Apocynaceae
Orbea
Orbea carnosa

Orbea carnosa subsp. keithii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns

First published in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 89 (2002)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar 1-2: 1-606. Umdaus press, Hatfield, South Africa.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Illustrated handbook of succulent plants Asclepiadaceae, corr. 2nd printing: 1-318. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg,New York. [Cited as Orbea carnosa.]

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bruyns in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 89 (2002).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar 1-2: 1-606. Umdaus press, Hatfield, South Africa.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Plowes, D.C. [2575] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30650.000 No
Hardy, D. [6027(s)] South Africa K:SPC-49728.000 No
Lancaster [1431] South Africa K:SPC-50409.000 Type No
Leach; Bayliss [12101] South Africa K:SPC-30753.000 No
Obermeijer, A.A. [Hb. Transvaal Mus. 34946] South Africa K:SPC-11364.000 Type No
s.coll. [s.n.] Eswatini K:SPC-44336.000 Type No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-52445.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2040] South Africa K:SPC-50407.000 No
Goyder, D.J. [5031] Mozambique K:SPC-71373.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images