Adenia

Adenia
	Adenia pechuelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Subfamily:	Passifloroideae
Tribe:	Passifloreae
Genus:	Adenia; Forssk.
Species
	about 100, see text
Synonyms
	Blepharanthes Sm., nom. inval.; Clemanthus Klotzsch; Echinothamnus Engl.; Erythrocarpus M.Roem.; Jaeggia Schinz; Keramanthus Hook.f.; Kolbia P.Beauv.; Machadoa Welw. ex Hook.f.; Microblepharis (Wight & Arn.) M.Roem.; Modecca Lam.; Ophiocaulon Hook.f.; Paschanthus Burch.;

Adenia is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The centers of diversity are in Madagascar, eastern and western tropical Africa, and Southeast Asia. The genus name Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus.

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