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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Stapelia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Stapelia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Gentiananae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Apocynales Bromhead pub. 1838       Familia  Apocynaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 143. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Dogbanes       Subfamilia  Stapelioideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 1012, 1095, 1103. Jun 1835.    Tribus  Stapelieae Decne. pub. Prodr. 8: 606. mid Mar 1844.    Subtribus  Stapeliinae G. Don pub. Gen. Hist. 4: 106, 109. 1837-8 Apr 1838.    Genus  Stapelia L. pub. (1753) common name: stapelia

Named members of the Genus Stapelia

1	Species  gigantea N.E. Br. common name: Zulu giant
2	Species  nobilis N.E. Br. syn. Stapelia gigantea

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.