Adenium

See also: adenium

Translingual

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Etymology

1819 after Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan) used for this plant, although the type specimen has already been collected in 1763 by Forsskål – he called it Nerium obesum and used the Arabic name for Adenia.

Proper noun

Adenium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – adenia, native to Africa and the Middle East.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Gentianales – order; Apocynaceae – family; Apocynoideae – subfamily; Nerieae – tribe; Neriinae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adenium obesum (desert rose) – type species

References

• Adenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Adenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons