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

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adenium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 23. Reference page.

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 In: Roskovh, 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. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• 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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