Passifloraceae
Adenia

Adenia wightiana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 376 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Passifloraceae: 1-70.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 8, 1968 Wight [1156] India K000634458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 8, 1968 Wight [1156] India K000634457 Type Yes
Nov 8, 1968 s.coll. [s. n.] India K000634459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2529] Tanzania K:SPC-11686.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1747] Tanzania K:SPC-09949.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0