Adenium

Adenium
Adenium obesum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Nerieae
Genus: Adenium
Roem. & Schult.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Adenum G.Don
  • Idaneum Kuntze & Post

Adenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[3]

  1. ^ "Genus: Adenium Roem. & Schult". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Species".
  3. ^ "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Archived from the original on 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2014-09-06.