Summary description from Wikipedia:

Stapelia in languages:

Afrikaans

Bokhorinkies

Afrikaans

Slanggonnas

Afrikaans

Aasblomme

Afrikaans

Stapelias

Chinese

犀角屬

English

Starfish flowers

English

Carrion Flowers

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Parent Taxon

• Apocynaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Apteranthes
• Australluma
• Ballyanthus
• Baynesia
• Boucerosia
• Brachystelma
• Caralluma
• Caudanthera
• Desmidorchis
• Duvalia
• Duvaliandra
• Echidnopsis
• Edithcolea
• Hoodia
• Huernia
• Larryleachia
• Lavrania
• Monolluma
• Notechidnopsis
• Ophionella
• Orbea
• Pectinaria
• Piaranthus
• Pseudolithos
• Quaqua
• Rhytidocaulon
• Richtersveldia
• Socotrella
• Stapelia
• Stapelianthus
• Stapeliopsis
• Tavaresia
• Tridentea
• Tromotriche
• White-sloanea
• ×hoodiapelia

Child Taxa

• Stapelia acuminata
• Stapelia arenosa
• Stapelia cedrimontana
• Stapelia clavicorona
• Stapelia concinna
• Stapelia divaricata
• Stapelia engleriana
• Stapelia erectiflora
• Stapelia flavopurpurea
• Stapelia gariepensis
• Stapelia gettliffei
• Stapelia gigantea
• Stapelia glanduliflora
• Stapelia grandiflora
• Stapelia hirsuta
• Stapelia kwebensis
• Stapelia leendertziae
• Stapelia lepida
• Stapelia obducta
• Stapelia olivacea
• Stapelia paniculata
• Stapelia pearsonii
• Stapelia remota
• Stapelia rubiginosa
• Stapelia rufa
• Stapelia schinzii
• Stapelia similis
• Stapelia surrecta
• Stapelia unicornis
• Stapelia villetiae

Top Observation Places

• Catalina Foothills
• Cape Town