Adenium obesum
Adenium obesum

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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