Orbea (plant)

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
For other uses, see Orbea (disambiguation).

Orbea
Orbea schweinfurthii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Orbea
Haw.
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

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
Formerly included[5]

moved to other genera (Pachycymbium, Stisseria)

  1. O. anguinea now Stisseria anguina
  2. O. bisulca now Stisseria bisulca
  3. O. bufonia now Stisseria bufonia
  4. O. clypeata now Stisseria clypeata
  5. O. conspurcata now Stisseria conspurcata
  6. O. curtisii now Stisseria curtisii
  7. O. decaisneana now Pachycymbium decaisneanum
  8. O. decora now Stisseria decora
  9. O. maculosa now Stisseria maculosa
  10. O. marginata now Stisseria marginata
  11. O. marmorata now Stisseria marmorata
  12. O. mixta now Stisseria mixta
  13. O. mutabilis now Stisseria mutabilis
  14. O. normalis now Stisseria normalis
  15. O. orbicularis now Stisseria orbicularis
  16. O. picta now Stisseria picta
  17. O. planiflora now Stisseria planiflora
  18. O. retusa now Stisseria retusa
  19. O. rugosa now Stisseria rugosa
  20. O. woodfordiana now Stisseria woodfordiana

References
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  1. "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.
  5. The Plant List, genus Orbea
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