Stapeliopsis

Stapeliopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Stapeliopsis Pillans

Stapeliopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1928.^[1] It is native to southern Africa.^[2][3]

Species

1. Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A. Dyer) Bruyns - Cape Province of South Africa
2. Stapeliopsis exasperata (Bruyns) Bruyns - Cape Province
3. Stapeliopsis neronis Pillans - Namaqualand in Namibia + Cape Province
4. Stapeliopsis pillansii (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
5. Stapeliopsis saxatilis (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
6. Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos - Namibia

formerly included

1. S. ballyi, syn of Echidnopsis ballyi
2. S. cooperi, syn of Orbea cooperi
3. S. madagascariensis, syn of Stapelianthus madagascariensis

References

1. Pillans, Neville Stuart. 1928. South African Gardening 18: 32.
2. Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391.
3. 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).