Orbea semota

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 semota

Name

Orbea semota (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach, Kirkia 10: 290 (1975)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Stapelia semota N.E.Br., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 393 (1933)
• Homotypic
  • Ceropegia semota (N.E.Br.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 428 (2017)
• Heterotypic
  • Stapelia discoidea Oberm. in A.C.White & B.L.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3: 1167 (1937)
  • Stapelia molonyae A.C.White & B.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 2: 435 (1937)
  • Stapelia kagerensis Lebrun & Taton, Expl. Parc Nat. Kagera 1: 108 (1948)
  • Orbea semota subsp. orientalis Bruyns, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 136 (2002)
  • Orbea orientalis (Bruyns) Plowes, Bradleya 31: 162 (2013)
  • Ceropegia semota subsp. orientalis (Bruyns) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 428 (2017)

References

• Leach, L.C. 1975. Kirkia; The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany. Harare, Zimbabwe 10: 290.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Orbea semota in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 18. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Orbea semota in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.