Orbea (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Other uses|Orbea (disambiguation)}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Orbeaschweinf.jpg |image_caption = ''Orbea schweinfurthii'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Orbea |authority = Haw. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3544-1 |title=''Orbea'' Haw. |date=2023 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref> |synonyms = {{Genus list| 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 }} |range_map = }}

'''''Orbea''''' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10003837#page/46/mode/1up Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum 37.]</ref> It is native to Africa<ref>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).</ref><ref>Leach, Leslie Charles. 1975. Kirkia 10(1): 289-291.</ref> and the Arabian Peninsula.

;Species Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2023:<ref name=POWO/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''Orbea abayensis'' {{small|(M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns}} - Ethiopia *''Orbea albocastanea'' {{small|(Marloth) Bruyns}} - Great Namaqualand in Namibia *''Orbea araysiana'' {{small|(Lavranos & Bilaidi) Bruyns}} *''Orbea baldratii'' {{small|(A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns}} - Eritrea *''Orbea carnosa'' {{small|(Stent) Bruyns}} - Limpopo, Mpumalanga *''Orbea caudata'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} *''Orbea chrysostephana'' {{small|(Deflers) Bruyns}} *''Orbea ciliata'' {{small|(Thunb.) L.C.Leach}} - South Africa *''Orbea circes'' {{small|(M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns}} *''Orbea conjuncta'' {{small|(A.C.White & B.Sloane) Bruyns}} *''Orbea cooperi'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - South Africa *''Orbea cucullata'' {{small|(Plowes) Meve}} *''Orbea decaisneana'' {{small|(Lem.) Bruyns}} - Senegal *''Orbea deflersiana'' {{small|(Lavranos) Bruyns}} *''Orbea denboefii'' {{small|(Lavranos) Bruyns}} - Kenya *''Orbea distincta'' {{small|(E.A.Bruce) Bruyns}} - Tanzania *''Orbea dummeri'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} - Uganda, Ethiopia *''Orbea fenestrata'' {{small|(Plowes) Meve}} *''Orbea gemugofana'' {{small|(M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns}} *''Orbea gerstneri'' {{small|(Letty) Bruyns}} - KwaZulu-Natal *''Orbea gilbertii'' {{small|(Plowes) Bruyns}} *''Orbea halipedicola'' {{small|L.C.Leach}} - Mozambique *''Orbea hardyi'' {{small|(R.A.Dyer) Bruyns}} *''Orbea huernioides'' {{small|(P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns}} *''Orbea huillensis'' {{small|(Hiern) Bruyns}} - tropical Africa *''Orbea knobelii'' {{small|(E.Phillips) Bruyns}} - Botswana *''Orbea laikipiensis'' {{small|(M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns}} *''Orbea laticorona'' {{small|(M.G.Gilbert) Bruyns}} *''Orbea longidens'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - Mozambique *''Orbea lugardii'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} *''Orbea luntii'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} *''Orbea lutea'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} - South Africa *''Orbea maculata'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - tropical Africa *''Orbea mcloughlinii'' {{small|(I.Verd.) L.C.Leach}} *''Orbea melanantha'' {{small|(Schltr.) Bruyns}} - South Africa *''Orbea miscella'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Meve}} *''Orbea namaquensis'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - South Africa, Namibia *''Orbea nardii'' {{small|Raffaelli, Mosti & Tardelli}} *''Orbea paradoxa'' {{small|(I.Verd.) L.C.Leach}} - KwaZulu-Natal *''Orbea parviloba'' {{small|(Bruyns) Meve}} *''Orbea pulchella'' {{small|(Masson) L.C.Leach}} - South Africa *''Orbea rogersii'' {{small|(L.Bolus) Bruyns}} *''Orbea sacculata'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} *''Orbea schweinfurthii'' {{small|(A.Berger) Bruyns}} - tropical Africa *''Orbea semitubiflora'' {{small|(L.E.Newton) Bruyns}} *''Orbea semota'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - Tanzania *''Orbea sprengeri'' {{small|(E.Dammann & Sprenger) Bruyns}} *''Orbea subterranea'' {{small|(E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns}} *''Orbea taitica'' {{small|Bruyns}} - Kenya *''Orbea tapscottii'' {{small|(I.Verd.) L.C.Leach}} - Botswana *''Orbea tubiformis'' {{small|(E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns}} *''Orbea umbracula'' {{small|(M.D.Hend.) L.C.Leach}} - Zimbabwe *''Orbea valida'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Bruyns}} - Zimbabwe *''Orbea variegata'' {{small|(L.) Haw.}} - South Africa *''Orbea verrucosa'' {{small|(Masson) L.C.Leach}} - South Africa *''Orbea vibratilis'' {{small|(E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns}} *''Orbea wilsonii'' {{small|(P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns}} *''Orbea wissmannii'' {{small|(O.Schwartz) Bruyns}} *''Orbea woodii'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach}} - KwaZulu-Natal }}

==References== {{Commons category|Orbea}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Apocynaceae genera Category:Asclepiadoideae