Orbea melanantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Orbea
Species: Orbea melanantha

Name

Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns, Aloë 37: 76 (2000)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Stapelia melanantha Schltr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 50 (1905)
• Homotypic
  • Caralluma melanantha (Schltr.) N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 885 (1909)
  • Ceropegia melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 427 (2017)
  • Orbeopsis melanantha (Schltr.) L.C.Leach in Excelsa, Taxon. Ser. 1: 66 (1978)
• Heterotypic
  • Caralluma australis Nel in A.C.White & B.L.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3(Add. A): 1 (1937)
  • Caralluma leendertziae N.E.Br. in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 2: 47 (1909)
  • Caralluma melanantha var. sousae A.C.White ex Gomes e Sousa in Moçambique Doc. Trimestral 4: 46 (1935)
  • Caralluma rubiginosa Werderm. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 54 (1932)
  • Orbeopsis karibensis Plowes in Asklepios 118: 17 (2014)
  • Orbeopsis rubra Plowes in Asklepios 118: 16 (2014)
  • Orbeopsis sousae (A.C.White ex Gomes e Sousa) Plowes in Asklepios 118: 17 (2014)
  • Stapelia furcata N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 973 (1909)

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Orbea melanantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July 13. Reference page.