Stapeliopsis

Stapeliopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Stapeliopsis
Pillans

Stapeliopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1928.[1] It is native to southern Africa.[2][3]

Species
  1. Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A. Dyer) Bruyns - Cape Province of South Africa
  2. Stapeliopsis exasperata (Bruyns) Bruyns - Cape Province
  3. Stapeliopsis neronis Pillans - Namaqualand in Namibia + Cape Province
  4. Stapeliopsis pillansii (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
  5. Stapeliopsis saxatilis (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
  6. Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos - Namibia
formerly included
  1. S. ballyi, syn of Echidnopsis ballyi
  2. S. cooperi, syn of Orbea cooperi
  3. S. madagascariensis, syn of Stapelianthus madagascariensis

References

  1. ↑ Pillans, Neville Stuart. 1928. South African Gardening 18: 32.
  2. ↑ Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391.
  3. ↑ 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).
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