Adenia
Translingual
Etymology
From Arabic [script needed] (aden, “probably Adenia venenata”) + -ia
Proper noun
Adenia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – flowering plants in the passionflower family, found in Southeast Asia and tropical and subtropical Africa.
- 1993, Discovery and Innovation - Volume 5 (in English), page 113:
- From the literature, the work on Adenia species has been centred on its toxicity and the mode of poisoning of the identified toxic components.
- 1996, Hans Dieter Neuwinger, African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs (in English), →ISBN:
- In recent years, very potent toxic proteins have been isolated from Adenia species. Astonishingly, up to now only two members of the Passifloraceae are known as hunting poisons; both belong to the genus Adenia: A. lobata in west Africa and A. volkensii in east Africa.
- 2007, Klaus Kubitzki, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume IX (in English), →ISBN, page 272:
- The stylodia of Adenia are grooved and the pollen tube conducting tissue is on the surface of the ventral slit.
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Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Passifloraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Adenia venenata - type species
Further reading
- Adenia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Adenia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Adenia at Tropicos
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