Adenium
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See also: adenium
Translingual
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
- 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 
Adenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
