          Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                          Tribe Detarieae

                          • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                          Geraniaceae

                          • Pelargonium quinquelobatum - eastern Africa

                          Lentibulariaceae

                          • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                          Malpighiaceae

                          • Acridocarpus zanzibaricus - Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region W/C

                          Malvaceae

                            Subfamily Bombacoideae
                            Tribe Adansonieae

                            • Adansonia digitata - Africa and Arabia

                            Subfamily Malvoideae
                            Tribe Gossypieae

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

                            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

                                  Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                  • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                  Pteridaceae

                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                    • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                      • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                      Salvadoraceae

                                      • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                      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 39 accessions native to Somalia

                                          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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