Adansonia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Adansonia L., Sp. Pl.: 1190 (1753) nom. inval. et L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1144, 1382. (1759) validation

Homotypic
- Baobab Adans., Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1761: 218 (1763).
- Baobabus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 66 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Ophelus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 412 (1790).

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Continental:Asia-temperate
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Oman, Yemen
Continental:Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Western Australia

**Introduced into:

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : ed. 10. 2: 1144, (1382).
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1190. Reference page.

Baum, D.A. 1995. A systematic revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 440–470.

Hassler, M. 2020. Adansonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 11. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adansonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Adansonia. Published online. Accessed: DEc. 11 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Adansonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2020. Reference page.