ECHIDNOPSIS

Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a

genus in 1871.[1] They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[2][3]

Accepted species[4]

IDENTIFICATION S DATE
1 Echidnopsis angustiloba E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
2 Echidnopsis archeri P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
3 Echidnopsis ballyi (Marn.-Lap.) P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
4 Echidnopsis bentii N.E.Br. ex Hook.f. - Arabia
5 Echidnopsis bihenduhensis P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
6 Echidnopsis cereiformis Hook.f. - South Africa
7 Echidnopsis chrysantha Lavranos - Somalia
8 Echidnopsis ciliata P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
9 Echidnopsis dammaniana Sprenger - Eritrea
10 Echidnopsis ericiflora Lavranos - Kenya
11 Echidnopsis globosa Thulin & Hjertson - Yemen
12 Echidnopsis inconspicua Bruyns
13 Echidnopsis insularis Lavranos - Socotra
14 Echidnopsis leachii Lavranos
15 Echidnopsis malum (Lavranos) Bruyns - Somalia
16 Echidnopsis mijerteina Lavranos - Somalia
17 Echidnopsis milleri Lavranos - Socotra
18 Echidnopsis montana (R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce) P.R.O.Bally - Ethiopia
19 Echidnopsis multangula (Forssk.) Chiov. - Arabia
20 Echidnopsis planiflora P.R.O.Bally - Somalia, Ethiopia
21 Echidnopsis radians Bellerue-Bleck - Kenya
22 Echidnopsis repens R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn - Tanzania
23 Echidnopsis rubrolutea Plowes - Somalia
24 Echidnopsis scutellata (Deflers) A.Berger - Arabia, Kenya
25 Echidnopsis seibanica Lavranos - Arabia
26 Echidnopsis sharpei A.C.White & B.Sloane - Kenya, Somalia
27 Echidnopsis similis Plowes - Somalia
28 Echidnopsis socotrana Lavranos - Socotra
29 Echidnopsis squamulata (Decne.) P.R.O.Bally - Arabia
30 Echidnopsis uraiqatiana Dioli - Eritrea
31 Echidnopsis urceolata P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
32 Echidnopsis virchowii K.Schum. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
33 Echidnopsis watsonii P.R.O.Bally - Somalia
34 Echidnopsis yemenensis Plowes - Yemen

Species formerly included[4]

Echidnopsis quadrangula now Caralluma quadrangula

Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to
the Rhytidocaulon genus. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising
the Pseudolithos genus and the widespread Caralluma stapeliads of North Africa.[5]

Source: Wikipedia
 CARALLUMA
Caralluma is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, consisting of
about 120 species. The generic name is derived from the Arabic word qahr al-luhum, meaning
"wound in the flesh" or "abscess," referring to the floral odour. Most of the species occur
in Africa, including several taxa valued by people for their medicinal properties.

Accepted species

IDENTIFICATION S DATE
1 Caralluma adscendens (also called Caralluma fimbriata) (Roxb.)
R.Br.
2 Caralluma burchardii N.E.Br.
3 Caralluma crenulata Wall.
4 Caralluma dummeri
5 Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
6 Caralluma europaea (Guss.)
7 Caralluma joannis Maire
8 Caralluma socotrana
9 Caralluma somalica N.E.Br.
10 Caralluma speciosa (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.

Formerly placed here[edit]

 Frerea indica Dalzell (as C. frerei G.D.Rowley)
 HUERNIA
The genus Huernia (family Apocynaceae, subfamily Asclepiadoideae) consists of stem
succulents from Eastern and Southern Africa, first described as a genus in 1810. [2]
[3]
The flowers are five-lobed, usually somewhat more funnel- or bell-shaped than in the closely
related genusStapelia, and often striped vividly in contrasting colours or tones, some glossy,
others matt and wrinkled depending on the species concerned. To pollinate, the flowers attract
flies by emitting a scent similar to that of carrion. The genus is considered close to the
genera Stapelia and Hoodia. The name is in honour of Justin Heurnius (1587–1652)
a Dutch missionary who is reputed to have been the first collector of South African Cape plants.
His name was actually mis-spelt by the collector.

Various species of Huernia are considered famine food by the inhabitants of Konso special
woreda in southern Ethiopia. The local inhabitants, who call the native species of this
genus baqibaqa indiscriminately, eat it with prepared balls of sorghum; they note
that baqibaqatastes relatively good and has no unpleasant side-effects when boiled and
consumed. As a result, local farmers encouraged it to grow on stone walls forming the terraces,
where it does not compete with other crops.[4]

Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the
genus Tavaresia, and to a widespread branch of stapeliads comprising the
genera Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia.[5]

Species[6]

IDENTIFICATION S DATE
1 Huernia andreaeana - Kenya
2 Huernia barbata - South Africa
3 Huernia campanulata
4 Huernia clavigera - South Africa
5 Huernia confusa - Transvaal
6 Huernia decemdentata - Cape Province
7 Huernia distincta - Cape Province
8 Huernia guttata
9 Huernia hallii- Namibia
10 Huernia humilis - South Africa
11 Huernia insigniflora - Transvaal
12 Huernia kennedyana - South Africa
13 Huernia kirkii - Cape Province
14 Huernia levyi - Zimbabwe
15 Huernia loeseneriana - South Africa
16 Huernia longii - Cape Province
17 Huernia longituba - Cape Province
18 Huernia lopanthera - Angola
19 Huernia namaquensis - Little Namaqualand
20 Huernia nouhuysii - Transvaal
21 Huernia ocellata
22 Huernia oculata - South Africa
23 Huernia pendula - Cape Province
24 Huernia penzigii
25 Huernia piersii - Cape Province
26 Huernia praestans - Cape Province
27 Huernia primulina - South Africa
28 Huernia procumbens - Transvaal
29 Huernia quinta - South Africa
30 Huernia reticulata - South Africa
 31 Huernia similis - Angola
32 Huernia simplex - South Africa
33 Huernia stapelioides - South Africa
34 Huernia tanganyikensis - Tanzania
35 Huernia thudichumii - Cape Province
36 Huernia thureti - South Africa
37 Huernia transvaalensis - Transvaal
38 Huernia tubata - South Africa
39 Huernia urceolata - Angola, Namibia
40 Huernia venusta
41 Huernia volkartii - Angola
42 Huernia whitesloaneana - Transvaal
43 Huernia witzenbergensis - Cape Province
44 Huernia zebrina- Cape Province

formerly included[6]
moved to Angolluma
 Huernia sprengeri now Angolluma sprengeri
 ANGOLLUMA
Angolluma is a genus of succulent plants in the milkweed, or Asclepiadaceae, family, under the
tribe of Stapeliae in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native primarily to northern-hemisphere
Africa, with some species in souther Africa. [1] Unlike the closely related genus Orbea, the flowers
arise from the tips of the stems.[1]
Angollumas have fleshy, water-holding stems adorned with soft and fleshy spines and equally
fleshy, luridly colourful five-petalled flowers.
Caring for angollumas can be difficult due to how easily their roots rot and die if overwatered at
any one time.
Species[edit]
Species in the genus include:[citation needed]
 Angolluma dummeri
 Angolluma foetida (M.G. Gilbert) Plowes
 Angolluma wissmanni

Duvaliandra is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1980. [1][2] It
contains only one known species, Duvaliandra dioscoridis, native to the Socotra Islands in
the Indian Ocean.[3]

Huerniopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1878.[1] It is native to

southern Africa.[2][3]
Species[4]

1. Huerniopsis atrosanguinea (N.E. Br.) A.C. White & B. Sloane - N Botswana

2. Huerniopsis decipiens N.E.Br. - Western Cape Province

3. Huerniopsis gibbosa Nel - Lobatsi in Botswana

4. Huerniopsis papillata Nel - Debeeti in Botswana

Orbeanthus is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus
in 1978.[1][2] It is native to South Africa.[3]
Species[4]

1. Orbeanthus conjunctus (White & Sloane) L.C. Leach - South Africa

2. Orbeanthus hardyi (R.A. Dyer) L.C. Leach - South Africa
 DUVALIA
Duvalia is a succulent plant genus in the tribe Stapeliae, milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in
the family Apocynaceae (dogbane). The genus was first described in 1812, named after the
French physician and botanist Henri-Auguste Duval (1777-1814).[1]

The Duvalia species are succulent, perennial plants with low, planar growth. The stems are
clavate, cylindrical to spherical, in cross-section four-, five-or six-edged, and to about 10 inches
long. They can range from green, gray to mottled reddish in color.

The flowers are distinctive, and appear to grow from the base of the stems. Each has five thin,
elongated lobes, radiating in a star shape from a central raised disk or annulus. The colour of
most species flowers is shades of reddish brown, except for those of the rare Duvalia
parviflora which are cream-coloured. The flower stems are long and bare. The hermaphroditic
flowers measure 1–5 cm in diameter, and have five parts. The crown is yellow ocher, brown, red
to dark purple. The five corolla lobes are flat or folded along the middle nerve.

The stems are superficially very similar to those of the related genus Piaranthus, and the two are
often confused when not in flower. However Duvalia stems are often five or six sided
(Piaranthus are always four-sided).

It occurs in southern Africa. The majority of the species are restricted to the western part of South
Africa & Namibia, with the greatest number of species occurring in the Great Karoo region, on
the edge of the winter rainfall area. Only one species, Duvalia polita extends further east, and as
far north into tropical Africa as Malawi and Zambia.[2][3]
Four species, occurring on the other side of the continent on the verges of the Red Sea, were
formerly included in the genus Duvalia. However phylogenetic studies have shown them to be
relatively unrelated to the rest of the genus, and more closely related to
genus Ballyanthus Bruyns.[4]
Species[5]

IDENTIFICATION S DATE
1 Duvalia anemoniflora (Deflers) R.A. Dyer & Lavranos - Arabia
2 Duvalia angustiloba N.E.Br. - South Africa
3 Duvalia caespitosa (Masson) Haw. - South Africa
4 Duvalia corderoyi (Hook.f.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
5 Duvalia eilensis Lavranos - Somalia
6 Duvalia elegans (Masson) Haw. - South Africa
7 Duvalia galgallensis Lavranos - Somalia
8 Duvalia gracilis Meve - Cape Province
9 Duvalia immaculata (C.A.Lückh.) M.B.Bayer ex L.C.Leach - South Africa
10 Duvalia maculata N.E.Br. - South Africa
11 Duvalia modesta N.E.Br. - South Africa
12 Duvalia parviflora N.E.Br. - Cape Province
13 Duvalia pillansii N.E.Br. - Cape Province
14 Duvalia polita N.E.Br. - South Africa
15 Duvalia pubescens N.E.Br. - Cape Province
16 Duvalia somalensis Lavranos - Somalia
17 Duvalia sulcata N.E.Br. - Arabia
18 Duvalia velutina Lavranos - Saudi Arabia
19 Duvalia vestita'' Meve - Cape Province
formerly included[5]
transferred to Mannia
 Duvalia rupestris now Mannia rupestris

ORBEA

Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in
1812.[1] It is native to Africa.[2][3]
Species[4]

1. Orbea abayensis (M.G. Gilbert) Bruyns - Ethiopia

2. Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) L.C. Leach - South Africa

3. Orbea cooperi (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach - South Africa

4. Orbea denboefii (Lavranos) Bruyns - Kenya

5. Orbea distincta (E.A. Bruce) Bruyns - Tanzania

6. Orbea dummeri (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Uganda, Ethiopia

7. Orbea halipedicola L.C. Leach - Mozambique

8. Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns - tropical Africa

9. Orbea irrorata (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa

10. Orbea lepida (Jacq.) Haw. - South Africa

11. Orbea longidens (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Mozambique

12. Orbea lutea (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - South Africa

13. Orbea macloughlinii (Verdc.) L.C. Leach

14. Orbea maculata (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - tropical Africa

15. Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns - South Africa

16. Orbea namaquensis (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - South Africa, Namibia

17. Orbea paradoxa (Verd.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal

18. Orbea prognatha (P.R.O. Bally) L.C. Leach - Somalia

19. Orbea pulchella (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa

20. Orbea rangeana (Dinter & A. Berger) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia

21. Orbea schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns - tropical Africa

22. Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Tanzania

23. Orbea speciosa L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal

24. Orbea taitica Bruyns - Kenya

25. Orbea tapscottii (Verd.) L.C.Leach - Botswana

26. Orbea umbracula (M.D. Hend.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe

27. Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. - South Africa

 28. Orbea verrucosa (Masson) L.C. Leach - South Africa

29. Orbea wendlandiana (Schult.) G. Don - South Africa

30. Orbea woodii (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal

formerly included[4]
moved to other genera (Pachycymbium, Stisseria )

1. O. anguinea now Stisseria anguina

2. O. bisulca now Stisseria bisulca

3. O. bufonia now Stisseria bufonia

4. O. clypeata now Stisseria clypeata

5. O. conspurcata now Stisseria conspurcata

6. O. curtisii now Stisseria curtisii

7. O. decaisneana now Pachycymbium decaisneanum

8. O. decora now Stisseria decora

9. O. maculosa now Stisseria maculosa

10. O. marginata now Stisseria marginata

11. O. marmorata now Stisseria marmorata

12. O. mixta now Stisseria mixta

13. O. mutabilis now Stisseria mutabilis

14. O. normalis now Stisseria normalis

15. O. orbicularis now Stisseria orbicularis

16. O. picta now Stisseria picta

17. O. planiflora now Stisseria planiflora

18. O. retusa now Stisseria retusa

19. O. rugosa now Stisseria rugosa

20. O. woodfordiana now Stisseria woodfordiana

romotriche was first described as a genus in 1812, and its Greek name refers to the quivering
hairs that surround the lobes of its flowers ("tromo-" = "trembling"; "-trichos" = "hair").
The soft stems of Tromotriche species are obtusely, roundly four-angled (in cross section). Low,
rounded mounds run along the edges of the angles, and leaf remnants are not visible. The stem
surface is soft but often slightly rough.
The varied flowers appear along the stems, and often have the characteristic hairs on the
outsides of the lobes.

Distribution[edit]
This genus is restricted to the western (winter rainfall) regions of South Africa & Namibia. Its
natural range closely mirrors that of the related genus Quaqua. The Tromotriche species in the
north of its range tend to inhabit rocky quartz flats; while the three species in the south are each
restricted to a small spot within the sandstone Cape Fold mountain ranges.
Species[4]

1. Tromotriche baylissii (L.C. Leach) Bruyns

2. Tromotriche choanantha (Lavranos & Harry Hall) Bruyns

3. Tromotriche engleriana (Schltr.) L.C. Leach

 4. Tromotriche herrei (Nel) Bruyns

5. Tromotriche longii (C.A. Lückh.) Bruyns

6. Tromotriche longipes (C.A. Lückh.) Bruyns

7. Tromotriche revoluta (L.) Haw.

8. Tromotriche ruschiana (Dinter) Bruyns

9. Tromotriche thudichumii (Pillans) L.C. Leach

10. Tromotriche umdausensis (Nel) Bruyns

formerly included[4]
Tromotriche obliqua (Willd.) G. Don in Loudon, synonym of Stisseria obliqua (Willd.) Kuntze