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Orbea orientalis (Bruyns) Plowes
Bradleya 31: 162. 2013 [31 Aug 2013]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Orbea semota subs. orientalis Bruyns
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 136 (2002)

Orbea orientalis (Orbea semota subs. orientalis) Photo by: Luiza Ferreira

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Orbea semota (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach
Kirkia 10(1): 290 1975
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Orbea semota subs. orientalis Bruyns
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 136 (2002)
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Orbea semota group

  • Orbea semota (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach: has dark maroon or dark brown flowers with yellow marks at tips or throughout lobes. Distribution: Rwanda. Kenya and Tanzania
  • Orbea semota var. lutea: has brilliant light yellow flowers about 4 cm in diameter, fringed with simple hairs that flicker in the faintest breeze. Distribution: near Nairobi in Kenya
  • Orbea semota subs. orientalis Bruyns: has dark purple, rugulose blooms, with a fetid odour of dung. Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania.


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Orbea orientalis (Orbea semota subs. orientalis) Photo by: Luiza Ferreira
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