Accession Data

Adenium socotranum

Common Name: Socotra Desert Rose

Family: Apocynaceae

Synonym(s): Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

Country of Origin: Socotra

Description: A Desert Rose from the island of Socotra that forms a larger cylindrical caudex (with age) than mainland forms. Sometimes considered a subspecies or synonym of Adenium obesum.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201200079

Accession Date: 2012-12-24 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2208

Quantity: 1

Source: Joe Lamela-Macchia

Provenance:

Seedlings acquired from Joseph Lamela-Macchia, autumn 2012.  

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Apocynoideae

Tribe: Nerieae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
  3. Images #00 & #01 courtesy of Stan Malcolm. All Rights Reserved. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.

Images

Adenium socotranum