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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Adenia Forssk.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 77 (1775)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000602.

Literature

Forsskål, P., & Niebuhr, C. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica :sive descriptiones plantarum. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41

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Synonyms of Adenia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Blepharanthes	Sm.	–	—	wfo-1200110480
Clemanthus	Klotzsch	Naturw. Reise Mossambique 143. 1861.		wfo-4000008561
Echinothamnus	Engl.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 383. 1891.		wfo-4000012963
Erythrocarpus	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 204 (1846)		wfo-4000013974
Jaeggia	Schinz	Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 253 (1888)		wfo-4000019459
Keramanthus	Hook.f.	Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6271 (1876)		wfo-4000019936
Kolbia	P.Beauv.	Fl. Oware 2: 91 (1820)		wfo-4000020147
Machadoa	Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. 1: 814. 1867.		wfo-4000022620
Microblepharis	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 133 (1846)		wfo-4000024052
Modecca	Lam.	Encycl. 4: 208 (1797)		wfo-4000024521
Ophiocaulon	Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. 1: 813 (1867)		wfo-4000026932
Paschanthus	Burch.	Trav. S. Africa 1: 543. 1822.		wfo-4000028280

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Adenia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Adenia heterophylla var. heterophylla	–	–		wfo-0001401488
Adenia membranifolia	(Baker) Harms	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 256 1899	—	wfo-0001090756
Adenia pinnatisecta	Gagnep.	Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 2: 1029. 1921		wfo-1000081976