| Scientific Name | Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | APOCYNACEAE | Synonyms | Orbea anguinea Haw., Orbea bisulca Haw., Orbea bufonia Haw., Orbea clypeata (Donn ex Jacq.) Haw., Orbea conspurcata (Willd.) Sweet, Orbea curtisii Haw., Orbea inodora Haw., Orbea lepida (Jacq.) L.C.Leach, Orbea marginata (Willd.) G.Don, Orbea marmorata (Jacq.) G.Don, Orbea mixta (Masson) Haw., Orbea normalis (Jacq.) G.Don, Orbea orbicularis (Andrews) Haw., Orbea picta (Sims) Haw., Orbea planiflora (Jacq.) Haw., Orbea planiflora (Jacq.) Haw. var. marginata (Willd.) G.Don, Orbea quinquenervia Haw., Orbea retusa Haw., Orbea rugosa (Donn ex Jacq.) Sweet, Orbea woodfordiana Haw., Podanthes lepida Haw., Stapelia anguinea Jacq., Stapelia atrata Tod., Stapelia atrata Tod. var. proboscidea Rüst, Stapelia atrata Tod. var. tigrina Rüst, Stapelia atropurpurea Salm-Dyck, Stapelia bisulca (Haw.) Schult., Stapelia bufonia (Haw.) Sims, not Stapelia bufonia Jacquin, 1806-1819, Stapelia bufonia Jacq., not Stapelia bufonia (Haworth) Sims, Stapelia ciliolulata Tod. ex Rüst, Stapelia clypeata Donn ex Jacq., Stapelia conspurcata Willd., Stapelia curtisii (Haw.) Schult., Stapelia hispida Horn ex Rüst, Stapelia horizontalis N.E.Br., Stapelia inodora (Haw.) Decne., Stapelia lepida Jacq., Stapelia marginata (Willd.) Willd., Stapelia marmorata Jacq., Stapelia mixta Masson, Stapelia natalensis Rüst, Stapelia normalis Jacq., Stapelia obliqua Willd., Stapelia ophiuncula Haw., Stapelia orbicularis Andrews, Stapelia picta Sims, Stapelia planiflora Jacq., Stapelia planiflora Jacq. var. marginata Willd., Stapelia quinquenervis (Haw.) Schult., Stapelia retusa (Haw.) Schult., Stapelia rugosa Donn ex Jacq., Stapelia scutellata Tod., Stapelia scylla Sprenger, Stapelia trisulca Jacq., Stapelia variegata L., Stapelia variegata L. var. asparagensis Jacobsen, Stapelia variegata L. var. atrata (Tod.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. atropurpurea (Salm-Dyck) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. brevicornis N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. bufonia (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. clypeata (Donn ex Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. conspurcata (Willd.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. curtisii (Haw.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. horizontalis (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. laeta N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. marginata (Willd.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. marmorata (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. mixta (Masson) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. normalis (Jacq.) A.Berger, Stapelia variegata L. var. pallida N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. picta (Sims) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. planiflora (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. prometheus Rüst, Stapelia variegata L. var. retusa (Haw.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. rugosa (Donn ex Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia variegata L. var. trisulca (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Stapelia woodfordiana (Haw.) Schult., Tridentea rugosa (Donn ex Jacq.) G.Don, Tromotriche obliqua (Willd.) Sweet | Common Names | Carrion Flower (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/03/03 | Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Distribution | Endemism | South African endemic | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Orbea lepida (Jacq.) L.C.Leach | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography | Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | Raimondo, D. 2008. Orbea variegata (L.) Haw. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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