Orbea (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
| 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. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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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- ^ a b "Orbea Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ 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.
