Romero, Giovanna E.
OverviewAI-generated
Adenium obesum, commonly known as the desert-rose, Mock Azalea, or woestijnroos, is a species within the plant kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Gentianales, placing it in the family Apocynaceae. The species is part of the genus Adenium.
The native range of Adenium obesum includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Mali. It has also been introduced to the Society Islands. Additionally, the taxon range is listed as Guangdong.
The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2019. Various databases document its presence, with 3,981 occurrences recorded in GBIF and 326 records in iDigBio. Specimens are held by institutions such as NCSC, CAS, NY, BRY, and CM, with collections located in the United States, Yemen, Tanzania, France, and India.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 326
- With media
- 281
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- NCSC, CAS, NY, BRY, CM, A
- Recorded in
- United States, Yemen, Tanzania, France, India, Mali, Ethiopia, Eritrea
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Adenium obesum
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Adenium obesum
- Commons gallery
- Adenium obesum
- taxon common name
- tolsti adenij
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- A. obesum
- taxon range
- Guangdong
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Encyclopedic overview
Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa, as well as the Arabian Peninsula. Other names for the flower include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, and impala lily. Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adenium obesum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.