Orbeopsis

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Orbeopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Genus:
Orbeopsis

L.C. Leach

Orbeopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1978.[1] They are native to southern Africa.[2][3]

Accepted species[4]
  1. (Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  2. (Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. (Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana
  4. (Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  5. (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe
Species formerly included[4]

now transferred to other genera (Aspidoglossum, Caralluma, Orbea)

  1. Orbeopsis caudata (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of N.E.Br.
  2. Orbeopsis gossweileri (S. Moore) L.C. Leach, synonym of S.Moore
  3. Orbeopsis huillensis (Heirn) L.C. Leach, synonym of (Hiern) Bruyns
  4. Orbeopsis lutea (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
  5. Orbeopsis tsumebensis (Oberm.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Kupicho.

References[]

  1. ^ Leach, Leslie Charles. 1978. Excelsa. Taxonomic Series 1: 61-68
  2. ^ Flora of Zimbabwe Orbea valida (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
  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. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Orbeopsis

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