UCONN UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Plant Biodiversity Conservatory and Research Core

  • Collections
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Outreach
  • Visiting
  • Staff
  • IPM Info
  • Support the Greenhouse

Collection Holdings native to Yemen:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ruttya fruticosa - E. Tropical Africa

    Apiaceae

      Subfamily Apioideae
      Tribe Heteromorpheae

      • Heteromorpha arborescens - tropical Africa

      Apocynaceae

        Subfamily Apocynoideae
        Tribe Nerieae

        • Adenium obesum - Socotra
        • 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

        Araceae

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Areae

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

          Subfamily Aroideae
          Tribe Colocasieae

          • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

          Asparagaceae

            Subfamily Asparagoideae

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

            Asphodelaceae

              Subfamily Asphodeloideae

              • Aloe rivierei - SW. Arabian Pen.
              • Aloe vera - SW. Arabian Pen.

              Burseraceae

              • Commiphora gileadensis - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman

              Caryophyllaceae

                Subfamily Paronychioideae
                Tribe Paronychieae

                • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                Celastraceae

                • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                Ceratophyllaceae

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

                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

                    Fabaceae

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Cassieae

                      • Ceratonia oreothauma - Oman W/C

                      Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                      Tribe Detarieae

                      • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                      Lamiaceae

                        Subfamily Nepetoideae
                        Tribe Ocimeae

                        • Lavandula dentata - W. Medit., NE. Trop. Africa, Jordan, Arabian Pen.
                        • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India

                        Lythraceae

                          Subfamily Lythroideae
                          Tribe Nesaeeae

                          • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                          Myrtaceae

                            Subfamily Myrtoideae
                            Tribe Myrteae

                            • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. Asia.

                            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

                                • Eulophia petersii - Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Paniceae

                                  • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                  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
                                      • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                      Rubiaceae

                                        Subfamily Rubioideae
                                        Tribe Hedyotideae

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

                                        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 37 accessions native to Yemen

                                            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 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:08:42 -0500

                                            • © University of Connecticut
                                            • Disclaimers, Privacy & Copyright