Adenium obesum
A species in the Apocynaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Adenium
- Species
- Adenium obesum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1819
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Adenium obesum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
17 synonyms in this snapshot
- Adenium arabicumName author: Balf.f.
- Adenium arboreumName author: Ehrenb.
- Adenium coetaneumName author: Stapf
- Adenium honghelName author: Lindl.
- Adenium micranthumName author: Stapf
- Adenium obesum f. albiflorumName author: Lodé
- Adenium obesum subsp. socotranumName author: (Vierh.) Lavranos
- Adenium obesum subsp. somalenseName author: (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley
- Adenium socotranumName author: Vierh.
- Adenium somalenseName author: Balf.f.
- Adenium somalense var. caudatipetalumName author: Chiov.
- Adenium somalense var. crispumName author: Chiov.
- Adenium speciosumName author: Fenzl
- Adenium tricholepisName author: Chiov.
- Cameraria obesaName author: Spreng.
- Nerium obesumName author: Forssk.
- Pachypodium obesumName author: A.DC.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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