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Orbeopsis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Asclepiadoideae

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Apocynaceae

Tribe
  
Stapeliae

Order
  
Gentianales

Similar
  
Caralluma vaga, Angolluma, Apteranthes burchardii, Desmidorchis, Stapeliae

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

Accepted species
  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

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.

References

Orbeopsis Wikipedia
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