Orbea (plant)

For other uses, see Orbea (disambiguation).

Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.^[2] It is native to Africa^[3][4] and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

Orbea
Orbea schweinfurthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Ceropegieae
Genus:	Orbea Haw.
Synonyms[1]
Angolluma R.Munster Diplocyatha N.E.Br. Orbeanthus L.C.Leach Orbeopsis L.C.Leach Pachycymbium L.C.Leach Podanthes Haw. Stapeliopsis E.Phillips Stultitia E.Phillips

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2023:^[1]

• Orbea abayensis (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns - Ethiopia
• Orbea albocastanea (Marloth) Bruyns - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
• Orbea araysiana (Lavranos & Bilaidi) Bruyns
• Orbea baldratii (A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns - Eritrea
• Orbea carnosa (Stent) Bruyns - Limpopo, Mpumalanga
• Orbea caudata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
• Orbea chrysostephana (Deflers) Bruyns
• Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
• Orbea circes (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
• Orbea conjuncta (A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns
• Orbea cooperi (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa
• Orbea cucullata (Plowes) Meve
• Orbea decaisneana (Lem.) Bruyns - Senegal
• Orbea deflersiana (Lavranos) Bruyns
• Orbea denboefii (Lavranos) Bruyns - Kenya
• Orbea distincta (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns - Tanzania
• Orbea dummeri (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Uganda, Ethiopia
• Orbea fenestrata (Plowes) Meve
• Orbea gemugofana (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
• Orbea gerstneri (Letty) Bruyns - KwaZulu-Natal
• Orbea gilbertii (Plowes) Bruyns
• Orbea halipedicola L.C.Leach - Mozambique
• Orbea hardyi (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
• Orbea huernioides (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
• Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns - tropical Africa
• Orbea knobelii (E.Phillips) Bruyns - Botswana
• Orbea laikipiensis (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
• Orbea laticorona (M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns
• Orbea longidens (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - Mozambique
• Orbea lugardii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
• Orbea luntii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
• Orbea lutea (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - South Africa
• Orbea maculata (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - tropical Africa
• Orbea mcloughlinii (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach
• Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns - South Africa
• Orbea miscella (N.E.Br.) Meve
• Orbea namaquensis (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa, Namibia
• Orbea nardii Raffaelli, Mosti & Tardelli
• Orbea paradoxa (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
• Orbea parviloba (Bruyns) Meve
• Orbea pulchella (Masson) L.C.Leach - South Africa
• Orbea rogersii (L.Bolus) Bruyns
• Orbea sacculata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
• Orbea schweinfurthii (A.Berger) Bruyns - tropical Africa
• Orbea semitubiflora (L.E.Newton) Bruyns
• Orbea semota (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - Tanzania
• Orbea sprengeri (E.Dammann & Sprenger) Bruyns
• Orbea subterranea (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
• Orbea taitica Bruyns - Kenya
• Orbea tapscottii (I.Verd.) L.C.Leach - Botswana
• Orbea tubiformis (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
• Orbea umbracula (M.D.Hend.) L.C.Leach - Zimbabwe
• Orbea valida (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Zimbabwe
• Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. - South Africa
• Orbea verrucosa (Masson) L.C.Leach - South Africa
• Orbea vibratilis (E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
• Orbea wilsonii (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns
• Orbea wissmannii (O.Schwartz) Bruyns
• Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - KwaZulu-Natal