Adansonia

Taxonavigation

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

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

Typus: Adansonia digitata L.

Synonyms

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

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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : ed. 10. 2: 1144, (1382).
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1190. Reference page.

Additional references

Baum, D.A. 1995. A systematic revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 440–470.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Adansonia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 11. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adansonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Adansonia. Published online. Accessed: DEc. 11 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Adansonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

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