AnAge entry for Adansonia digitata
Classification (HAGRID: 04666)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Plantae (Taxon entry)
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Adansonia
- Species
- Adansonia digitata
- Common name
- African baobab
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 2,500 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1423
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen may have lived for more than 2500 years, based on radiocarbon dating [1423].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 21591
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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