Accession Data:
Adenium socotranum Vierh.
- Common Name: Socotra Desert Rose
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- 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
- Source: Joe Lamela-Macchia
- Provenance:
Seedlings acquired from Joseph Lamela-Macchia, autumn 2012.
- Accession Date: 12-24-2012
- Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-14-2025
- Restrictions:
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Apocynoideae
- Tribe: Nerieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Socotra
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
- Images #00 & #01 courtesy of Stan Malcolm. All Rights Reserved. Last accessed on Monday, April 10, 2017.
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Subfamily Apocynoideae
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Tribe Nerieae
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