Orbea
Orbea schweinfurthii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Orbea
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Synonyms[1]
  • Angolluma R.Munster
  • Diplocyatha N.E.Br.
  • Orbeanthus L.C.Leach
  • Orbeopsis L.C.Leach
  • Pachycymbium L.C.Leach
  • Podanthes Haw.
  • Stapeliopsis E.Phillips
  • Stultitia E.Phillips

Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.[2] It is native to Africa[3][4] and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2023:[1]

  • Orbea abayensis (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns - Ethiopia
  • Orbea albocastanea (Marloth) Bruyns - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  • Orbea araysiana (Lavranos & Bilaidi) Bruyns
  • Orbea baldratii (A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns - Eritrea
  • Orbea carnosa (Stent) Bruyns - Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  • Orbea caudata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
  • Orbea chrysostephana (Deflers) Bruyns
  • Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
  • Orbea circes (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
  • Orbea conjuncta (A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns
  • Orbea cooperi (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
  • Orbea cucullata (Plowes) Meve
  • Orbea decaisneana (Lem.) Bruyns - Senegal
  • Orbea deflersiana (Lavranos) Bruyns
  • Orbea denboefii (Lavranos) Bruyns - Kenya
  • Orbea distincta (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns - Tanzania
  • Orbea dummeri (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Uganda, Ethiopia
  • Orbea fenestrata (Plowes) Meve
  • Orbea gemugofana (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
  • Orbea gerstneri (Letty) Bruyns - KwaZulu-Natal
  • Orbea gilbertii (Plowes) Bruyns
  • Orbea halipedicola L.C.Leach - Mozambique
  • Orbea hardyi (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
  • Orbea huernioides (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
  • Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns - tropical Africa
  • Orbea knobelii (E.Phillips) Bruyns - Botswana
  • Orbea laikipiensis (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
  • Orbea laticorona (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
  • Orbea longidens (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - Mozambique
  • Orbea lugardii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
  • Orbea luntii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
  • Orbea lutea (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - South Africa
  • Orbea maculata (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - tropical Africa
  • Orbea mcloughlinii (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach
  • Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns - South Africa
  • Orbea miscella (N.E.Br.) Meve
  • Orbea namaquensis (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa, Namibia
  • Orbea nardii Raffaelli, Mosti & Tardelli
  • Orbea paradoxa (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  • Orbea parviloba (Bruyns) Meve
  • Orbea pulchella (Masson) L.C.Leach - South Africa
  • Orbea rogersii (L.Bolus) Bruyns
  • Orbea sacculata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
  • Orbea schweinfurthii (A.Berger) Bruyns - tropical Africa
  • Orbea semitubiflora (L.E.Newton) Bruyns
  • Orbea semota (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - Tanzania
  • Orbea sprengeri (E.Dammann & Sprenger) Bruyns
  • Orbea subterranea (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
  • Orbea taitica Bruyns - Kenya
  • Orbea tapscottii (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach - Botswana
  • Orbea tubiformis (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
  • Orbea umbracula (M.D.Hend.) L.C.Leach - Zimbabwe
  • Orbea valida (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Zimbabwe
  • Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. - South Africa
  • Orbea verrucosa (Masson) L.C.Leach - South Africa
  • Orbea vibratilis (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
  • Orbea wilsonii (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
  • Orbea wissmannii (O.Schwartz) Bruyns
  • Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. 1 2 "Orbea Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum 37.
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. Leach, Leslie Charles. 1975. Kirkia 10(1): 289-291.
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