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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Stapelia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

Forty-three species, native to Africa, with 34 species native to southern Africa.

Stapelia sp. on rocky outcrop in the karoo near Beaufort West (Western Cape, South Africa).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Stapelia acuminata

 

Stapelia arenosa

 

Stapelia asterias

 

Stapelia cedrimontana

 

Stapelia clavicorona

 

Stapelia divaricata

 

Stapelia engleriana

 

Stapelia erectiflora

 

Stapelia flavopurpurea

 

Stapelia gettliffei

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Stapelia gigantea

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Stapelia glanduliflora

 

Stapelia grandiflora

 

Stapelia hirsuta

 

Stapelia immelmaniae

 

Stapelia kwebensis

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Stapelia leendertziae

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Stapelia longipedicellata

 

Stapelia x meintjesii

 

Stapelia montana

 

Stapelia obducta

 

Stapelia olivacea

 

Stapelia paniculata

 

Stapelia pearsonii

 

Stapelia pillansii

 

Stapelia pulvinata

 

Stapelia remota

 

Stapelia rubiginosa

 

Stapelia rufa

 

Stapelia schinzii

 

Stapelia similis

 

Stapelia surrecta

 

Stapelia unicornis

 

Stapelia villetiae