Living Beings

    order · Scientific classification

    Malvales

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    Source-identified Adansonia digitata; Cultivated African baobab photographed in Madagascar. Framed for display
    African Baobab · Adansonia rayanne2 · CC0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassMagnoliopsida
    6. OrderMalvales
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Spermatophyta clade
    10. Magnoliopsida class
    11. Mesangiospermae clade
    12. eudicotyledons clade
    13. Gunneridae clade
    14. Pentapetalae clade
    15. rosids clade
    16. malvids clade
    17. Malvales order

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Malvaceae · family

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Adansonia digitata; Cultivated African baobab photographed in Madagascar. Framed for display
    Species · Adansonia

    African Baobab

    Adansonia digitata

    The African baobab is a tropical tree recognized by its enormous trunk and spreading crown. Its scientific epithet refers to the hand-like …