Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult., 1819.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Nerium obesum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 205 (1775).
• Homotypic
  • Cameraria obesa (Forssk.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 641 (1824).
• Heterotypic
  • Adenium honghel Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 32: t. 54 (1846).
  • Adenium speciosum Fenzl, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 51(2): 140 (1865).
  • Adenium arabicum Balf.f., Bot. Socotra: 162 (1888).
  • Adenium somalense Balf.f., Bot. Socotra: 162 (1888).
  • Adenium micranthum Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 334 (1894).
  • Adenium arboreum Ehrenb., Symb. Phys., Bot.: t. 4 (1900).
  • Adenium coetaneum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 277 (1902).
  • Adenium socotranum Vierh., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 54: 286 (1904).
  • Adenium somalense var. caudatipetalum Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).
  • Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).
  • Adenium tricholepis Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932).
  • Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Vierh.) Lavranos, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 38: 23 (1966).
  • Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley, Repert. Pl. Succ. 29: 3 (1978 publ. 1980).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa W. Trop. Africa to Arabian Pen. and Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Adenium obesum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Adenium obesum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 25 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Adenium obesum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 25.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Adenium obesum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adenium obesum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Desert rose
suomi: Adenium
עברית: אדניום נפוח / אדונית המדבר / ורד המדבר
hts: Panju
српски / srpski: Пустињска ружа / Pustinjska ruža

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