Adenia
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
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Adenia is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The centers of diversity are in Madagascar, eastern and western tropical Africa, and Southeast Asia. The genus name Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus. © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Passifloraceae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
0.97%
1 of 103 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 51ede5ff-385b-4c3b-95e5-43970d67c5f1
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility