Adenia gedoensis W.J.de Wilde (1971:62)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Roberts & Feseha, 2025)
Last record: 1968 (wild) (Roberts & Feseha, 2025); 1970's (cultivation) (de Wilde, 1972; Roberts & Feseha, 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Ethiopia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
de Wilde, W. J. J. O. (1971). A monograph of the genus Adenia Forsk. (Passifloraceae). Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Other references:
de Wilde, W. J. J. O. (1972). Additional notes on Ethiopian Adenia (Passifloraceae). Acta Botanica Neerlandica 21(5): 560-566.
de Wilde, W. J. J. O. and Gilbert, M. G. (1995). Passifloraceae. In: S. Edwards, M. Tadesse and I. Hedberg (eds), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, pp. 6-16. Addis Ababa University and Uppsala University, Addis Ababa and Uppsala.
Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. and Hedberg, I. (eds.). (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
Friis, I., Demissew, S. and Breugel, P. V. (2010). Atlas of the potential vegetation of Ethiopia. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 58: 1-307.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Hultine, K., Grady, K., Wood, T., Shuster, S., Stella, J. and Whitham, T. (2016). Climate change perils for dioecious plant species. Nature Plants 2: 16109.
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 11 August 2026]
Roberts, A. and Feseha, Tesfanesh. (2025). Adenia gedoensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T220996923A221000351. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T220996923A221000351.en. Accessed on 11 August 2026.
Tognetti, R. (2012). Adaptation to climate change of dioecious plants: does gender balance matter? Tree Physiology 32(11): 1321-1324.