Orbeopsis

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Orbeopsis
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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]
  1. Orbeopsis albocastanea (Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  2. Orbeopsis gerstneri (Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Orbeopsis knobelii (Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana
  4. Orbeopsis melanantha (Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  5. Orbeopsis valida (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 Caralluma caudata N.E.Br.
  2. Orbeopsis gossweileri (S. Moore) L.C. Leach, synonym of Caralluma gossweileri S.Moore
  3. Orbeopsis huillensis (Heirn) L.C. Leach, synonym of Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns
  4. Orbeopsis lutea (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Orbea lutea (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
  5. Orbeopsis tsumebensis (Oberm.) L.C. Leach, synonym of Aspidoglossum validum Kupicho.

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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. 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, genus Orbeopsis