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Taxon:
Adenium swazicum
Stapf
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Adenium
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Apocynoideae
Tribe:
Wrightieae
Nomen number:
1447
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907:53. 1907
Verified:
01/15/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Adenium obesum
(Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. subsp.
swazicum
(Stapf) G. D. Rowley
No images
Reference(s)
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds.
1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Compton, R. H.
1976. The flora of Swaziland.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Note:
=
Adenium obesum
subsp.
swazicum
(Stapf) G. D. Rowley
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Plaizier, A. C.
1980. A revision of
Adenium
Roem. & Schult. and of
Diplorhynchus
Welw. ex Fic. & Hiern (Apocynaceae). Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool. 80-12:1-42.
Ross, J.
1972. The flora of Natal.
Schijff, H. P. van der.
1969. A check-list of the vascular plants of the Kruger national park.
Van der Walt, K. & E. T. F. Witkowski.
2017. Seed viability, germination and seedling emergence of the critically endangered stem succulent,
Adenium swazicum
, in South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 109:237-245.
Note:
a restricted species, heavily harvested in the wild and considered threatened; it is used as ornamental, and it is grafted on
Adenium obesum
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Note:
mentions
Common names
English
rathbonia –
Reference(s)
German
schmalblättrige Wüstenrose –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Mpumalanga
Native
Africa
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[Mpumalanga]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Van der Walt, K. & E. T. F. Witkowski.
2017. Seed viability, germination and seedling emergence of the critically endangered stem succulent,
Adenium swazicum
, in South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 109:237-245.
Note:
a restricted species, heavily harvested in the wild and considered threatened; it is used as ornamental, and it is grafted on
Adenium obesum
Name
References