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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
        • Adenium obesum - Socotra

        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

                  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

                        Goodeniaceae

                        • Scaevola plumieri - Tropical Africa & America

                        Lentibulariaceae

                        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                        Malpighiaceae

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

                        Malvaceae

                          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
                                        = map available for this accession
                                        = accession added within past 90 days

                                        data regenerated on Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:08:35 -0400

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