The genus Asclepiaceae contains over a dozen genera including the well known Stapelia, Huernia, Hoodia, Ceropegia and Orbea genaras. This is a remarkable group with some of the most striking plants on earth. Many of the species in this family is highly endangered. This plant family is one of the families with the most diverse growing and flowering forms as well as a very wide distribution ranging from South Africa, Madagascar and the greater parts of Africa.
Stapeliads in my collection
| Brachystelma
circunatum |
| Brachystelma
ngomense |
| Brachystelma
sp. |
| Duvalia
caespitosa |
| Duvalia
corderoyi |
| Duvalia
elegans |
| Duvalia
modesta |
| Duvalia
parviflora |
| Fockea
capensis |
| Fockea cumaru |
| Fockea edulis
(kambroo) |
| Hoodia
annulata var annulata |
| Hoodia flava? |
| Hoodia
gordonii |
| Hoodia
pilifera |
| Huernia
barbata |
| Huernia
clavigera |
| Huernia
hystrix var hystrix |
| Huernia
hystrix var parvula |
| Huernia
keniensis |
| Huernia
kennedyana |
| Huernia
kirkii |
| Huernia
longituba |
| Huernia nova |
| Huernia
piersii |
| Huernia
pillansii |
| Huernia
praestans |
| Huernia
recondita |
| Huernia
schneideriana |
| Huernia
thuretii |
| Huernia
volkartii |
| Huernia
zebrina |
| Larryleachia
cactiformi |
| Larryleachia
dinterii |
| Larryleachia
marlothii |
| Larryleachia
simili |
| Orbea
capensis |
| Orbea
cooperii |
| Orbea dummeri |
| Orbea
knobelii |
| Orbea lutea
var lutea |
| Orbea
melanantha |
| Orbea
namaquaensis |
| Orbea
olivaceae |
| Orbea semota
var semota |
| Orbea taitica
(Kenya) |
| Orbea
variegata |
| Orbea
verrucosa |
| Piaranthus
decorus |
| Piaranthus
dicipiens |
| Piaranthus
geminatus var geminatus |
| Piaranthus
punctatus var punctatus |
| Quaqua
mammillaris |
| Quaqua ramosa |
| Raphionacme
longituba |
| Stapelia
asterias |
| Stapelia
cedrimontana |
| Stapelia
clavicorona |
| Stapelia
englebrata |
| Stapelia
erectifolia |
| Stapelia
flavopurpurea |
| Stapelia
gariepensis |
| Stapelia
gigantea |
| Stapelia
grandiflora |
| Stapelia
hirsuta |
| Stapelia
hirsuta var. baylisii |
| Stapelia
leendertziae |
| Stapelia
obducta |
| Stapelia
pillansii |
| Stapelia rufa |
| Stapelia
unicornis |
| Stapelia
villetiae |
| Stapeliaunthus
dacaryi |
| Stapeliopsis
asperfolia |
| Stapeliopsis
saxatilis var saxatilis |
| Stapeliopsis
sp. |
| Tridentia
aperta |
| Tridentia
geminiflora |
| Tridentia
parvipuncta |
| Tridentia
virescense |
| Tromitriche
baylissii |
| Tromitriche
revoluta |
| Tromitriche
umdausensis |
