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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.

          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 Asparagoideae

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

              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

              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

                      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 60 accessions native to Sudan

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

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