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Orbea

The genus Orbea is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orbea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Orbea abayensis (M.G. Gilbert) Bruyns Accepted L TRO
Orbea ciliata (Thunb.) Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea cooperi (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea decaisneana (Lem.) Bruyns Accepted M TRO
Orbea denboefii (Lavranos) Bruyns Accepted L TRO
Orbea distincta (E.A. Bruce) Bruyns Accepted L TRO
Orbea dummeri (N.E. Br.) Bruyns Accepted M TRO
Orbea huillensis (Hiern) Bruyns Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Orbea irrorata (Masson) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea lepida (Jacq.) Haw. Accepted M TRO
Orbea longidens (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea lutea (N.E. Br.) Bruyns Accepted L TRO
Orbea macloughlinii (Verd.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea maculata (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach Accepted L TRO
Orbea melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns Accepted M TRO
Orbea namaquensis (N.E. Br.) Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea paradoxa (Verd.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea prognatha (P.R.O. Bally) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea pulchella (Masson) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea rangeana (Dinter & A. Berger) L.C. Leach Accepted L TRO
Orbea schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns Accepted L TRO
Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea tapscottii (Verd.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea umbracula (M. D. Henderson) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. Accepted M TRO
Orbea verrucosa (Masson) Leach Accepted M TRO
Orbea wendlandiana (Schult.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Orbea woodii (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orbea. Of these 28 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orbea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 90 species names for the genus Orbea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 28 31.1%
Synonym 23 25.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 39 43.3%

All names

The status of the 95 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orbea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 32 33.7%
Synonym 23 24.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 40 42.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orbea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 21 23 0 0 44 48.9%
Low confidence 7 0 0 39 46 51.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Orbea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 27 23 0 0 0 50 55.6%
WCSP (in review) 1 0 0 39 0 40 44.4%