Genus Orbea Haw.

Possible synonym of Ceropegia L. sect. Orbea


Summary
Genus number:
8515
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Accession count:

12 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Probable synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796. Note: but as "Orbaea"
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:272. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  3. Bruyns, P. V. et al. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). S. African J. Bot. 112:399-436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021.
  4. Bruyns, P. V. 1998. (1356) Proposal to conserve the name Orbea (Asclepiadaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 47:483-484.
  5. Bruyns, P. V. 2002. Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus: (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63:1-196.
  6. Meve, U. & S. Liede. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 234:171-209.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8515. Accessed 10 May 2026.