Biology:Orbeopsis
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Tribe: | Stapeleiae
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| Genus: | Orbeopsis L.C. Leach
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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]
- Orbeopsis albocastanea (Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
- Orbeopsis gerstneri (Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
- Orbeopsis knobelii (Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana
- Orbeopsis melanantha (Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
- Orbeopsis valida (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe
- Species formerly included[4]
now transferred to other genera (Aspidoglossum, Caralluma, Orbea)
- Orbeopsis caudata (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Caralluma caudata N.E.Br.
- Orbeopsis gossweileri (S. Moore) L.C. Leach, synonym of Caralluma gossweileri S.Moore
- Orbeopsis huillensis (Heirn) L.C. Leach, synonym of Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns
- Orbeopsis lutea (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Orbea lutea (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
- Orbeopsis tsumebensis (Oberm.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Aspidoglossum validum Kupicho.
References
- ↑ Leach, Leslie Charles. 1978. Excelsa. Taxonomic Series 1: 61-68
- ↑ Flora of Zimbabwe Orbea valida (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, genus Orbeopsis
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15972299 entry
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