DESERT ROSE SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION:
KINGDOM: PLANTAE
DIVISION: MAGNOLIOPHYTA
CLASS: LILIOPSIDA
ORDER: GENTIALES
FAMILY: APOCYNACEAE
GENUS: ADENIUM
SPECIES: ADENIUM OBESUM
SPECIES:
Several regional subspecies occur:
- Adenium obesum subsp. boehmianum. Namibia, Angola.
- Adenium obesum subsp. obesum. Arabia.
- Adenium obesum subsp. oleifolium. South Africa, Botswana.
- Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum. Socotra.
- Adenium obesum subsp. somalense. Eastern Africa.
- Adenium obesum subsp. swazicum. Eastern South Africa.