Adenia Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 77 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 512, as Modecca Lam. and Ophiocaulon Hook. f.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 77 (1775).
  • de Wilde in Meded. Landb. Wag. 71, 18: 50(1971).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • de Wilde in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 71-18 (1971).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl, in E.J. 14 : 374 (1891)
  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 77 (1775)
  • Harms in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 21 : 488 (1925)
  • Liebenberg in Bothalia 3 : 513 (1939)
  • Perrier de la Bâthie in Fl. Madag., Fam. 143 : 2 (1945)
  • de Wilde in Adansonia, sér. 2, 10 : 111 (1970)
  • in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 71–18 : 1–281 (1971)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 3, 2013 Onjalalaina, G.E.; Rakotonasolo, F.; Rakotoarisoa, S.; Ralimanana, H.; Rabarijaona, N.R.; Andrianarivo, H.; Rabarivola, M.L. [OLG 8] Madagascar K000952105 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Etuge, M. [1984 B] Cameroon K000437252 No
Jun 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9857] Cameroon K000338138 No
Jul 1, 1971 Baron, R. [255] Madagascar K000272649 Type Yes
Nov 12, 1968 Polhill; Paulo [1146] Tanzania K000272541 Type Yes
Nov 12, 1968 Gilbert [4202] Somalia K000272539 Type Yes
Nov 9, 1968 Kerr [6226] Thailand K000634452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 8, 1968 Wallich [1234] Pakistan K000634456 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1968 Bally, P.R.O. [B11956] Kenya K000272546 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1968 Bally, P.R.O. [B11956] Kenya K000272547 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1968 Thomson, W., C. [92] Nigeria K000272507 Unknown Type Material No
Zapfack, L. [888] Cameroon K000436818 No
TEo, S.; Jamree; Banyeng [S. 76558] Indonesia K001636783 Yes
Cheek, M.; Okon; Etuge; Epie; Rex; Hichcliffe; Davis; Kamuela; Suleiman [10624] Cameroon K001297734 Yes
Luke, Q. [13498] Equatorial Guinea K001561619 Yes
Rakotonasolo, F.; Beentje, H.; Ralimanana, H.; Rakotoarinivo, M. [RNF 687] Madagascar K001634305 Yes
Anderhorst [161] Papua New Guinea K000036628 Type Yes
Ekema, S.N. [802] Cameroon K001412092 Yes
Chandler, P. [1641] Uganda K:SPC-09950.000 No
de Wilde, J. J. F. E. [7654A] Cameroon K001577998 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-65877.000 No
de Wilde, J. J. F. E [8220A] Cameroon K001577993 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1603] Kenya K:SPC-25899.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7499] Tanzania K:SPC-35182.000 No
Richards, H.M. [20718] Zambia K:SPC-29276.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1930] Tanzania K:SPC-11687.000 No
Gartlan, J.S. [33] Cameroon K:SPC-07466.000 No
Sierra Leone K:SPC-29047.115 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4494] Uganda K:SPC-16121.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3562] Tanzania K:SPC-09951.000 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [B14670] Kenya K:SPC-02700.049 No
Verdcourt, B. [1603] Kenya K:SPC-22968.000 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [B14724] Kenya K:SPC-34623.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6763] Modecca K001124749 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6764] India Modecca K001124750 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6765] Modecca K001124751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6766] Modecca K001124752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [44479] Zimbabwe Machadoa K:SPC-11689.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [419] Zimbabwe Machadoa K:SPC-09954.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0