Orbea (plant)
Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.[1] It is native to Africa.[2][3]
- Species[4]
- Orbea abayensis (M.G. Gilbert) Bruyns - Ethiopia
- Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
- Orbea cooperi (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
- Orbea denboefii (Lavranos) Bruyns - Kenya
- Orbea distincta (E.A. Bruce) Bruyns - Tanzania
- Orbea dummeri (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Uganda, Ethiopia
- Orbea halipedicola L.C. Leach - Mozambique
- Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns - tropical Africa
- Orbea irrorata (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
- Orbea lepida (Jacq.) Haw. - South Africa
- Orbea longidens (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Mozambique
- Orbea lutea (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - South Africa
- Orbea macloughlinii (Verdc.) L.C. Leach
- Orbea maculata (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - tropical Africa
- Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns - South Africa
- Orbea namaquensis (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - South Africa, Namibia
- Orbea paradoxa (Verd.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
- Orbea prognatha (P.R.O. Bally) L.C. Leach - Somalia
- Orbea pulchella (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
- Orbea rangeana (Dinter & A. Berger) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
- Orbea schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns - tropical Africa
- Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Tanzania
- Orbea speciosa L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
- Orbea taitica Bruyns - Kenya
- Orbea tapscottii (Verd.) L.C.Leach - Botswana
- Orbea umbracula (M.D. Hend.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe
- Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. - South Africa
- Orbea verrucosa (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
- Orbea wendlandiana (Schult.) G. Don - South Africa
- Orbea woodii (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
- Formerly included[4]
Orbea | |
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Orbea schweinfurthii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Orbea Haw. |
moved to other genera (Pachycymbium, Stisseria)
- O. anguinea now Stisseria anguina
- O. bisulca now Stisseria bisulca
- O. bufonia now Stisseria bufonia
- O. clypeata now Stisseria clypeata
- O. conspurcata now Stisseria conspurcata
- O. curtisii now Stisseria curtisii
- O. decaisneana now Pachycymbium decaisneanum
- O. decora now Stisseria decora
- O. maculosa now Stisseria maculosa
- O. marginata now Stisseria marginata
- O. marmorata now Stisseria marmorata
- O. mixta now Stisseria mixta
- O. mutabilis now Stisseria mutabilis
- O. normalis now Stisseria normalis
- O. orbicularis now Stisseria orbicularis
- O. picta now Stisseria picta
- O. planiflora now Stisseria planiflora
- O. retusa now Stisseria retusa
- O. rugosa now Stisseria rugosa
- O. woodfordiana now Stisseria woodfordiana
References
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- Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum 37.
- 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).
- Leach, Leslie Charles. 1975. Kirkia 10(1): 289-291.
- The Plant List, genus Orbea
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