Orbea (plant)

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Orbea
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Orbea
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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]
  1. (M.G. Gilbert) Bruyns - Ethiopia
  2. Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  3. (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
  4. (Lavranos) Bruyns - Kenya
  5. (E.A. Bruce) Bruyns - Tanzania
  6. (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Uganda, Ethiopia
  7. L.C. Leach - Mozambique
  8. (Hiern) Bruyns - tropical Africa
  9. (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  10. (Jacq.) Haw. - South Africa
  11. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Mozambique
  12. (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - South Africa
  13. (Verdc.) L.C. Leach
  14. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - tropical Africa
  15. (Schltr.) Bruyns - South Africa
  16. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - South Africa, Namibia
  17. (Verd.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  18. (P.R.O. Bally) L.C. Leach - Somalia
  19. (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  20. (Dinter & A. Berger) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  21. (A. Berger) Bruyns - tropical Africa
  22. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Tanzania
  23. L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  24. Bruyns - Kenya
  25. (Verd.) L.C.Leach - Botswana
  26. (M.D. Hend.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe
  27. Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. - South Africa
  28. (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  29. (Schult.) G. Don - South Africa
  30. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
Formerly included[4]

moved to other genera (Pachycymbium, Stisseria)

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

References[]

  1. ^ Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum 37.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Leach, Leslie Charles. 1975. Kirkia 10(1): 289-291.
  4. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Orbea
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