Genus: Adenia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Passifloraceae

Of the 93 species (tropical regions worldwide), 14 are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Adenia digitata
Adenia dolichosiphon Recorded from Mozambique.
Adenia fruticosa Native to Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo province).
Adenia glauca
Adenia goetzei Native to Tanzania, southern DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Adenia gummifera
Adenia hastata
Adenia karibaensis Native to northern Zimbabwe.
Adenia lobata Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Adenia panduriformis Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Adenia pechuelii
Adenia repanda See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Adenia spinosa
Adenia wilmsii

Publications

• Venter, S. 1993. Notes on the genus Adenia (Passifloraceae) with special reference to the Transvaal species. Aloe 30: 83–88.