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Collection Holdings native to Sudan:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Cyrtantheae

      • Cyrtanthus sanguineus - South Sudan to Tanzania, E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Apioideae
        Tribe Heteromorpheae

        • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

        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.
          • Pachycymbium decaisneanum - Morocco to Sudan

          Subfamily Periplocoideae
          Tribe Periploceae

          • Mondia whitei - tropical western Africa

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Asparagaceae

              Subfamily Agavoideae
              Tribe Anthericeae

              • Chlorophytum comosum - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa
              • Chlorophytum comosum cv. - W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa

              Subfamily Nolinoideae
              Tribe Dracaeneae

              • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa

              Subfamily Scilloideae
              Tribe Ornithogaleae

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

              Balsaminaceae

              • Impatiens niamniamensis - tropical east Africa

              Bignoniaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Tecomeae

                • Kigelia africana - tropical Africa

                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

                  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 brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                    • Cyperus papyrus - North & Tropical Africa

                    Dioscoreaceae

                    • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                    Droseraceae

                    • Aldrovanda vesiculosa - Darwin, Australia W/C

                    Ebenaceae

                    • Euclea racemosa - tropical eastern Africa

                    Equisetaceae

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

                    Euphorbiaceae

                      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 Detarieae

                        • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                        Subfamily Faboideae
                        Tribe Podalyrieae

                        • Calpurnia aurea - South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia

                        Lentibulariaceae

                        • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                        • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                        Marantaceae

                        • Marantachloa leucantha - Trop. Africa
                        • Marantochloa conferta - W. Trop. Africa to South Sudan & Angola
                        • Marantochloa purpurea - Trop. Africa
                        • Megaphrynium macrostachyum - W. Trop. Africa to Uganda
                        • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                        Meliaceae

                          Subfamily Melioideae
                          Tribe Turraeeae

                          • Turraea floribunda - eastern Africa

                          Menispermaceae

                            Subfamily Menispermoideae
                            Tribe Tiliacoreae

                            • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                            Nymphaeaceae

                            • Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - tropical to southern Africa

                            Oleaceae

                              Subfamily
                              Tribe Oleeae

                              • Olea europaea - coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin

                              Orchidaceae

                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                • Ansellia africana - South Africa, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
                                • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                  Pteridaceae

                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                    • Actiniopteris semiflabellata - eastern tropical Africa, Arabia

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                      Tribe Coffeeae

                                      • Coffea arabica - Tropical Africa
                                      • Coffea arabica 'Laurina' - SE. Sudan, SW. Ethiopia, N. Kenya (Mt. Marsibit)

                                      Subfamily Ixoroideae
                                      Tribe Vanguerieae

                                      • Vangueria madagascariensis - Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Hedyotideae

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

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                      • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                      Solanaceae

                                        Subfamily Solanoideae
                                        Tribe Physaleae

                                        • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                        Taccaceae

                                        • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                        Vitaceae

                                          Subfamily Vitoideae

                                          • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia
                                          • Cissus rotundifolia - eastern Africa

                                          Zingiberaceae

                                            Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                            Tribe Alpinieae

                                            • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C
                                            • Aframomum mala - SW. South Sudan to Tanzania

                                            Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                            Tribe Siphonochileae

                                            • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip
                                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 63 accessions native to Sudan

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                                            = accession added within past 90 days

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