- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Orbea
Name and source scope
Accepted name in WCVP 16, 4 June 2026 edition. This card documents nomenclature. Inclusion in the succulent scope is supported by the cited source. [27-WWW]
First publication of the name · Aloe 37: 76 (2000)
Plants of the World Online [2-WWW]
Synonyms and earlier names
- Caralluma australis Nel
- Caralluma leendertziae N.E.Br.
- Caralluma melanantha (Schltr.) N.E.Br. · homotypic synonym
- Caralluma melanantha var. sousae A.C.White ex Gomes e Sousa
- Caralluma rubiginosa Werderm.
- Ceropegia melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns · homotypic synonym
- Orbeopsis karibensis Plowes
- Orbeopsis melanantha (Schltr.) L.C.Leach · homotypic synonym
- Orbeopsis rubra Plowes
- Orbeopsis sousae (A.C.White ex Gomes e Sousa) Plowes
- Stapelia furcata N.E.Br.
- Stapelia melanantha Schltr. · homotypic synonym