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

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  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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