Stapeliinae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genera: Apteranthes – Australluma – Ballyanthus – Baynesia – Boucerosia – Brachystelma – Caralluma – Caudanthera – Ceropegia – 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
Nothogenera: × Duvaliaranthus – × Tromostapelia

Name

Stapeliinae G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 106, 109. (1837)

Type genus: Stapelia L., nom. cons.

Note: The circumscription of this subtribe is uncertain see Discussion Page.
References

Don, G. 1837. A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: 4: 106, 109.
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Open access Reference page.
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2018. Corrigendum to “A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae)” [S. Afr. J. Bot. 112 (2017) 399–436]. South African Journal of Botany 116: 140–141. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.03.006 Open access Reference page.
Endress, M.E., Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. 2014. An updated classification for Apocynaceae. Phytotaxa 159(3): 175–194. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.159.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Meve, U. & Liede, S. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 34(1): 171-209. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0220-2 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Meve, U. & Liede, S. 2004. Subtribal division of Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae). Taxon 53(1): 61−72. DOI: 10.2307/4135489 JSTOR Reference page.
Meve. U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2007. Ceropegia (Apocynaceae, Ceropegieae, Stapeliinae): paraphyletic, but still taxonomically sound. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 392–406. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[392:cacspb]2.0.co;2 Paywall JSTOR Reference page.
Meve, U., Heiduk, A. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2017. Origin and early evolution of Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(2): 143–155. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238019 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Plowes, D. 2011. List of stapeliad names for use in Checklists. Note this is not a definitive list of accepted combinations, cross check with other authorities before use.
USDA: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants[1] (20 March 2006)