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Collection Holdings native to Zambia:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Acantheae

    • Crossandra nilotica - tropical east Africa, Mozambique

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Whitfieldieae

    • Whitfieldia elongata - tropical Africa

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Haemantheae

      • Scadoxus puniceus - Ethiopia to S. Africa

      Apiaceae

        Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

        • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

        Subfamily Saniculoideae
        Tribe Steganotaenieae

        • Steganotaenia araliacea - southern tropical Africa

        Apocynaceae

          Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
          Tribe Ceropegieae

          • Stapelia gigantea - South Africa

          Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
          Tribe Carisseae

          • Acokanthera oppositifolia - Kenya to S. Africa
          • Carissa macrocarpa - Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.

          Araceae

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Areae

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

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Colocasieae

            • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

            Subfamily Aroideae
            Tribe Pisteae

            • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

            Subfamily Zamioculcadoideae

            • Gonatopus boivinii - Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal

            Araliaceae

              Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

              • Hydrocotyle verticillata - cosmopolitan

              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
                • Asparagus setaceus - southern Africa

                Subfamily Nolinoideae
                Tribe Dracaeneae

                • Dracaena aethiopica - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
                • Dracaena angolensis - Angola
                • Dracaena angolensis - Angola, Zambia
                • Dracaena aubryana - tropical Africa
                • Dracaena fragrans - tropical Africa
                • Dracaena pethera var. pulchra - Tanzania (Pemba, Zanzibar), S. DR Congo to Zambia

                Subfamily Scilloideae
                Tribe Urgineeae

                • Drimia intricata - Ethiopia, Tanzania to S. Africa

                Bignoniaceae

                  Subfamily
                  Tribe Tecomeae

                  • Podranea ricasoliana - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                  Caryophyllaceae

                    Subfamily Paronychioideae
                    Tribe Paronychieae

                    • Pollichia campestris - eastern Africa

                    Celastraceae

                    • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                    Colchicaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Colchiceae

                      • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

                      Combretaceae

                        Subfamily Combretoideae
                        Tribe Combreteae

                        • Combretum molle - Africa

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Ipomoeeae

                          • Ipomoea bolusiana - southern Africa, Madagascar

                          Costaceae

                          • Costus spectabilis - Trop. Africa

                          Cyperaceae

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Cypereae

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

                            Subfamily Cyperoideae
                            Tribe Eleocharideae

                            • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                            Dioscoreaceae

                            • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia
                            • Dioscorea sylvatica - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                            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 tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                Tribe Detarieae

                                • Tamarindus indica - tropical Africa

                                Iridaceae

                                  Subfamily Ixioideae
                                  Tribe Freesieae

                                  • Freesia laxa - W. Kenya to S. Africa

                                  Lamiaceae

                                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                    Tribe Ocimeae

                                    • Plectranthus neochilus - S. Trop. & S. Africa

                                    Lentibulariaceae

                                    • Genlisea hispidula - Mkambati, Transkei, South Africa W/C
                                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                                    • Utricularia livida - South Africa and Mexico

                                    Malvaceae

                                      Subfamily Malvoideae
                                      Tribe Hibisceae

                                      • Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury' - eastern & central Africa

                                      Marantaceae

                                      • Thalia geniculata - Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. America

                                      Menispermaceae

                                        Subfamily Menispermoideae
                                        Tribe Tiliacoreae

                                        • Stephania cyanantha - tropical Africa W/C

                                        Menyanthaceae

                                        • Nymphoides indica - tropical areas worldwide

                                        Myrothamnaceae

                                        • Myrothamnus flabellifolius - southern Africa

                                        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.

                                            Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                            Tribe Dendrobieae

                                            • Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Trop. & S. Africa

                                            Passifloraceae

                                              Subfamily Passifloroideae
                                              Tribe Passifloreae

                                              • Adenia repanda - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                              Poaceae

                                                Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                Tribe Paniceae

                                                • Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' - widely distributed in tropics

                                                Primulaceae

                                                  Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                  • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                  Pteridaceae

                                                    Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                    • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                    Rubiaceae

                                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                                      • Psychotria kirkii - tropical Africa

                                                      Rutaceae

                                                        Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                        Tribe Citreae

                                                        • Citropsis daweana - Bostwana, Caprivi - Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

                                                        Salvadoraceae

                                                        • Azima tetracantha - central, eastern and southern Africa

                                                        Solanaceae

                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                          Taccaceae

                                                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                          Tectariaceae

                                                          • Tectaria gemmifera - tropical east Africa

                                                          Vitaceae

                                                            Subfamily Leeoideae

                                                            • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                                            Zingiberaceae

                                                              Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                                              Tribe Alpinieae

                                                              • Aframomum angustifolium - Trop. Africa, Madagascar W/C

                                                              Subfamily Siphonochiloideae
                                                              Tribe Siphonochileae

                                                              • Siphonochilus kirkii - Central African Rep. to Sudan and Caprivi Strip

                                                              Zygophyllaceae

                                                                Subfamily Tribuloideae

                                                                • Balanites maughamii - S. Tanzania to S. Africa
                                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 70 accessions native to Zambia

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

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