''Orbeopsis'' is a genus of plants in the

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

, first described as a genus in 1978. They are native to southern

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.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). ;Accepted speciesThe Plant List, genus ''Orbeopsis''
/ref> # '' Orbeopsis albocastanea'' (Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia # '' Orbeopsis gerstneri'' (Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal # '' Orbeopsis knobelii'' (Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana # '' Orbeopsis melanantha'' (Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa # '' Orbeopsis valida'' (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe ;Species formerly included now transferred to other genera ''(

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Caralluma ''Caralluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species. In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name '' Stapelia adscendens'' for a plant found in India. He commented that the name for the plant ...

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)'' # ''Orbeopsis caudata'' (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of '' Caralluma caudata'' N.E.Br. # ''Orbeopsis gossweileri'' (S. Moore) L.C. Leach, synonym of '' Caralluma gossweileri'' S.Moore # ''Orbeopsis huillensis'' (Heirn) L.C. Leach, synonym of '' Orbea huillensis'' (Hiern) Bruyns # ''Orbeopsis lutea'' (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, synonym of '' Orbea lutea'' (N.E. Br.) Bruyns # ''Orbeopsis tsumebensis'' (Oberm.) L.C. Leach, synonym of '' Aspidoglossum validum'' Kupicho.

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