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Adansonia

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Adansonia digitata, Bofa, Kilifi, Kenya

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Adansonieae
Genus: Adansonia
Sectiones: A. sect. Adansonia – A. sect. Brevitubae – A. sect. Longitubae
Species: A. digitata – A. fony – A. grandidieri – A. gregorii – A. madagascariensis – A. perrieri – A. suarezensis – A. za

Name

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Adansonia L., Sp. Pl.: 1190 (1753) nom. inval. et L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1144, 1382. (1759) validation

Typus: Adansonia digitata L.

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Baobab Adans., Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1761: 218 (1763).
    • Baobabus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 66 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Ophelus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 412 (1790).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Continental:Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Oman, Yemen
  • Continental:Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Western Australia

**Introduced into:

      • Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Mozambique Channel I, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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ak: ɔdadeɛ
bamanankan: Nsirasun
Deutsch: Affenbrotbaum
eʋegbe: Adido
English: Baobab
Esperanto: Baobabo
español: Baobab
suomi: Apinanleipäpuut
français: Baobab
lietuvių: Baobabas
Nederlands: Baobab
polski: Baobab
português: Embondeiro
српски / srpski: Баобаб
Türkçe: Baobab
اردو: باؤباب
中文: 猴麵包樹
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