Adenium

Adenium obesum (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Nerieae
Subtribus: Neriinae
Genus: Adenium

Overview of species

A. boehmianum – A. dhofarense – A. multiflorum – A. obesum – A. oleifolium – A. swazicum

Name

Adenium Roem. & Schult., 1819.

• Typus: A. obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adenum G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 80 (1837) orth. var.
  • Idaneum Post & Kuntze, Lex. 296. 1903, nom. illeg. & nom. superfl.

References

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Syst. Veg. 4: 35, 411.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Adenium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Adenium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 25.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Adenium. Published online. Accessed Set. 25 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Adenium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 25.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Adenium . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Set. 25.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Adenium in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Aug 24.

Vernacular names

English: desert rose
français: Rose du désert
Nederlands: Woestijnroos
português: Rosa-do-deserto
ไทย: ชวนชม
Tiếng Việt: Sứ sa mạc

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